The 2007 Marshall University New Faculty Seminar 

The Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs and the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at Marshall University present a series of workshops during the fall semester designed to enhance the teaching of faculty who are new to the University. Regular group meetings with new faculty from across the campus to discuss issues and concerns, and to celebrate successes, have been shown to positively affect faculty adjustment, faculty productivity, and faculty commitment to their institution. Therefore, we hope that you will choose to participate in this series, and we look forward to working with you throughout your career at Marshall.

This year we are focusing on issues of course design as outlined by Dr. L. Dee Fink. The seminars will use Fink’s book Creating Significant Learning Experiences as the format for activities and discussions. Each week of the series will be based on reading part of the book and coming to the group with prepared material. You can work on a class that you are teaching in the fall, or prepare a class that you will be teaching in the spring. By the end of the series you should have a completed course syllabus, course goals and student learning outcomes, teaching and learning activities, and methods of assessing student learning. The book will be provided to all participants.

DATES:   Time: 2:00 – 3:30, Fridays

September 7                          

·         Identify course and situational factors

·         What abilities do you expect the student to already have?

·         What are the implications for prerequisites, training modules, review, etc?

September 21                        

·         Learning goals

·         Relate this course to your department/program goals

October 12                                        

·         Assessment of learning goals, forward and backward

November 2                                                      

·         Identify teaching and learning activities                               

November 16            

·         Day to day teaching/learning sequences                                

November 30            

·         Come with completed syllabus

Additional training opportunities:

·         Introduction to Faculty Writing groups  (August 31)

·         Writing Across the Curriculum weekend    (Oct. 18-19) 

·          Service-learning program;  TBA

·         MURC grants and funding workshops as announced

STIPEND:  Every faculty member who attends at least 5 sessions will receive a gift!

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask Frances Hensley or Elaine Baker. We will appreciate your response on the attached form.

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MARSHALL UNIVERSITY NEW FACULTY SEMINARS

Name   _______________________________________________

Department  ___________________________________________

Regarding the “New Faculty Seminar” at Marshall University,

            ______  I do want to participate

Please return this form by August 31 to

Dr. Elaine Baker, Old Main 109, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning