CTLR's 4th Annual
Pedagogy Roundtable Series, 2009
~Week One~
Thursday, May 21
9 am - 12:30 pm
Library 230
Contemplative Pedagogy Seminar with Arthur Zajonc, Academic Program Director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society and Physics Professor at Amherst College
Rebecca Gould, John Huddleston, Gus Jordan, Jonathan Miller-Lane, John Spackman, Helen Young, Pat Zupan
At the request of last year’s roundtable participants this seminar extends the conversation on contemplative pedagogy, focusing on what it is, why we feel the need for it in our classrooms, and how to incorporate practices of mindfulness and attention. What steps can we take to deepen our students’ attention to their work? How do we integrate course content and contemplation? Arthur Zajonc, Academic Director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, physics professor at Amherst College, and author of numerous books on science and spirituality, leads workshops and retreats on teaching and contemplative practice at campuses across the country for faculty from all disciplines. We are indebted to the office of Dean of the College, Gus Jordan, for this unique opportunity.
~ Lunch Library 225 (RSVP brewer@middlebury.edu)
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Friday, May 22
10:30 am - 12:00
Tired of Sloppy, Stiff, or Inaudible Oral Presentations? Library 230
Mary Ellen Bertolini, Michael Claudon, Arabella Holzapfel, Mike Kiernan, Yonna McShane, Dana Yeaton
Amidst efforts to foster excellence in reading, research and writing, speaking skills are often neglected. Yet we want to hear our students’ voices. How might we best communicate our expectations for student presentations? This roundtable will explore research on oral presentations, rubrics for grading them, the roles of research and PowerPoint in presentations, and considerations of voice and style. Come with your experiences.
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~Week Two~
Tuesday, May 26
Senior Work Symposium
Morning Panel - 10:30 am -12:00, Library 201
What Works?
Pieter Broucke, Roman Graf, Judy Head (Assoc. Dean of Faculty, Bates), Ellen Oxfeld, Neil Stillings (Dean of Cognitive Science, Hampshire)
This panel will address questions such as: How does an institution prepare for a senior work requirement? How will such a requirement impact the curriculum and faculty workload in large and small departments? How do we prepare students to do this work well, and how do we factor in the junior year abroad?
~Lunch in Library 225 ( RSVP brewer@middlebury.edu)
Afternoon Concurrent Roundtables, 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Sharing Stategies: Large Departments and Interdisciplinary Programs, Library 201
Brett Millier, Burke Rochford, Helen Young
Sharing Strategies: Small Departments and Interdisciplinary Programs, Library 230
Penny Campbell, Mark Evancho, Carrie Reed, Susan Watson, Larry Yarbrough
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Friday, May 29: NEFDC Spring 2009 Conference
TECHNOLOGY AND HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE
The Center for Teaching, Learning and Research is pleased to co-sponsor the New England Faculty Development Consortium's annual spring conference, Connecting the .edus: Using Technology To Connect With Our Students. The keynote speaker is Dr. Peter Doolittle, Department of Learning Science at Virginia Tech, whose research focuses on learning in multimedia environments with an emphasis on the role of working memory. The keynote presentation will be video-conferenced, linking participants here at Middlebury to colleagues at Dartmouth College, WPI, UCONN, and the New England Institute of Technology. Concurrent sessions will follow the keynote, during which we'll explore several educational technologies in depth. A video-conferenced wrap-up session will allow us to share ideas and experiences from the day with colleagues across New England. For more information, including descriptions of concurrent sessions, please visit www.nefdc.org<http://www.nefdc.org>. We hope you'll join us!
Conference Schedule
8:00 -- 9:00 Light Breakfast/Registration*
Robert A. Jones, Conference Room
9:00 -- 11:15 Interactive Keynote Presentation
Robert A. Jones, Conference Room
11:30 – 12:30 Concurrent Sessions:
From Writing Alone to Inventing Together: MySpace.com as Networked ePortfolio (I) Library 105
Presenters: Lois B. Cooper and students in Intermediate Spanish, Berkshire Community College
The Cite is Right! A Mock Game Show about Academic Integrity Library 201
Presenters: Laura Braunstein, Sara Biggs Chaney, Karen Gocsik, Barbara Knauff, Dartmouth College
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch Library, Harmon Reading Area
1:30 - 2:30 Concurrent Sessions:
From Writing Alone to Inventing Together: MySpace.com as Networked ePortfolio (II) Library 105
Presenters: Lois B. Cooper and students in Intermediate Spanish, Berkshire Community College
All that Twitters is not Sold: When Students Reject Technology Library 201
Presenters: Craig K. Pepin and Ken Wade, Champlain College
2:45 – 3:30 Wrap-up/Closing Session
Robert A. Jones, Conference Room
*Free for Middlebury faculty and staff
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~Week Three~
Tuesday, June 2: Grant Writing Workshop for the Sciences and Social Sciences -
Burlington, Vermont
8:30 - 4:00 pm, Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
Middlebury faculty often attend VT-EPSCoR's annual grant writing workshop for those conducting research in the sciences and empirical social sciences.
This year's workshop includes a feature presentation by a National Science Foundation program officer on "Research Program Development" and a Mock Panel Review Session. The workshop will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Burlington, Vermont. For more information visit: www.uvm.edu/EPSCoR or Franci Farnsworth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday, June 3 9:15 am - 12:00
Preparing Competitive Grant Proposals, Crestroom, McCullough
Panelists:Timothy Billings, Carol Rifelj Facilitators: Jim Ralph, Franci Farnsworth, Alison Darrow This is the annual "June Grantwriting Workshop" sponsored by the Dean for Faculty Development and Research. This workshop focuses on writing grant proposals for humanities and social science research projects, but the general advice about proposal preparation pertains to all types of grant proposals. The faculty panelists will provide advice and insights about the process based on their varied experiences in applying for and reviewing grant proposals. The workshop will also include the mock panel review session, which has been rated highly by past participants. We will be using different proposals than in the past, so the exercise will have value even to those who have done it before.
Please RSVP brewer@middlebury.edu
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Thursday, June 4, 10:30 am - 12:00 Pedagogy & Technology Fair, Library, Harmon Reading Area
Holly Allen, Mary Ellen Bertolini, Jeff Byers, Bryan Carson, Kyoko Davis, Chris Fastie, Anne Knowles, Marc Lapin, Jonathan Miller-Lane, Caitlin Myers, James Morrison, David Roseberg, Steve Trombulak, Andy Wentik, Helen Young
From Facebook in a chemistry course to video projects in First-Year Seminars, Middlebury faculty are using technology in a number of creative ways to re-design, enhance and augment their courses. Join us in the Great Hall at McCardell Bicentennial Hall where a number of faculty will demonstrate their uses of technology and discuss their experiences in an informal setting. This fair is co-sponsored by the CTLR and Library and Information Services.
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~Week Four~
Tuesday, June 9
10:30 am - 12:00
Visualizing Data: Beyond the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, MBH 148
Jason Arndt, Dave Guertin, Burt Johnson, Bill Peterson, Paul Sommers
As quantitative information has become an ever more important component of student research projects, faculty across the disciplines have developed ways to help students understand and work with data. Along with teaching students how to gather, analyze, and draw conclusions from quantitative information, faculty must also consider effective ways for students to present this information. While powerful media tools can create snazzy pictures, there is always the risk that technology will drive content, or that flashy graphs will become a substitute for good communication. Bring your success stories, your struggles, and your developing strategies to share with colleagues.
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Wednesday, June 10
10:30 am - 12:00
New Angles on Texts, Library 225
Dan Brayton, Jon Isham, Nicholas Muller, David Rosenberg
Inspired by the office for faculty development, these roundtables bring together faculty across departments who teach the same books. What lecture content, discussion questions and assignments arise from studies of a particular text across the disciplines? This season's roundtable will focus on Mark Kurlansky's Cod. Feel free to join participants if you've read or are considering teaching either of these texts.
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Thursday, June 11
10:30 am - 12:00
Changing Course: Securing Grants for Curricular Innovation, Axinn 220
Dan Brayton, Ray Coish, Brett Millier, Jacob Tropp; moderated by Franci Farnsworth
There are many small grants that can provide support for developing new courses or improving existing courses. In some cases these grants are specifically for “curriculum development.” In other cases, the ability to gather materials related to a curricular innovation may simply be an added benefit of a research grant. The faculty panelists have all received grants that relate to curriculum projects and will share their experiences and grant-writing tips.
Thursday, June 11
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Looking at Library Research, Library 230
Brenda Ellis, Carrie Macfarlane, Terry Simpkins, and others
Has the way you do research changed over the past few years? Have you noticed a change in the research your students are doing? Finding information has become easier than ever, but sifting out the best information remains a challenge even for experienced researchers. In this roundtable we will examine some of the changes in the resources libraries provide and in how they provide them, as well as discuss how these mesh (or don't!) with student and faculty expectations.
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~Week Five~
Wednesday, June 17 10:00 am - 12:00 : Focus on First Year
10:00 am Refreshments and book display in CTLR, Library 225 10:30 Discussion, Library 230 Leger Grindon, Antonia Losano, Pete Schumer, Kathy Skubikowski, Allison Stanger, Roberto Veguez, and Barbara Walvoord (Prof. Emerita, Univ. of Notre Dame), Jeremy Ward
How can we best plan our First-Year Seminars to help our students make the transition from excellent high school thinkers and writers to excellent college thinkers and writers? What are the best uses we can make of our library, technology, CTLR and Commons recourses? Come share your experiences and ideas.