creative team - university of south florida · no laughing matter? humor in the classroom. ......
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STS - 5
ATLEKevin Yee
Ashley Potts
Oana Cimpean
Sara Friedman
Emad Mansour
Matthew Barganier
Amanda Helip-Wooley
SPECIAL GUESTS Gianna Nicholas (Career Services)
Kara Fulton (Global Citizens Project)
Sommer Mitchell (Global Citizens Project)
Caroline Twachtman (Undergraduate Studies)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
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Concurrent Sessions 4If Only They Prepared… Turning Wishes into RealityIn this session, we will examine some of the common reasons students do not come to class prepared, and how to ensure that they do prepare. Moreover, we will discuss whether the strategies that make students come to class ready could potentially lead to instilling in them the desire to prepare in the absence of coercive mechanisms.
The Power of the Ah-Ha Moment: Using Inquiry in the ClassroomWhat is inquiry-based learning and is it applicable to my course? In this workshop you will get hands-on experience with an inquiry activity and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using inquiry.
“Why Should I Care?” Helping Students See the Relevance of Your CourseStudents are less likely to thrive in your courses if they don’t grasp how the subject matters for their lives and future careers. We’ll explore ways to make it clearer.
Concurrent Sessions 5The Role of Rapport in Motivating Students In this session, we will define rapport and its value in the classroom, as well as identify strategies to develop rapport and maintain it throughout the semester.
What Makes a Course Fun? This session will examine the relationship between fun learning and engagement. We will delve into the various means through which enjoyment can be elicited in students, the different ways that people have fun while learning, and how this all plays into our approaches to teaching.
The Play's the Thing - Teaching as PerformanceWe will examine how lecturing and facilitating are similar to theatrical performance, and discuss ways to leverage best practices from theater into our classroom presence.
Concurrent Sessions 6Teachers’ Practices that Impact Students’ Mindsets Beliefs about our abilities and qualities can have a significant effect on motivation and desire to pursue and achieve goals. What is the difference between growth and fixed mindsets? What can teachers do to promote grit using growth mindset enhancing practices? In this session, we will discuss/answer these questions.
OUR Struggle Is Real, Too: Motivation for Faculty If you ever felt your own motivation to teach wane, this is the session for you. While we do not promise an easy fix, we hope that through introspective activities drawn from Parker Palmer’s book The Courage to Teach, you will rediscover why you love teaching.
No Laughing Matter? Humor in the ClassroomResearch shows that—used correctly—humor can build rapport and boost learning. We’ll discuss how to employ appropriate humor to pique students’ interest and improve their knowledge retention.
EDU 314
EDU 313
10:00 – COHORTS ASSEMBLE!!!
BREAKFAST BEGINS ATEDU 115
8:30
9:00
PLENARY
10:40 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1
MAY 9, 2018
SELF-EFFICACY BUILDING
STRATEGIES
11:30EDU115 LUNCH!!!
11:30 EDU 115
EDU 316
ENCOURAGING STUDENT
BUY-IN AND OWNERSHIPEDU
317
INSTILLING A GOAL
ORIENTATIONIN STUDENTSEDU 314
Concurrent Sessions 1Encouraging Student Buy-In and Ownership It’s a question faculty have asked countless times: how do we get them to care? In this session, we will explore common sources of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for students. Using what we’ve determined about what leads students to feel a sense of autonomy and buy-in towards the tasks they face in their classes, we’ll construct strategies to enhance intrinsic course elements using extrinsic methods.
Self-Efficacy Building Strategies for the ClassroomIn this workshop we will examine a bit of the theory behind self-efficacy, explore the four principal sources of information for self-efficacy in academic situations, and consider how to include practical self-efficacy building strategies in our courses.
Instilling a Goal Orientation in StudentsIn this workshop, we’ll explore the differences between mastery and performance orientation as it relates to student effort, and brainstorm ways to enhance each in our teaching.
Concurrent Sessions 2Designing Student ChoicesLearn how to emphasize students’ autonomy while nudging them toward optimal outcomes.
What Can Teachers Do to Support Effective Study Skills?In this session, we will discuss six research-based effective study skills (namely: spaced practice, interleaving, retrieval practice, elaboration, concrete examples, and dual coding). Participants will be able to identify teaching practices and techniques that can support each of those study skills.
Cultivating Curiosity: Driving Students Toward Motivation via the Subject MatterInspiring curiosity is key for learning, memory, and cultivating intrinsic motivation in students, but what exactly is it and how do we go about cultivating it? In this workshop you will learn what curiosity is and how to use simple research-proven tools to inspire curiosity in your students.
Concurrent Sessions 3Transparent Course Design: How to Motivate Students by Telling Them Why In this workshop, we will discuss the research behind the Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education project housed at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. We will also practice how to make your own assignments more transparent and thus increase student success.
Motivating Students by Helping Them Build for the FutureMost students are motivated by the prospect of a future career. What general skills and competencies will prepare college graduates for a successful transition into the workplace? Why should we care?
The Social Network: Connection and MotivationAs a number of leading theories have argued, learning is thought to work best as a social endeavor. In this session, we will focus on the relationship between social interactions and student motivation to learn. We will also consider how we can encourage students to connect with each other and the world around them.
3:30 END DAY ONE
EDU 314
EDU 313
2:40 – COHORTS ASSEMBLE!!!
12:30 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2
1:30 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3
WHAT CAN TEACHERS
DO TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE
STUDY SKILLS? CULTIVATING
CURIOSITY: DRIVING STUDENTS TOWARD MOTIVATION VIA THE
SUBJECT MATTER
DESIGNING STUDENT CHOICES
EDU 314
EDU 316
EDU 317
TRANSPARENT COURSE DESIGN
EDU 314
THE SOCIAL NETWORK:
CONNECTION AND
MOTIVATION
EDU 316
EDU 317
MOTIVATING STUDENTS BY
HELPING THEM BUILD FOR THE
FUTURE
A NEW DAY DAWNS …
EDU 115
MAY 10, 2018BREAKFAST
AT 8:30
9:00 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4
10:10 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS 5
11:00 Lunch
3:05 Closing Plenary
EDU 115
EDU 314
EDU 313
2:00 – COHORTS ASSEMBLE!!!
1:00 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS 6
12:00 – EDU 115
3:30 END
UNTIL NEXT TIME
11:30EDU115 LUNCH!!!
11:00 EDU 115
EDU 314
IF ONLY THEY PREPARED…
TURNING WISHES INTO
REALITY
EDU 316
THE POWER OF THE AH-HA MOMENT:
USING INQUIRY IN THE
CLASSROOM
“WHY SHOULD I CARE?” HELPING STUDENTS SEE THE RELEVANCE OF YOUR COURSE EDU
317
THE ROLE OF RAPPORT IN MOTIVATING STUDENTS
EDU 314
EDU 317
EDU316
OUR STRUGGLE IS REAL, TOO: MOTIVATION FOR FACULTY
EDU 317
NO LAUGHING MATTER? HUMOR IN
THE CLASSROOM
EDU 314
EDU 316
THE PLAY'S THE THING -TEACHING AS PERFORMANCEWHAT MAKES A
COURSE FUN?
TEACHERS’ PRACTICES THAT
IMPACT STUDENTS’ MINDSETS