Fall 2009 Teacher Trainings (September 14 -25, 2009)

Every year the Teaching Effectiveness Program offers teacher training to all instructors. While trainings focus on those who are teaching for the first time, we welcome any instructor who would benefit by attending. Sessions fill quickly so early sign up is recommended.

Teacher Trainings

Technology Trainings

Teacher Trainings
Registration is required. Contact gcooper@uoregon.edu to register.

Basic Teaching Skills (Leading a Discussion or Lab Section-choose one date)

Basic Teaching Skills sessions will be held in 185 Lillis- September 14, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24 from 9am-4pm.

Activities and materials focus on: getting students to prepare and participate, facilitating discussions, promoting critical thinking, using group work, grading, managing your class, and preparing for exams.

Teaching for the First Time as the Sole Instructor

185 Lillis, choose Sept. 18, 22 or 25 from 9am-4pm.

Activities and materials will focus on presenting material effectively, writing learning objectives and lesson plans, motivating your students to prepare for and engage with the course, promoting critical thinking, facilitating discussions, grading, working with groups, managing a class.

Teaching Large Classes

Strategies for Discussion Leaders

This two-hour workshop is designed to teach strategies for creating lively and fruitful conversations that help students enjoy class time, build critical thinking skills and understand the fundamental questions of the course. We will identify the thinking and argumentation skills your students should be practicing, learn common questions and prompts that address these skills, review a grab-bag of discussion activities (ice-breakers, fishbowl, "think, pair, share", consensus, brainstorm, etc.), and design discussion-based lesson plans. Even if you don't yet know what specific discussion you'll be leading, you'll leave this workshop with a small arsenal of activities that will get them listening and talking!

Teaching in the U.S. for International Graduate Teaching Fellows (IGTF)

Sept. 18, 1:30-4:30pm, Mills Center

This workshop will provide an overview of the challenges IGTFs may face in the U.S. classroom and a chance to meet and network with fellow IGTFs. Topics covered will include strategies and techniques for teaching in U.S. university classrooms, overcoming cultural and language challenges, starting out your experience positively from the first day of class, and accessing a variety of resources to support you in your position. A panel of current and former IGTFS will also be present to share their experiences with you.

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Technology Trainings
To register, contact Robert Voelker-Morris (rmorris1@uoregon.edu)

Blackboard: Introduction for New Users
Date: Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Time: 10:00-11:30 (60 minutes + 30 minute lab-time)
Room: Proctor 41 (room change)
Presenter: JQ Johnson, Director, Scholarly Communications and Instructional Support

Are you new to the Blackboard system? Join Scholarly Communications and Instructional Support and Teaching Effectiveness Program for an introduction to the Blackboard system. In this session you will learn about the basics of accessing and developing your course sites. Additionally, there will be an open time to receive hands-on help accessing and navigating the interface.

*Added Session*
Blackboard: 9.0 New Version Training
Date: Monday, September 21st, 2009
Time: 1:00-2:30 (60 minutes + 30 minute lab-time)
Room: Proctor 41
Presenter: JQ Johnson, Director, Scholarly Communications and Instructional Support

The University of Oregon’s Blackboard will be changing significantly for the 2009 fall term. The new system has a substantially reworked user interface and many new features that may be valuable in your teaching, but also may be disorienting at first. If you want to learn more about this version, join Scholarly Communications and Instructional Support and the Teaching Effectiveness Program for an introduction to the new Blackboard 9.0 system.

Blackboard: 9.0 New Version Training
Date: Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Time: 10:00-11:30 (60 minutes + 30 minute lab-time)
Room: Proctor 41
Presenter: JQ Johnson, Director, Scholarly Communications and Instructional Support

The University of Oregon’s Blackboard will be changing significantly for the 2009 fall term. The new system has a substantially reworked user interface and many new features that may be valuable in your teaching, but also may be disorienting at first. If you want to learn more about this version, join Scholarly Communications and Instructional Support and the Teaching Effectiveness Program for an introduction to the new Blackboard 9.0 system.

Blackboard: Grade Center
Date: Friday, September 18th, 2009
Time: 10:00-11:20 (60 minutes + 30 minute lab-time)
Room: Proctor 41
Presenters: JQ Johnson, Director, Scholarly Communications and Instructional Support and Robert Voelker-Morris, Teaching Effectiveness Program

Want an easy way to manage and post student grades? Learn more about using the Blackboard Grade Center feature to set up your course grades. The Teaching Effectiveness Program and Scholarly Communications and Instructional Support will offer a hands-on lab for setting up your Grade Center and best practices for utilizing this feature.

Blackboard: Assignments and Assessment
Date: Monday, September 21st, 2009
Time: 10:00-11:30 (60 minutes + 30 minute lab-time)
Room: Proctor 41 (room change)
Presenters: Robert Voelker-Morris, Teaching Effectiveness Program, Elly Vandegrift, Teaching Effectiveness Program, and Nargas Oskui, Center for Media and Educational Technologies Consulting

Want to learn more about how the Blackboard system can help manage and organize your course assignments and assessment? Join The Teaching Effectiveness Program and Scholarly Communications and Instructional Support for an introduction to the various tools Blackboard offers instructors to set up assignments, tests, surveys, and anti-plagiarism essay submissions. Additionally, You will learn about the different ways in which to use these tools, and there will be an open time to receive hands-on assistance in setting up these features.

Blackboard: Blogs and Journaling
Date: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Time: 10:00-11:20 (60 minutes + 30 minute lab-time)
Room: Proctor 41
Presenters: Robert Voelker-Morris, Teaching Effectiveness Program and Nargas Oskui, Center for Media and Educational Technologies Consulting

Blogging in Blackboard? With the new version of Blackboard the capacity for blogging has become available for students and instructors. This Teaching Effectiveness Program and Scholarly Communications and Instructional Support session will introduce this new feature. We will also explore the pedagogical questions for using an interactive Web 2.0 tool within one’s course site. Additionally, there will be an open time to receive hands-on assistance in setting up these features.

Blackboard: Discussion Board
Date: Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Time: 10:00-11:30 (60 minutes + 30 minute lab-time)
Room: Proctor 41
Presenter: Robert Voelker-Morris, Teaching Effectiveness Program

Looking for new ways to engage student participation? Learn more about using the Blackboard Discussion Board feature to set up class discussions. The Teaching Effectiveness Program and Scholarly Communications and Instructional Support will offer a hands-on lab for setting up your Discussion Boards. We will also explore the pedagogical benefits and challenges of moving class participation into the online environment.

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