Instructional Strategies Workshops
Instructional Strategies Workshops address a wide range of topics designed to enrich
your teaching. Workshops are interactive and participatory, including ample opportunities
for hands-on experience while deepening your knowledge. Our goal is for you to finish
each workshop with drafts of usable products and a clear understanding of how to polish
them for implementation the next time you teach.
- Blended & Online Course Design - June 1 & 2, July 20 & 21 (Note:
This is a two-day workshop so please attend both days)
- Connecting with Students - May 27, July 14
- Technology-assisted Discussion - June 3, July 22
- Putting Course Content Online - Part 1 - June 4, July 23
- Putting Course Content Online - Part 2 - June 11, July 30
- Designing Personal & Professional Website - June 10, July 28
- Engaging Students in Large Classrooms - June 8, July 29
- Civic Engagement - May 28, July 15
- When “Students Can’t Write” – Part 1: Assignment and Assessment-
May 26, July 13
- When “Students Can’t Write” – Part 2: Response Practices-
June 9, July 27
- Universal Design for Learning - May 29, July 16
Workshop Information
- Eligible participants who complete a workshop will receive stipends equivalent
to $100/day. Reminder: To conserve our resources, each faculty member is limited
to five stipends over the course of the summer.
- Workshops are held in the ITDC Building (301 S. Main St.)
- All workshops run from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Morning snacks and lunch will be provided. Enjoy the company of your colleagues
from across campus while you eat.
Eligibility and Registration Information
All tenured, tenure-track, and full-time non-tenure track faculty and staff with teaching
responsibilities are eligible to register and to receive stipends. Part-time NTT instructors
and graduate students are eligible to register and will be admitted as space allows,
but they are not eligible for stipends.
Click here to register!
Instructional Strategies Workshops: 1st Session
Instructional Strategies Workshops: 2nd Session
Workshop Descriptions
- Blended & Online Course Design (2
days)
- Whether you want to take your course fully online or just replace some class time
with online activities, you'll want to start at the same place -- course design.
Using an effective course design process, you can create an enhanced learning environment
tailored to your content, your students, and your teaching goals. Over the
course of this two-day workshop, we'll walk you through the design process step-by-step
so that you can design a course that best meets your needs and the needs of your
students. You'll leave this workshop with a design plan and a solid vision of how
to implement it in your course(s). Note: Eligible participant will receive $200
stipends when completed both days.
- Connecting with Students (1
day)
- At its core, teaching is communication. New communication technologies provide
a wider array of options for communication with and among your students, each with
potential benefits and drawbacks. Knowing what to use and when is a bit of a minefield
and uninformed (albeit well-intentioned) practices can undermine effectiveness.
Informed use can help you be more efficient, increase your ability to connect with
students, and enhance instructor-student relationships.
- Technology-assisted Discussion (1
day)
- Recent research indicates that online discussion is extremely effective in creating
a community of learners, enhancing the student learning experience both in and out
of the “classroom.” Facilitating productive, active online discussions
takes some forethought, planning, and unique mentoring skills. This workshop will
spur your thinking about how to use online discussion effectively in conjunction
with a blended or fully online course.
- Putting Course Content Online – Part 1 (1
day)
- Well-designed, effective online content is essential for your online and blended
courses. Creating content for the Web can be challenging as there are a number of
options available online. In this workshops, you will learn to create and edit photos,
audio, video and Powerpoint narration. We will also discuss best practices for multimedia
use, legal issues and options for making your content available online.
- Putting Course Content Online – Part 2 (1
day)
- This workshop provides additional hands-on practice on what you learn in the Putting
Course Content Online - Part 1 workshop. You will be working on individual projects
with assistance of facilitators. The workshops is open to only those who completed
the first workshop.
- Designing Personal & Professional Website (1
day)
- A professional website is becoming today what a business card used to be – something
that everyone had and expected everyone else to have. Most scholars provide access
to their professional information such as publications, vita, and courses for their
colleagues and students. If you want to join them, this workshop is for you – even
if you are a web page authoring novice. You will learn how to use a web authoring
program to modify an existing template to create your own site, so you can "market" yourself
to others from all over the world.
- Engaging Students in Large Classrooms (1
day)
- Whether you’re a novice or a pro, it’s never too late to learn new
ways to reach individuals in that sea of faces in the large classroom. Come benefit
from the collective wisdom of seasoned campus professionals who’ve used research
and personal experiences to address topics such as what’s important on the
first day of class, what to include in classroom rules, how to motivate discussion,
how to use humor effectively, how to share the teaching load, and other large classroom
issues. Spend an enjoyable day sharing thoughts and ideas with other faculty facing
similar challenges.
- Civic Engagement (1 day)
- Even if you believe it’s important to offer students real-life experiences
to enhance their learning, you may not have determined how best to integrate such
experiences into your course planning. Join us for a day of learning about campus
civic engagement resources such as ADP, PEP, FOCUS, and CEC (Community-Engaged Classrooms),
and spend time with representatives from various community organizations interested
in engaging our students with their projects. You will hear from and talk with faculty
and organizations that have successfully incorporated this kind of learning experience
into ISU courses. Enjoy refreshments as you mingle and plan, and be prepared to
leave with a well-designed classroom/community partnership.
- When “Students Can’t Write” – Part
1: Assignment and Assessment (1 day)
- We’ve all heard the lament: “My students can’t write!” But
what are we doing about it? In this workshop we'll consider the following two questions:
- How can I design writing assignments that engage students and increase their
motivation to do well?
- What are the “best practices” in writing assessment, and how
can I apply them to my students' work?
This workshop can stand alone or in conjunction with “When ‘Students
Can’t Write’”--Part 2.
- When “Students Can’t Write” – Part
2: Response Practices (1 day)
- We’ve all heard the lament: “My students can’t write!” But
what are we doing about it? In this workshop we'll consider the following two questions:
- What are the "best practices" in supporting developing writers?
- How can I incorporate these practices into my teaching and still have (a)
plenty of time to teach my content and (b) a life!
This workshop can stand alone or in conjunction with “When ‘Students
Can’t Write’”--Part 1.
- Universal Design for Learning (1
day)
- How do you know that your course is designed to reach all students effectively
in your classroom, regardless of nationality, language, gender, abilities, backgrounds,
and other differences in learning styles and challenges?
Universal Design for Learning covers the basic principles for developing teaching
to address the learning needs of all students, no matter what challenges they bring
with them. Bring your syllabus and we’ll walk through it step by step to determine
if applying these principles in your course design can enhance the learning of all
your students.
