THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2007- Click to View Presentation
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| PANEL: Let Your Voice Be Heard: Improving First-Year Students’ Experience through Participation in CSU, Chico’s Town Hall Meeting. (Jill Swiencicki (ENGL), Chris Fosen (ENGL), Thia Wolf (FYE), Deanna Berg (CIVC) |
8–9AM
CLSA 116
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One sign that we’re beginning the 2008 election cycle is the increasing number of Town Hall Meetings that Presidential candidates are holding with the public. But for several semesters now, first year writing students at Chico State have been holding their own “Town Hall Meeting on University Concerns.” This CELT session will describe facets of this work and play some footage from the last few of these stimulating events.
The session will begin by placing the Town Hall Meeting in the context of President Zingg’s call for Chico to become a civic engagement campus. Professors from English, who initially received an Engaged Department mini-grant and who receive direct support from the First-Year Experience Program each semester, will discuss how the idea of the Town Hall emerged in the context of providing students with a real audience and purpose for their research writing. After watching a short film about the Town Hall, participants will explore its ties to activities and events across students’ first year. Large-group discussion will follow, during which all participants will brainstorm ways to build and integrate public sphere experiences into courses as part of an engaged undergraduate curriculum.
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Accessible Instructional Media Project for Cultivating Research Talents in your Students (Hsuying Ward (PSED) and Jacquie Foster (LINS)) |
8–8:45AM
CCE 107 |
This presentation highlights technology tools in an Accessible Instructional Media project (AIM). These tools engage students through visual and auditory aids and are useful in responding to the Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI). Faculty will know how to develop an AIM for an award from Ensuring Access through Collaboration and Technology. |
Open Access Publishing: A Revolution in Scholarly Communication (Liz Colson (LREF) and Wendy Diamond (LREF)) |
9:15-10:15AM
MLIB 226
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Open Access is a new model for scholarly publishing. International in scope, it exploits the internet to provide expanded access to literature and new opportunities for publication and professional development. Participants will learn about its significance and how to search open access repositories, journals and book collections. |
When Not to Tell Students to “Put It Away”: Understanding Students’ Personal Technologies and their Classroom Uses (Thia Wolf (FYE) with TeachBack Specialists: Justin Gonder, Sasha Knox, and Caitlin Carson) |
10:30AM-12PM
CCE 107
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This workshop introduces FYE’s “Teachback Program”, which allows faculty to learn about the university from students’ perspectives. Participants will focus on students’ personal technologies as learning tools that enhance engagement; small group work with student specialists will focus on ways of using these technologies in teaching or constructing assignments.
Please note: This session cannot accommodate more than 20 participants. If the session is full, it is being offered again on Friday, October 12 at 1pm. |
PANEL: Faculty/Student Collaborative Research (Brian Oppy (PSYC), Benjoe Juliano (CSCI) and Ted Singelis (PSYC)) |
10:30–11:30AM
MLIB Studio A |
The panel will briefly present on the value, pedagogy, and workload involved with faculty/student collaborative research projects. This will be followed by a group discussion by the presenters along with a small group of involved students and participants. Topics for discussion will be selected with the assistance of the participants. Potential topics may include the benefits of research collaboration to students, faculty, and departments; student recruitment and retention; workload; models that have worked; grants and money issues; and other topics of interest. |
PANEL: International Opportunities for Faculty (Tasha Dev (GIIS) and Joel Zimbelman (HFA) |
1-2:30PM
CCE 107 |
Many faculty have thought of international teaching or research at one time or another, but may be unfamiliar with the opportunities that our campus and system offer. It is easy to be overwhelmed by the perceived logistical nightmares (family complications, financing the experience, professional and departmental complications) of such an undertaking. This presentation will discuss a range of such opportunities open to Chico faculty. These include study abroad opportunities in CSU International Program (IP) administration, teaching courses, research (both individual and in partnerships), and working with CSU, Chico students in short term travel immersion programs. We'll introduce you to Fulbright opportunities,the University of Virginia's Semester at Sea, and opportunities for developing your own connections. |
Enhancing Student Engagement with Innovative Online Tools (Ann Steckel (TLP) |
1–2:30PM
MLIB STUDIO A
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This session will demonstrate how faculty at CSU, Chico are teaching differently with new tools that plug into our leaning management system (Vista). Faculty members will demonstrate how their teaching has changed and how students respond. Some tools used are blogs, journaling, links to Turnitin.com and voice tools to better engage students. |
Online Communities Foster Civic Engagement and More
(Peter DiFalco (TLP)) |
2:45-4:15PM
MLIB STUDIO A |
You may have heard that Vista can improve student learning, but what about using it to manage the work of instructors, chairs, and deans? In this session you will learn how groups on campus are using Vista to foster civic engagement and also how it can be used for departmental communication and collaboration; resource sharing; and advising and tutoring. |
Bridging Cultures: Teaching International Students (Charles Liao (ECON) |
2:45–3:45PM
CCE 107 |
International students are an indispensable and vital part of the student body at Chico State University. They contribute to the diversity of campus by participating in class-discussion, student’s clubs, and various cultural activities. Unlike their American counterparts, international students need to adapt to American culture and learn the in's and out's of a new education system on top of the demanding academic works. This workshop is designed to provide various perspectives on international, particularly undergraduate, students and the practical classroom skills that can be used to make teaching international students more effective. |
PANEL: Making Connections: An Overview of Course Re-design in a Pilot for UNIV 101 and CourseLINK (Deanna Berg (CIVC), William Loker (UED), and Thia Wolf (FYE) |
3:50-4:40PM
CLSA 116 |
The “Connections” program is an innovative, integrated thematic curriculum and living-learning community designed to enhance academic engagement and develop values of civic participation among first year students. Panel members will describe the innovation process that led to this curriculum, its major features, and plans to extend this model to more first year students in the future. |
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