The Brown Center for Faculty Innovation is launching a monthly brown bag series to offer faculty and staff a place to discuss topical issues about teaching, learning and higher education. Each conversation will be anchored by a short reading. Please join us! When: Thursday, 11:30 – 1:00 PM Where: Hand Art Center Seminar Room Topic: […]
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The Office of Online Learning and Educational Technology has announced the fall training schedule for Blackboard, Ensemble and Respondus technologies. Read below for details. Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Blackboard. Students are unable to copy, print, access other applications, or visit other websites during an online exam.
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2018 FRN Symposium: Transforming Teaching Through Active Learning November 16-17 Stetson University will host faculty and scholars from universities and colleges across the country for the 2018 Faculty Resource Network National Symposium. The Symposium will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes Orlando Hotel* and on the Stetson University DeLand Campus. (Registration is free for
REMINDER: The first workshop in the Course Design for Essential Learning series is Monday, September 17. Please register by Wednesday, September 12. This workshop series is a five-part course (re) design series where you will use evidence-based strategies to design courses that are engaging and effective. LEARN MORE | REGISTER NOW Contact the Brown Center with any questions:
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[This story was reprinted in its entirety from Stetson Today] September 8, 2018 Eric Weiner traveled to Iceland – one of the happiest places on Earth – for his best-selling book, “The Geography of Bliss,” and learned something he likes to share with college students. Weiner talks to students around the country and is “always amazed”
The following inquiry circle is seeking members. To join, please contact Megan O’Neill ([email protected]). Why Can’t They Read? Before students can be informed citizens of local communities and the world, they need to be able to read. It doesn’t surprise anyone in the classroom these days that students coming to college are ill-equipped to parse complex
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The teaching squares project offers faculty at any stage in their career an opportunity to gain new insight into their own teaching through a non-evaluative process of reciprocal classroom observation and self-reflection. The four faculty in each “square” agree to visit one another’s classes over the course of a semester and then to meet to discuss what
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The 2019 Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference will be held Jan. 30–Feb. 1, 2019 at The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach. Plenary Speaker: Peter Felton, professor of history, assistant provost for teaching and learning, and executive director of the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University. [Click here for more information about
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FLORIDA STATEWIDE SYMPOSIUM Best Practices in Undergraduate Research October 19-20, 2018 Boca Raton, FL The theme for the year’s Symposium is Community Based Research. Register and/or submit a proposal at this link.
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Course Design for Essential Learning Sign-up now at : REGISTER Location: The Brown Center Office (Elizabeth 110) A five-part course design series, explores evidence based strategies for designing assignments and activities that have high-impact on learners. (read more) Mondays from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Allen Hall Workshop 1 – What’s the Big Idea: : 9/17/18
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