Mark your calendars: Adult Studies and Accelerated Learning Fall 2017 Workshop

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The Adult Degree Completion Program invites all interested faculty to attend the Adult Studies and Accelerated Learning Fall 2017 Workshop taking place on Saturday, December 2 from 9:00-4:30 in LBC 122. Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be provided. Faculty interested in teaching in the ADC program are required to attend one workshop per year.  The […]

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Faculty Spotlight: Holley E. Lynch

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The second presentation in the 2017-18 Faculty Spotlight series  will be held on Wednesday, October 18.  Holley E. Lynch, Assistant Professor of Physics  will speak on Can Geometry Explain Tissue Spreading? Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm (lunch served at 11:30) Location: Lynn Business Center Boardroom – 213 All are welcome! Click here for a complete

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Innovative Course Design Workshop II: Essential Learning Goals (Recap)

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Facilitator: Julia K. Metzker Date: 06 Oct 17, 2:30-4pm Topic: Essential Learning Goals – Constructing learning goals that challenge, foster critical thinking, and prepare students to be successful global citizens. Workshop Goals draw connections between your course and the essential learning outcomes write SCHMI course-level outcomes On 06 Oct 17, participants in the second workshop

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Join Dr. Cappas-Toro today for the first Faculty Spotlight of the year!

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The 2017-18 Faculty Spotlight series will kick-off TODAY with a presentation by Dr. Pamela Cappas-Toro who will speak on Teaching a Gendered Language in a Maximum Security Men’s Prison: Curricular Approaches to Learning Spanish and Latin American Studies Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm (lunch served at 11:30) Location: Lynn Business Center Boardroom

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Course Design for Transformative Learning

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The Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence is offering a multi-part course design (or redesign) workshop series. Through this engaging, hands-on series of workshops, participants will use backward design to develop innovative courses that … <<Register for Spring Semester Workshop Series >> foster transformative learning experiences. engage students with complex questions. use a dilemma, issue or

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Submit your proposal to the Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference by October 31st

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The annual Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference is a wonderful opportunity to learn and share about teaching! What: 2nd annual Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference When: Jan 31 – Feb 02, 2018 Where: St. Pete Beach, Florida Submission Deadline: Oct 31, 2017 Participants from all sectors of higher education in and beyond the state

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Hurricane Maria- Relief Efforts c/o Dr. Pamela Cappas-Toro

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For those of interested in providing aid or support to our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico, read the appeal below from Dr. Pamela Cappas-Toro, Assistant Professor of Spanish & Portuguese. Dear Colleagues, Please consider helping support Puerto Ricos’ recovery. As of today, the West side of our island was not considered eligible for Individual Assistance through

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Innovative Course Design Workshop I: What’s the Big Idea? (Recap)

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Facilitator: Julia K. Metzker Date: 22 Sep 17, 2:30-4pm Topic: What’s the Big Idea? Using capacious dilemmas, issues and questions to frame your course. Workshop Goals to apply intentional design principles to your course (re)design. identify a dilemma, issue or question to frame a course (re)design. On 22 Sep 17, Stetson faculty participated in the

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