Faculty Fusion 2016 – CREATE

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Let’s create together at Faculty Fusion, August 12, 2016, 8:30am-1:00pm. Please join us in the Adams Center for breakfast, learning, and lunch. 
 
You can RSVP for activities here, by emailing  rsvp2ac@acu.edu or by calling the Adams Center at 325-674-2455. Registering saves your spot in each session and allows us to know how many to expect. We look forward to seeing you!

8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast: Adams Center

9:00-9:50 Session 1

  • Save Time, Prevent Cheating, and Provide Swift Feedback: Testing in Canvas  (Woods) — David Christianson and Berlin Fang
    If you still use Scantrons or paper and pencil for quizzes and exams, come find out how using Canvas can make grading easier, testing more secure, and feedback to students more effective.
  • Welcome to Stage 1: Faculty Video Projects (Meet in Foyer of Adams Center) — Melissa Henderson
    If you haven’t toured the redesigned main studio upstairs, we invite you to a hand-on introduction to Stage 1. Whether you have a couple lecture videos you’d like to record or would like to try out the new greenscreen or Lightboard setup, Melissa Henderson will show you how even first-timers can give their video project a professional look.
  • Teaching Like a Christian? (Classroom) — David Kneip
    Christian faculty sometimes struggle to find ways to integrate their Christianity and their pedagogy. Come encounter ideas for deepening the connections between your faith and your teaching and discover ways these methods connect to tried-and-true Christian practices.
  • iF (Innovation Foundry, 3rd Floor) — Marisa Beard
    The Innovation Foundry is a new teamwork and technology hub in the ACU library located in the southwest corner of the 3rd floor. We offer coaching and support to help connect your students to the resources they need in designing and publishing their work to the web, as well as other real-world applications.
  •  Creativity Challenge (Collaboration Space)— Nil Santana

10:00-10:50 Session 2

  • Sparking Creativity in the Classroom, (Classroom) — Kyle Dickson & Mike Wiggins
    What part does creativity play in the university? In what way is creativity related to our work as scholars, researchers, and teachers in a range of disciplines? As part of the 20/20 Teaching Innovations program, Mike and Kyle will introduce upcoming opportunities to reflect upon and practice the creative process to better understand its role in 21st-century teaching and learning.
  • Big Classes and Big Questions, (Woods) — Rodney Ashlock
    Large classes pose many pedagogical challenges for teachers. This session will focus on how to create a positive classroom environment so that learning can take place even when lecture is the dominant mode of instruction.
  • New Integration, New Look: Using Turnitin Feedback Studio in Canvas (Bamboo Room)— David Christianson and Berlin Fang
    Some of you may use Turnitin mainly to detect plagiarism, but the tool can actually be used for more than that. It can make grading easier. It allows you to give dynamic feedback, facilitate peer evaluation and even does word count for you! In the past three months, both the integration of Turnitin in Canvas and the Turnitin interface itself have changed. In this session, the instructional designers will demonstrate how to use the new Turnitin in Canvas.
  • Creativity Challenge (Collaboration Space) — Nil Santana

11:00-11:50 Session 3

  • Teaching Like a Christian? (Classroom)– David Kneip
    Christian faculty sometimes struggle to find ways to integrate their Christianity and their pedagogy. Come encounter ideas for deepening the connections between your faith and your teaching and discover ways these methods connect to tried-and-true Christian practices.
  • What did you read on your summer vacation? (Bamboo Room) — Laura Carroll
    Come find out what we’ll be reading in our three reading groups this fall and share what’s been on your reading list this summer, from heady academic reads to pulpy beach fiction.
  • Welcome to Stage 1: Faculty Video Projects, (Woods) — Melissa Henderson
    If you haven’t toured the redesigned main studio upstairs, we invite you to a hand-on introduction to Stage 1. Whether you have a couple lecture videos you’d like to record or would like to try out the new greenscreen or Lightboard setup, Melissa Henderson will show you how even first-timers can give their video project a professional look.
  • Creativity Challenge (Collaboration Space) — Nil Santana

12:00 Lunch: Adams Center