- Tuesday, August 20 and Wednesday, August 21
New Faculty Orientation (One and a half-day event, on campus) - Thursday, August 22
Faculty Retreat (All-day event, off campus)
Previous Workshops
2019
- Thursday, May 23, Faculty Lounge
Faculty Brown Bag Discussion. E-Resources
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Wednesday, April 10, Faculty LoungeFaculty Brown Bag Discussion. Faculty Research: Nanotechnology: Science of making small stuff do big things.Facilitated by Amalya Kostanyan
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Thursday, March 28, Faculty LoungeFaculty Workshop. Project-Based Learning.Handouts are available to members of the AUA community upon request.
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Tuesday, February 12. Faculty Workshop. Classroom Assessment Techniques.
Facilitated by Rubina Gasparyan.
Presentation
Handouts
2018
- Thursday, December 13. 12:30 PM.Faculty Brown Bag Discussion: Project Based Learning: Strategies. Facilitated by Norayr Ben Ohanian.
- Wednesday, December 5. 3:30 PM. Workshop: Avoiding Plagiarism. Facilitator by Michael Andrews Bashan.
- Wednesday, November 21. 12:30 PM. Faculty Brown Bag Discussion. Getting Published.
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November 2018: Faculty Workshop: Developing Rubrics for Presentation
- October 2018: Faculty workshop. Providing Feedback
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October 2018: Faculty Brown Bag Discussion. Avoiding Plagiarism
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September 2018: Faculty Workshop: Implementing Creative Formal and Informal Classroom Assessment ToolsPresentation
- April 2018: Faculty Workshop: PBL 2.0 Taking Project Based Learning (PBL) to the Next Level
- April 2018: Faculty Workshop: Student Engagement: An Active Mindset from Week 1 to Week 15
Presentation
Hand out - April 2018: Faculty Workshop: PBL 1.0: Fundamentals of Project Based Learning (PBL)
Presentation
Hand out - March 2018: Faculty Brown Bag Discussion: Using technology in the classroom.
A look at polleverywhere.com and Kahoot.com - March 2018: Faculty Brown Bag Discussion: Innovation in Education: Problems, Solutions and Success Stories.
Presentation: Innovation in Education - February 2018: Faculty Workshop: Developing Rubrics
Presentation: Developing Rubrics - January 2018: Faculty Brown Bag Discussion: Classroom Management
Presentation: Building a Learning Culture: Managing a Classroom to Enhance Learning - January 2018: New Faculty Orientation
Agenda
Presentation: AUA Students
Presentation: AUA policies. What I need to know
Presentation: Human Resources
Presentation: ICTS. Integrated classrooms
Handout: Tips from the Office of Registrar
Handout:Library Guide
2017
- November 2017: Faculty Workshop on Aligning Assignments
Presentation: Aligning Assignments
Worksheet: Aligning Assignments with Course-Based SLOs and Program SLOs
Worksheet: Bloom's Taxonomy - October 2017: Faculty Workshop on Scaffolding Writing Assignments
Presentation: Scaffolding Assignments
Handout: Scaffolding Assignments
Handout: Organizing Brief Article Reviews and Avoiding Plagiarism - October 2017: Faculty Brown Bag Discussion: Responding to Student Writing
Handout: Responding to Student Writing
Handout: Peer Review Worksheet
Handout: Your Essay Must Contain - September 2017: Faculty Brown Bag Discussion: Classroom Management
Presentation: Building a Learning Culture: Managing a Classroom to Enhance Learning - August 2017: New Faculty Orientation
Agenda
Presentation: ICTS
Presentation: Human Resources
Presentation: Provost: Where are we going
Handout: Few Tips From the Office of Registrar
Handout: Library Guide - August 2017: Faculty Retreat
Agenda
Presentation: Erasmus+ Inclusion Project
Handout: Faculty Senate Committees
- July 2017: Developing Course-Based Student Learning Outcomes
Presentation: Developing Course-Based Student Learning Outcomes
Handout: Bloom's Taxonomy
Handout: Worksheet
- May 2017: Project Based Learning
Presentation
Worksheet - May 2017: Faculty Brown Bag Discussion: A recap of Integrating Information Literacy into Your Disciplinary Course, from the recent AMICAL Workshop
- February 2017: Faculty Brown Bag Discussion. Engaging and Active Learning and Assessment Strategies (including an introduction to www.polleverywhere.com)
2016
- December 2016: Grading Methods (Faculty Discussion) Handout: Multi-section Course Grading - Suggestions Handout: Specification Grading
- December 2016: Engaging Students Handout: Student Engagement Revisited
- August 2016: Setting Up Rubrics in Moodle Handout: Using Moodle Rubrics
- August 2016: Course Syllabus Development Presentation Worksheet: Aligning Assigments Handout: Bloom's Taxonomy
- August 2016: Faculty Retreat Agenda Workshop: Student Engagement Workshop: Managing a Classroom to Enhance Learning Resource: Student Engagement in Campus-Based and Online Education Resource: Student Engagement Literature Review The Higher Education Academy Handout: Five Things to Do on the First Day of Class
- August 2016: New Faculty Orientation Agenda Presentation: Provost: Where are we going Presentation: Human Resources Presentation: Policies: What I need to Know Handout: Library Guide Handout: UMS for Faculty Handout: Center for Student Success
- May 2016: Project-based Learning Presentation Worksheet
- April 2016: Backwards Design Presentation Backwards Design Sample Backwards Design Template
- January 2016: Program Chairs: On Classroom Observations
2015
- December, 2015: Brown Bag: Tips for Final Exams
- November 2015: Developing Student Learning Outcomes and Aligning Assignments Presentation Handout/Worksheet: Aligning Assignments
- November 2015: Brown Bag presentation on Twinning Training on Grading
- August 2015: Faculty Retreat Agenda Modifying Your Course to Meet Student Learning Needs Adkin Kevin Helping Students Succeed Adkin Brown Palandjian Policies: A brief overview Handout: 5 Things to do on the First Day of Class Handout: The First Day of Class A Once a Semester Opportunity Handout: Course Syllabus Checklist Handout: Course Syllabus Template
- July 2015: Assessment for Learning, Classroom Assessment, Questioning to Learn Agenda Presentation: Insley Kim Conceptions of Assessment Links Presentation: Pachler Norbert Grade-related Criteria and Their Use in Marking Presentation: Brant Jacek Questioning to Learn Handout Driving Lessons Scenario Handout Examples of Two Teaching Approaches
2014
- December 2014: Aligning Assignments
Presentation
Activity
- August 2014: Faculty Retreat
Agenda
Center for Student Success Presentation
Engaging Students: An MPH Case Study Presentation
What is General Education? Presentation
- June 2014: Developing Student Learning Outcomes
Presentation
Handout
Activities
- June 2014: Engaging Students Using Social Media
Presentation - April 2014: Brown Bag Discussion. Curbing Cheating
- April 2014: Interactive Teaching Strategies
- 2014 January: Classroom Assessment Strategies
Presentation
Presentation by Center for Student Services
2013
- 2013 October: Teaching and Learning with Professor James M. Lang Motivating Assessing Connecting Testing
- 2013 October: Promoting Strategy Instruction Across the Curriculum Presentation Handout
- 2013 August: Faculty Retreat Presentation
- 2013 June: Developing Student Learning Outcomes Presentation Handouts: Developing SLOs Handout Aligning Assignments to Outcomes Worksheet June 2013 Developing SLOs Handout Bloom's taxonomy Developing SLOs Handout Freshman English 1 Example of Alignment
- 2013 May: Ugrad Program Chairs: Student Learning Assessment Plans: A review of direct and indirect evidence
- 2013 April: Using Technology in the Classroom to Enhance Collaborative Learning Agenda Handout: Resources
- 2013 March: Undergraduate Course and Syllabus Development Presentation Handouts
- 2013 February: Introduction to eTexts Agenda Presentation Handout
2012
- 2012 December: Undergraduate Assessment for Deans and Program Chairs
- 2012 June: Syllabus Workshop
Agenda
Presentation
2011
- 2011 December: Developing Rubrics
Agenda
- 2011 November: Institutionalizing Assessment of Student Learning
Agenda
Presentation