The Center for Faculty Development Workshops and Events: Recent Episodes
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All of Seton Hall University's Center for Faculty Development's workshops and events uploaded as podcasts for your enjoyment.
Teaching Beyond the Classroom: The University Archives and the University Art Gallery. The materials housed in the Walsh University Library archive represent a rich resource teaching and research.Teaching Beyond the Classroom: The University Archives and the University Art Gallery.
The materials housed in the Walsh University Library archive represent a rich resource teaching and research. They contain documents and images from a variety of areas, such as the history of Seton Hall University, Irish American history, records from the Archdiocese of Newark, and New Jersey politics. Alan Delozier, Walsh Library Archivist, will present a use case, speak to the strengths of the collection, and do a demonstration on searching.
How to Have a Successful Sabbatical
Phil Moremen, School of Diplomacy
Joseph Rice, Immaculate Conception School of Theology
Margaret Lewis, SHU Law School
Larry McCarthy, Stillman School of Business
As any faculty member who has had one can tell you, there are strategies one can use to ensure a successful sabbatical, whether it’s for a semester or a year. Several faculty members who recently completed sabbaticals will offer their insights into the sabbatical process from start to finish: what makes a successful application; how to prepare for the sabbatical; how to stay on track during the sabbatical; and how to manage the return to the academic routine.
Tenure and Promotion Workshop
Nick Snow, College of Arts and Sciences
Whether you will be applying for tenure and/or promotion next year or in several years, this informative session will help you understand how the process works at Seton Hall, the qualities of a successful application, and the pitfalls to avoid.
Are you planning to apply for a sabbatical for 2019-20? If so, this workshop, being offered by Dr. Jim Kimble, will provide valuable information about applying for a Fulbright for your sabbatical period.Are you planning to apply for a sabbatical for 2019-20? If so, this workshop, being offered by Dr. Jim Kimble, will provide valuable information about applying for a Fulbright for your sabbatical period. The deadline for Fulbright applications is August 1 of this year.
New and Little-Known Library Resources for Teaching/Scholarship. As teachers and scholars, it’s important that we stay up to date on the tools available to help us in both areas.New and Little-Known Library Resources for Teaching/Scholarship.
As teachers and scholars, it’s important that we stay up to date on the tools available to help us in both areas. Librarians Lisa DeLuca and Lisa Rose-Wiles will introduce attendees at this workshop to new and underused library resources, such as ICPSR for datasets, streaming video, and HeinOnline. Bring your laptop to participate in some hands-on activities.
Ed Jones, from the College of Arts and Sciences, will presenting a lecture on the topic of, “Educational Attitudes and Experiences of Chinese Students Coming to U.S. Universities”.Ed Jones, from the College of Arts and Sciences, will presenting a lecture on the topic of, “Educational Attitudes and Experiences of Chinese Students Coming to U.S. Universities”.
Ed Jones was a Wuhan Scholar this past year and, for his research project, interviewed several Chinese undergrads and College English Department faculty members from Wuhan University, as well as surveying almost 200 students, to learn about their educational backgrounds, attitudes, and reasons for coming to the U.S. He will present his findings in this workshop, providing insights to help us understand this particular student population.
How to Maintain Research Productivity—Strategies from the Researchers of the Year. Given the multiple claims on faculty time—teaching, service commitments, family, community—scholarship is often the thing that suffers.Given the multiple claims on faculty time—teaching, service commitments, family, community—scholarship is often the thing that suffers. Faculty members who have received the Researcher of the Year award will share their strategies for sustaining research and remaining productive, especially over the long term.
Join us for this hands-on workshop on Zotero, the “free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.” Primarily a bibliographic tool, Zotero can also help you be more organized and, ultimately, more productive. Your students can also use it to improve their research papers.
While assessing student learning and providing feedback on student work is vitally important, it's not always necessary to do so in the same ways we always have. Instead of traditional paper tests/exams and written comments on papers, our faculty presenters have been using other means to gauge student knowledge and advance student learning. In this workshop they will share their strategies for using oral exams, the oral paper defense, and oral commentary on student writing and the results of these practices.
Students who have identified as being on the autism spectrum can face special challenges in a classroom setting. Julie DiMatteo, a Staff Psychologist with Counseling and Psychological Services, and Angie Millman, Director of Disability Support Services, will discuss a variety of areas where faculty can work with these students to help them achieve academic success, including the ways assignments are presented, classroom management strategies, and ways to handle issues such as extensions and extra credit.
Amy Hunter, Professor of Psychology
The course syllabus may be the single most important document for our classes, yet improving them can be difficult. We often can’t detect problems of clarity and accessibility, among other things, that can lead to student confusion and even frustration. Amy Hunter, editor for an initiative entitled Project Syllabus, which is a compendium of peer-reviewed psychology syllabi, will show how they evaluate syllabi using an empirically based rubric. The rubric, not discipline specific, can be used to asses syllabi from any discipline.
Bring a copy of a syllabus and your lunch. Beverages and dessert will be provided.
This event is sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development.
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The 2017-18 University Teaching Fellows will share both their experience as fellows and the pedagogical projects they developed as a result of their participation the program. This is also an opportunity for tenure-track faculty to learn about this annual program, designed to help develop the next group of excellent teachers, scholars, and faculty leaders, and to consider applying to be a 2019-20 Teaching Fellow.
Lessons from the Best Teachers Summer Institute/Lessons from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Data
October 22 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m., Faculty Lounge (top floor, Univ. Center)
October 23, 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m., Faculty Lounge (top floor, Univ. Center)
Mary Balkun, College of Arts and Sciences
Debra Zinicola, College of Education and Human Services
Martin Edwards, School of Diplomacy
Janet Easterling, Institutional Research, Provost’s Office
Mary Balkun, Debra Zinicola, and Martin Edwards will share what they learned at the Best Teachers Summer Institute in June 2018, and what happened when they implemented one technique they learned at the institute in their fall 2018 classes. In addition, Janet Easterling will share results of the Seton Hall results of the National Survey of Student Engagement and what they tell us about teaching and learning at Seton Hall.
Ally: A New Tool for Course Accessibility
October 11, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., Faculty Lounge (top floor of Univ. Center)
Renee Cicchino, Director, Instructional Design and Computer Training, TLTC
Amy Phillips, Learning Systems Manager, TLTC
Angie Millman, Director, Disability Support Services
This workshop will provide an introduction to Ally, a tool that checks for the accessibility of course materials and helps faculty make corrections, while also allowing students to access different versions of course material. House in Blackboard, Ally can help faculty support students with learning disabilities.
This event is happening on October 3, from 11 a.m. - noon, in Jubilee Hall room 132. Speakers include:
- Robin Cunningham, Associate Vice President; Dean, Freshman Studies
- Tracy Gottlieb, Vice President of Student Services
- Tom Rzeznik, History Department Chairperson
Academic advising should not be reserved to helping students choose their courses and get their PINs, nor need it only be the work of "official" advisors. Each faculty member can serve as an advisor to students, whether it means reminding them about upcoming deadlines, making recommendations about university events, or directing them to academic support services. During this session, you will learn about the benefits of such advising, best practices, and what you can do as a faculty member to awaken the advisor within.
Strategies for Preventing Student Plagiarism
September 25, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., Faculty Lounge (top floor, U Center)
Mary Balkun, College of Arts and Sciences
Debra Zinicola, College of Education and Human Services
Jim Kimble, College of Communication and the Arts
Amy Phillips, Learning Systems Manager, TLTC
Faculty members will share strategies they have developed for preventing/helping students avoid plagiarism; there will also be a demonstration of SafeAssign, the writing assessment tool.
Light refreshments will be served.
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Presenters:Amy Phillips, Learning Systems Manager, Teaching, Learning, and Technology CenterRenee Cicchino, Director of Instructional Design, Teaching, Learning, and Technology CenterAnn Mary Murphy, Associate Professor of Diplomacy and Intl. RelationsSo you’ve gotten together all the materials for your tenure/promotion application, and the time has come to upload it into Blackboard. What do you do next? How can you make sure your materials are presented as clearly as possible? This workshop will address the two important aspects of this process: the technical side of uploading your materials into Blackboard and how to best organize and present those materials for your readers. This workshop is specifically geared to faculty who will be applying for tenure/promotion in the fall, but all are welcome.
The Center for Faculty Development will offer a workshop on alternative forms of assessment from 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 26 in the Faculty Lounge on the top floor of the University Center. The presenters will include Dr. Grace May, Associate Professor of Education; Dr. Lauren McFadden, Associate Professor of Education; and Dr. Debra Zinicola, Associate Professor of Education.
The workshop will proceed from the following question: What is the purpose of assessment and how do you use it throughout your class and course?
- Debra Zinicola will focus on the development and refinement of a rubric. What can we learn from an assessment tool like this? When does it work and when might you need a modified version?
- Lauren McFadden will focus on formative assessment throughout a class period, checking for understanding, to inform next steps in teaching on the spot and in the future. The Plickers app will be shared as an example of how she regularly checks on the readiness of her students to move forward within a class period.
- Grace May will focus on knowing your students and creating assessments that respect both the content and the learners.
This event is sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development.
“Understanding Your Investment Options
Presenters:
Kurt Rotthoff, Assoc. Professor of Economics and Legal Studies
Recently, Vanguard funds were added to the TIAA funds available to Seton Hall employees for investment.
This session will provide information about this change and help you understand your investment options.
(This session is not for the purpose of providing investment advice; it is purely informational.)
This event is sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development
Whether you will be applying for tenure and/or promotion next year or in several years, this informative session will help you understand how the process works at Seton Hall, the qualities of a successful application, and the pitfalls to avoid.
Speakers:
Dr. Nick Snow, Founding Endowed Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry; SHU Director of Research
Dr. Marianne Lloyd, Associate Professor of Psychology
Dr. Peter Shoemaker, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Senior faculty guests from various colleges and schools will also be available to answer questions and share their experience.
Short presentations, to faculty, staff and students, on "MLK's Human Relations Legacy: What Needs to be Done?"
The offerings will be coordinated with Dr. Balkun and the Center for Faculty Development.
As Seton Hall’s student population becomes more international in nature, it also presents challenges for faculty. Presenters at this event will address some of the issues facing international students (visa issues, health concerns, cultural differences); classroom strategies for meeting the needs of international students, including questions of assessment and curricular decisions; and resources available to provide support for international students.
Presenters:
- Maria Bouzas, Director of the Office of International Programs
- Gita DasBender, English Department Senior Faculty Associate and Second Language Coordinator
- Adrian DeMuro, ESL Coordinator
Under the guise of "play", explore devised and applied theater practices intended to create "community in the classroom" and a student-centered equitable learning lab. This is a hands-on participatory workshop experience. You will move. You will be moved! Requirements: Open mind, comfortable shoes. HALL in!
Over the past 20 years, the uptick in the diagnosis rates for Autism Spectrum Disorder, and corresponding success of early intervention strategies, has resulted in a significant increase in the number of individuals with ASD in post-secondary education. As such, college educators and administrators have been struggling to understand how best to accommodate and support these highly enigmatic students. This interactive session will address questions about the unique characteristics and needs of individuals with ASD in college, and provide recommendations for reasonable accommodations, classroom management strategies, housing, extra-curricular participation, communication, and ideally, will enhance faculty and administrators’ understanding of their students with ASD.