Faculty Fusion 2017 — August 18
Transform
Join us in thinking about transforming our teaching, our students, and ourselves this year in the Adams Center. We’ll kick off our year with Faculty Fusion on Friday, August 18, 2017, 8:30am-1:00pm. Come 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
Using screencasting to give students feedback (The Woods) — Berlin Fang
If you find that you spend too much time typing feedback, only to be ignored by students, perhaps you should try using screencast to give feedback to students. Research shows that students perceive such feedback favorably. Students are also more likely to use such feedback to improve their work. Come to this session to learn how to create screencast feedback and use it to improve student learning!
Engaging Spiritually with Students (The Classroom) — Amy Boone
What are college students thinking about faith? What are they wondering? What frustrates them about religion? Come explore tangible ways to engage spiritually with students in and out of class.
Introduction to Specifications Grading (Bamboo Room) — Suzie Macaluso
In this session we will introduce you to Specifications Grading as developed by Linda Nilson. We will look at syllabi from Specifications graded courses and actual assignment details. Following this introduction there will be a book group that meets throughout the semester in which we discuss the book and workshop course syllabi to include Specifications Grading.
10:00-10:50 Session 2
20/20 Innovation Grants: What We Learned in the First Year (The Classroom)
In this session, you’ll hear from a few of the 2016/17 recipients of the 20/20 Envisioning the Future of Education Teaching and Innovation Grants about their projects’ successes and failures and what we learned from those. In addition, find out how you can apply for future 20/20 grants.
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
Using screencasting to give students feedback (The Woods) — Berlin Fang
If you find that you spend too much time typing feedback, only to be ignored by students, perhaps you should try using screencast to give feedback to students. Research shows that students perceive such feedback favorably. Students are also more likely to use such feedback to improve their work. Come to this session to learn how to create screencast feedback and use it to improve student learning!
11:00-11:50 Session 3
Media Spaces for Students and Faculty (Bamboo Room and Learning Studio) — Kyle Dickson and Melissa Henderson
Interested in assigning a media project or sharing audio or video with your class? Come see the redesigned One Button Studio and media production suites upstairs in the Learning Studio. We’ll share tips for teaching with media and describe how we provide training and web resources to support your students.
Designing Assignments for Student Success (The Woods) — Laura Carroll
Research indicates that that creating transparent assignments “boosts students’ success (and especially underserved students’ success) significantly in three important areas: academic confidence, sense of belonging, and mastery of the skills employers value most when hiring.” Join us to learn about the principles of transparent assignments and to have a chance to think about your own assignments.
Engaging Spiritually with Students (The Classroom) — Amy Boone
What are college students thinking about faith? What are they wondering? What frustrates them about religion? Come explore tangible ways to engage spiritually with students in and out of class.
12:00 Lunch: Adams Center