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An Invitation to UW-System Fine Arts Faculty to attend
Artists Training Artists:
A Collaborative Conference on Teaching and Learning through the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
June 10 – 12, 2009
Registration is closed.
The College of Fine Arts and Communication at the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point has enjoyed a series of interdisciplinary
collaborations. These efforts have produced interesting discoveries
in teaching and learning principles. The UW System Office of
Professional and Instructional Development (OPID) recognized this
work by funding a grant for a conference for all UW-System Arts
Faculty to further explore the scholarship of teaching and learning
through the arts.
All UW-System Arts faculty are invited to attend and participate in
this inaugural event. Registration, all conference sessions, and
meals will be provided at no cost to UW-System faculty.
The program for the conference offers inspired presentations and
activities by UW System Arts Faculty and other special guests.
Participants will share best practices and build inter-institutional
and/or inter-disciplinary communities that focus on teaching and
learning through the arts.
Guest Presenters:
Robert Duke, ../ConfIndex.aspxDirector
of the Center for Music and Human Learning at the University of
Texas-Austin. (http://www.music.utexas.edu/directory/details.aspx?id=36)
Robert Duke is the founder of the National
Forum on Research in Motor Learning and Music, a research
collaborative devoted to the study of motor skill development and
procedural memory consolidation.
He directs an active research program in motor skill learning and
procedural memory at UT. He lectures frequently on the topics of
human learning, systematic observation and evaluation, and behavior
management, presenting workshops and teaching demonstrations.
Nancy Smith Fichter, Graduate Choreography and Directing,
Professor Emerita, Artist-In-Residence, Robert O. Lawton
Distinguished Professor, Florida State University.
(http://www.rinr.fsu.edu/winter96/departments/portrait.html)
Nancy Smith Fichter retired in 1997 after a
45-year life in dance. For 33 years she was chairperson of the
Department of Dance at Florida State University. Dr. Fichter has
created over 90 works for FSU and other companies. She is a founder
and past president of the Council of Dance Administrators, among
many national honors.
Parking permits for the conference are available for $12.00.
Dreyfus University Center, UW - Stevens Point
Friday, April 10, 2009
OPID's Annual Spring Conference
Pedagogies of Hope: Inspiring, Understanding, and Assessing Student
Learning
Apr 17-18, 2009
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Milwaukee, WI
This year's theme is "Pedagogies of Hope:
Inspiring, Understanding, and Assessing Student Learning," which
invokes optimistically looking to the future as the UW System
embraces initiatives devoted to liberal education, inclusive
excellence, and technology.
In addition to presentations of individual
projects, campus initiatives, and institutional collaborations,
recent work in the UW System on threshold concepts, signature
pedagogies and media matters (digital storytelling and second life)
will make up the conference program, as well as the keynote speaker,
Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell. Professor Harris-Lacewell is
Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at
Princeton University. Her academic research interests include the
study of African American political thought, black religious ideas
and practice, and social and clinical psychology.
She is the author of the award-winning book, Barbershops,
Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought.
Professor Harris-Lacewell's creative and dynamic teaching is
also motivated by the practical political and racial issues of our
time. Her presence at
this conference will foreground the UW System's commitment to
addressing the challenges facing contemporary students, recognizing
the multiple influences on student learning in the classroom and the
importance of investigating them.
We are excited about our Spring Conference and hope you will join us. Additional highlights of plenary sessions, workshops and the conference schedule will be forthcoming once they are confirmed.
Thirteenth
Annual UWSP Teaching Conference
Teaching in the New General Education Environment: Target 2010
Jan 14, 2009
Dreyfus University Center, Laird Room
9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
This year's conference focuses on the changes to
our curriculum as we look ahead to the new General Education Program
and the need for outcome-based assessment. Our plenary speaker is
Terrel Rhodes,
Vice President of the Office of Quality, Curriculum, and Assessment,
Association of American Colleges and Universities. His presentation,
"Why Do I Have to Change When I Like It The Way It Is?" will provide
a national and international context for the campus's move toward
essential learning outcomes in general education. This campus move
will affect all instructional faculty and academic staff. In
addition to the plenary, the conference will include a presentation
by Don Guay, Co-Chair of the the General Education Policy
Review Committee. The presentations will be followed by mediated
discussions leading toward department level planning for the Gen Ed
changes.
Registration is free but required so that we can have an accurate count for lunch.
Presentations:
Dr. Terrell Rhodes Why Do I Have To Change When I Like It The Way It IS?
Dr. Don Guay General Education Policy Review Committee Report.
Conference materials:
A New Vision for Learning
as a Nation Goes to College
http://www.greaterexpectations.org/
College
Learning for the New Global Century
http://www.aacu.org/advocacy/leap/documents/GlobalCentury_final.pdf
Achieving
Equitable Educational Outcomes with All Students
http://www.aacu.org/inclusive_excellence/documents/Bauman_et_al.pdf
Liberal
Education Outcomes
http://www.aacu.org/advocacy/pdfs/LEAP_Report_FINAL.pdf
Our Students'
Best Work
http://www.aacu.org/publications/pdfs/StudentsBestReport.pdf
Assessing Critical Thinking: from
Course to Campus
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Friday, September 19, 2008
The University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
The Dreyfus University Center's Legacy Room
This will be a rather informal
gathering and no expertise in teaching or assessing critical
thinking will be presupposed. Participants who can't attend the
entire event are welcome to
attend part of it. Lunch will be provided.
This conference is made possible by an OPID grant and support from
UW-SP's Center for
Academic Excellence and
Student Engagement.
This conference will:
address the importance and challenges of assessing critical
thinking in the context of our courses (e.g. "How can
instructors assess their students' critical thinking skills?")
Teaching Colloquium:
Service-learning Project Development
Apr 18, 2008
Dreyfus University Center Legacy Room
9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
12th Annual Teaching Conference
Teaching with a Global Perspective: Preparing Students to be
Global Citizens
Jan 17, 2008
CPS 116
9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Agenda
Keynote speaker bio
Conference Materials:
Building a Global Culture of Peace
Governance in the Planetary Age
Paths to Planetary
Civilization
The World is Changing
Bibliography
Understanding and
Enhancing Students' First Year Experience
Nov 30, 2007
NFAC 221
1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
Aligning
the First Year Experience with Faculty Roles & Rewards
A
Comprehensive First-Year Experience
Student Success and
University Quality: What Really Matters
Tying
It All Together
Unifying Action Strategies
Teaching Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
Sep 14, 2007
CCC 303
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.