Upcoming Events
27th International Lilly Conference on College Teaching
Miami University, Oxford, OH
November 15-18, 2007
Otterbein College featured speakers/presenters
Susan Butz and Marjorie Vogt , Nursing
Susan Butz, Trudy Mason and Kelly Muresan, Nursing
Eric K Jones , Communication
Leslie Ortquist-Ahrens , Center for Teaching and Learning
- Designing, Implementing, and Facilitating Faculty and Professional Learning Communities: Enhancing the Teaching and Learning Culture on Your Campus (with Milton D. Cox, Amy Essington, Mary Lou Holly, Alan Kalish, Laurie Richlin, and Joanne Munroe) – Thursday, all-day pre-conference workshop
Janice Windborne , Communication
Faculty Retreat-- Mohican State Lodge
December 6-7, 2007
The theme of this year’s Faculty Retreat is Conversations that Matter: Learning More about Talking to Each Other, and we have invited Dr. Phil Cass to facilitate. Our goals for this Retreat are to provide a setting to (re)learn innovative methodologies for meaningful conversation. Along the way we hope to have conversations that engage us in questions such as:
[2] What is my contribution? What helps me to feel supported and able to speak openly about what I think Otterbein needs in order to be a stronger learning community?
[3] How can we talk to each other in meaningful and authentic ways that strengthen each other and our community?
Coffman, James. Work and Peace in Academe: Leveraging Time, Money, and Intellectual Energy Through Managing Conflict. New York: Anker Publishing, 2005.
Fox, Helen. When Race Breaks Out: Conversations about Race and Racism in College Classrooms. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2007.
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Past Events
2007 Summer Programming
Teaching Portfolio Workshop
Monday, July 16, 9:00-12:00 noon-- Towers 241
Book Club
Bain, Ken. What the Best College Teachers Do
Mondays, 1:00-2:00pm-- Towers 118
Book Discussion Group
Fox, Helen. When Race Breaks Out
Tuesdays, 10:00-12:00 noon-- Towers 235
Power Point Working Group
Wednesdays, 11:00-1:00 pm-- Library 201
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2007 Professional Learning Community Spring Luncheon
Friday, June 8th, 11:30-2:00 pm
Old Bag of Nails, Westerville
New Faculty Professional Learning Community
General Education Outcomes Professional Learning Community
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Global Learning at Otterbein Workshops
Guest speaker: Dr. Merry Merryfield, OSU
Monday, June 11, 8:30 am-4:00 pm, Roush Hall 114
Tuesday, June 12, 9:00 am-2:00 pm, Westerville Public Library [PLC members only]
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Common Hour: Tuesday, May 8th, 3-4:00 pm
Roush Hall 212
Reaching All Our Students: Ensuring Web Accessibility
Guest speaker: Ken Petri, OSU Web Accessibility Center
Principles of accessibility, though originally developed to meet the needs of people with disabilities, benefit all users of electronic media. There are a number of decisions that instructors can make in designing documents for the web and other media (PDF™, Power Point™, video) that increase usability not only for those with motor, visual, auditory, or cognitive disabilities but for all learners.
Ken Petri, Director of Ohio State University's Web Accessibility Center, will give a quick overview of web accessibility, concentrating on general design principles affecting accessibility and discussing the impact accessibility has for learners. He will demonstrate some of the ways people with disabilities access the web, using screen readers and other technologies.
Co-sponsored by Office of Disability Services in the Academic Support Center and the Center for Teaching and Learning
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2007 Winter Term Book Clubs
Bean, John. Engaging Ideas
Rankin, Elizabeth. The Work of Writing: Insights and Strategies for Academics and ProfessionalsGuidelines and Scheduler form,
return to CTL before January 9thClubs beginning meeting the third week of classes
Contact the CTL for additional Book Club suggestions, CTL@otterbein.edu
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Interterm CTL Events
Thursday, November 30, 2006 and
Friday, December 1, 2006
Roush Hall 114
Dr. Tara Gray, New Mexico State University
Publish and Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar
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Tuesday, December 5, 2006
More CATs, Classroom Assessment Techniques
Roush Hall 114
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCAT Basics 101
9:00—10:00 amThe first hour of the workshop will be a basic introduction to Classroom Assessment Techniques and will recap October’s Common Hour presentation.
Cases of Cattiness...
10:15—11:00 amDuring the second part of the workshop, we will “go deeper” by looking at some case studies from colleagues’ work to learn how they used Classroom Assessment Techniques to monitor and give feedback on student thinking, attitudes, or skills in a particular class. We will look at challenges colleagues have faced (and maybe even a fiasco or two), as well as success stories.
Going Deeper: CATs for Your Courses
11:00—12:30 pmFinally, participants will spend time in small working groups consulting with one another about CATs they can use in a specific course. Bring a syllabus!
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Doing SoTL Conference
A Conference devoted to the
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Ohio
April 8, 2006
For more information, click on link: SoTL Conference
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2006 Winter Book Clubs
My Freshman Year
Rebekah Nathan
Cornell University Press, 2005Creating Significant Learning Experiences
L. Dee Fink
Jossey-Bass, 2003click on link for more information and application
Programming
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News
CTL Grant Opportunities
Mini Grants for Travel to Pedagogy Conferences and Workshops
Teaching Circle Grants
Mini Grants to support teaching projects and work in the scholarship of teaching and learning
click here for applications:
departmental conversations and grants
2005-2006
Professional Learning Communities
New Faculty
Greater Expectations
First-Generation Students
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Professional Learning Community