Faculty Forum Day - Conference Program
April 5, 2006
9:00 - 9:30 Continental Breakfast
Atwood Ballroom
9:30 – 10:30 Keynote Address
Atwood Ballroom
by Howard Winant
Howard Winant is the founder and director of the New Racial Studies Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is also Professor of Sociology. Winant's work focuses on the historical and contemporary importance of race and racism in shaping economic, political, and cultural life, both in the US and globally. He is the author of The World is a Ghetto: Race and Democracy Since World War II (2001), as well as Racial Conditions: Politics, Theory, Comparisons (1994), and Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960’s to the 1990’s (1994), co-authored with Michael Omi. His most recent book is The New Politics of Race: Globalism, Difference, Justice (2004). In addition to his work on race and racism, he has written widely in the areas of political sociology, sociological theory, and the sociology of development. He has taught in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina, and lectured in Latin America, Africa, and Europe.
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Concurrent Sessions A
Title
A1 Racial Issues Colloquium with Howard Winant
Location
S. Voyageurs Room
Description
This session offers faculty teaching Racial Issues the opportunity to meet and talk with Howard Winant in an informal, small group setting.
Title
A2 Teaching, Learning, Assessment: Closing the Loop
Location
Lady Slipper Room
Presenters
Sandra Johnson; Elaine Ackerman; Joyce Simones; Mary Soroko
Description
Teaching, Learning, Assessment – it’s not a linear process. How has assessment changed your approach to teaching? Panel members and participants in this session will be sharing actual examples of how they used assessment data to improve their teaching. We’ll talk about best practices, but we’ll talk about roadblock and pitfalls as well.
Title
A3 What the Bleep does it have to do with teaching?
Location
Glacier Room North
Presenters
Patricia Hauslein; Judy Foster; Lee Aberle
Description
This session is for those who have watched and are intrigued by the ideas presented in the movie “What the Bleep do we know?” The facilitators will lead a discussion that explores the implications of applying principles and ideas presented in the movie to our teaching and lives as scholars.
Title
A4 Skills Sought by Employers
Location
N. Voyageurs Room
Presenters
Andy Ditlevson, Coordinator; Jim Sherohman, Faciltiator; Business Community Representatives
Description
A panel discussion with some of the top employers of SCSU graduates on what skills, training, experiences and characteristics employers seek when they consider hiring SCSU students. Employers who recruit from a wide range of disciplines including science, engineering, business, social science, education and liberal arts will be represented.
Title
A5 Learning from how Others use D2L
Location
Miller Center 207
Presenters
Steve Malikowski; Mert Thompson
Description
This workshop will show the results of a study conducted last year, which analyzed how SCSU faculty members us D2L. The results of the study found each college uses D2L in distinctly different ways. This presentation will describe these findings. This workshop will also facilitate large and small group discussions about how D2L can help with familiar and new teaching strategies.
12:00 – 1:00 Forum Luncheon (all are invited)
Atwood Ballroom
1:00 – 5:00 CARE Workshop (Pre-registration Required)
Cascade Room
1:00 – 2:00 Concurrent Sessions B
Title
B1 Book Talk: The New Politics of Race: Globalism Difference Justice by Howard Winant
Location
S. Voyageurs Room
Description
Pre-registration is required for this book talk in which participants will have the opportunity to reflect and talk together about Howard Winant’s most recent book. Copies of the book will be provided to registered participants by the CETL prior to the discussion.
Title
B2 The Upper Division Writing Requirement
Location
Glacier Room South
Presenters
Philip Keith (ENGL); Sandra Keith (MATH); Mitch Bender (ETS); Representative from (COB)
Description
This session will showcase a variety of efforts by programs from different colleges across the campus to articulate an Upper Division Writing Program.
Title
B3 Hinduism: A Cultural Experience
Location
Glacier Room North
Presenters
Dr. Sneh Kalia; Ravi Kalia; Pranav Jha
Description
Hinduism is the third largest religion of the world with about 800 Million followers. The campus has students from Nepal, the only Hindu Kingdom in the world, and India and several other countries with population having Indian heritage. There are several faculty and students from India adding to the diversity of St. Cloud State. The St. Cloud community deserves the opportunity to know about basic facts of Hinduism and culture that has created deep philosophy around the way of life and respect for nature and all human beings.
Title
B4 The Challenges of Service-Learning
Location
N. Voyageurs Room
Presenters
Christopher Bineham: Chair; Rona Karasik; Isolde Mueller; Paula Weber; JoAnn Campbell, Paul Knutson (Mission Development Specialist, Mid-Minnesota Family Practice Center)
Description
Ever thought about using service-learning? Ever hesitated because of the curricular and logistical challenges? Do you wonder how to maintain a service-learning project? Join us to hear experienced service-learning practitioners talk about how they address the challenges that starting and maintaining a successful service-learning initiative presents.
Title
B5 Online Learning from the Student Perspective
Location
Miller Center 207
Presenters
Karen Thoms; Brad Grabham; Doris Bolliger
Description
In this session, faculty and staff will share their perspectives about their online experiences as online students. Presenters will provide an overview of strategies that can bee used to engage students in the online environment. They will also share strategies that did not work particularly well.
1:30 – 3:00 Workshops I
Title
W1 Assessment 101
Location
Lady Slipper Room
Presenters
Neal Voelz; Elaine Ackerman; Joe Melcher
Description
This workshop is designed for faculty and staff who are new to the area of assessment. Questions to be addressed include: What is assessment? What are the benefits of assessment? How does course differ from program assessment? Participants will have an opportunity to collaborate on several topics during the session, including writing assessable learning outcomes.
Title
W2 Simulation in the Classroom and Lab Setting: Teaching Senior Nursing Students Leadership Concepts
Location
Mississippi Room
Presenters
Jennifer Bishop; Joyce Simones; Susan Johnson-Warner
Description
Simulation and the role playing of case studies has been demonstrated to be an effective method in the synthesis and application of knowledge. The simulation experience has proven to be an effective method to engage students in an active learning exercise in which they apply the theory they have had in the classroom.
Title
W3 Assessing Student Learning at a Field Site
Location
Granite Room
Presenters
Gary Whitford; Mary Pfohl
Description
Explore an assessment instrument that measures students' knowledge and skills outside of the classroom. Designed to be utilized at internship and job settings, it measures abilities that professionals need in order to exhibit a basic level of competence. Come learn how your department's objectives can be translated into measurable indicators.
2:00 – 2:15 Break
2:15 – 3:15 Concurrent Sessions C
Title
C1 Transforming Student Writing from Exchange-Value To Use Value: Using the Web to Publish Student Work
Location
S. Voyageurs Room
Presenters
Catherine O. Fox; Tracy Ore
Description
Traditional end products of seminar courses are formal research papers in which students prove that they engaged in research and can write about it in exchange for a grade. In this discussion we explore the pragmatic uses of writing for the web to transform student research and writing from exchange-value to use-value.
Title
C2 Update on Assessment for College Readiness
Location
Glacier Room South
Presenters
Gretchen Starks-Martin; Julie Condon; Sandy Johnson; Pat Krueger
Description
Professors lament the lack of academic preparation in writing, reading, and math among some entering students. What can be done about this? How can you get involved? Presenters will explain the proposed amendments to MnSCU Board Policy 3.3, Assessment for College Readiness and discuss the brochure College Readiness: Understanding the Difference Between High School and College, from the Minnesota Association for Developmental Education.
Title
C3 Issues about Religion in Class
Location
Glacier Room North
Presenters
Joseph Edelheit; Oladele Gazal; Don Neu
Description
Some of the most important and often controversial topics facing the public today cross through the category: religion. Try as we might to keep our classrooms and courses as neutral and free of such “hot” issues, we are not being fair to our students if we completely ignore these topics.
Title
C4 Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend: Incorporating the Traveling Exhibit and Events into Your Fall 2006 Classes
Location
N. Voyageurs Room
Presenters
Kate Peterson; David Boyer; Mark Jaede; Marian Rengel; Lisa Splittgerber
Description
Talk and brainstorm with faculty who are incorporating the Miller Center exhibit Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend into their fall 2006 classes. Learn about the exhibit and events examining Elizabeth’s reign and the highly relevant themes of religious divisions, military challenges, scientific achievements, economic growth and cultural achievements in literature, art and music.
Title
C5 Introduction to Audience Response Systems
Location
Miller Center 207
Presenters
Rich Josephson; Plamen Miltenoff
Description
SCSU is planning on installing a new classroom response system in classrooms with more than 75 seats in the Fall of 06. Learn where these classrooms are located and how you will be able to use them with your classes.
3:15 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:30 Concurrent Sessions D
Title
D1 Giving an Account of Oneself: Identity and Ethos in Academe
Location
S. Voyageurs Room
Presenters
Lyndah Mhando; Frankie Condon
Description
Panelists in this session explore the complexity of identity matters within the academy. Paying particular attention to the challenges to contemporary ethos that arise when the presence of the Other calls into question dominant values and norms of behavior, panelists invite participants to consider how to represent and perform Oneself as Professor/Other within a site of cultural struggle.
Title
D2 Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in Non-Academic Services and Units: Beginning the Conversation
Location
Glacier Room South
Presenters
Chris Inkster and Patty Aceves, Co-Chairs; Jim Knutson-Kolodzne; Beth Knutson-Kolodzne
Description
How can SCSU assess student learning which occurs outside the boundaries of academic programs? This assessment of non-academic student learning is an essential element of preparing our NCA/HLC self study. Participants will discuss assessment criteria for non-academic learning as well as possible strategies for documenting non-academic student learning outcome.
Title
D3 Advising: Special Considerations for International Students
Location
Glacier Room North
Presenters
Sarah Speir; Julie J. Condon
Description
Presenters will outline special considerations in advising international students: minimum credit hours and registration restrictions, federal regulations, and the Academic and Cultural Sharing Scholarship.
Title
D4 “Sim”sational Revelations!
Location
N. Voyageurs Room
Presenters
Sue Herm; Kim Scott; Darlene Copley; Joan Wilcox; Patty Bresser
Description
When faculty from two courses combine forces, student abilities and deficiencies gone undetected in the clinical setting are exposed by a “sim”sational synthesis clinical evaluation tool! In this presentation, nursing faculty describe how clinical instructors from two courses collaborated to develop and implement a final clinical evaluation using simulation technology.
Title
D5 D2L Grading
Location
Miller Center 207
Presenters
Tom Hergert; Eileen Moccia
Description
Review session on how to use the grading function in Desire2Learn (D2L).
3:30 - 5:00 Workshops II
Title
W4 SCSU General Education Student Learning Outcomes That Matter in Today's World
Location
Lady Slipper Room
Presenters
Judy Litterst; Michelle Kukoleca Hammes; Maureen Tubbiola; Members of the General Education Committee
Description
The General Education Committee invites faculty to join them in examining a draft of SCSU General Education Goals and in beginning to develop assessable student learning outcomes. This will begin a faculty-owned process to work in small groups to build a stronger general education program at our university.
Title
W5 CPR™: An Online Tool for Increasing the Quality of Students' Writing Experiences through Peer Review
Location
Mississippi Room
Presenters
Joe Melcher
Description
I will introduce participants to Calibrated Peer Review (CPR), a free, web-based system that facilitates the delivery and peer review of course writing assignments. CPR can be used for any academic discipline, for both large and small classes, and for short or long assignments. If you wish to have a "test-drive" class set up for this day, send your name, an ID number of 4-6 digits, and course name to jmmelcher@stcloudstate.edu.
Title
W6 Wikis, Blogs, and Forums for the Classroom
Location
Granite Room
Presenters
Matthew D. Barton; Rosanette E. Lozano
Description
This workshop will introduce teachers to three important web technologies: Wikis, Blogs, and Forums. The focus will be on the practical incorporation of these technologies into the classroom.
