September 30, 2013 Faith, Learning and Vocation Seminar Series
Your Story: Called as Scholar, Called as Teacher, Judith Cebula
Click here to view the archived recording.
Click here to read the article by Kathryn Kleinhans that was mentioned in the presentation: The work of a christian: Vocation in Lutheran perspective.
September 23, 2013 Faith, Learning and Vocation Seminar Series
The Difference Gender Makes, Dr. Mary Todd
Click here to view the archived recording.
During her presentation, Dr. Todd mentioned an article in the New York Times about a gender-related study done at the Harvard Business School. Click here to read it: HBS Gender
September 25, 2013 Brown Bag Dialogue
How can I help students develop critical thinking skills?
If you missed the Brown Bag, you can still view the video, power point slides, and supplemental resources by accessing your Magna Commons subscription. Directions are on the CUW CELT Channel. Questions? Contact susan.gallanis@cuw.edu
Here’s an interesting article related to this topic.
LERN Faculty Club Webinars – the first two focus on online learning specifically
Teaching Learners to Lead webinar September 25, 1pm CT
With Dr. Rita Marie Conrad – Duke University
Providing opportunities during a course for learners to take the lead in preparing and delivering an instructional activity is the pinnacle of learner engagement. This type of activity provides the sense of empowerment that shifts the learner’s mindset from viewing the instructor as the ultimate authority in the course to one of seeing him or herself as a valued contributor in the learning environment. It is at this point that learners recognize they are knowledge generators, not only for themselves, but for the community as a whole.
The goal of this webinar is to provide educational practitioners with specific methods to develop activities that not only engage learners in an online learning environment but empower them to lead knowledge-generating activities. The session will be based on the Phases of Engagement model by Conrad and Donaldson through which activities are planned with increasing levels of interaction and collaboration in order to encourage learners to lead in developing knowledge in an online learning environment.
Continuous Engagement Asynchronous Online Conference
October 9-10
With Dr. Mary Dereshiwsky – Northern Arizona University
This conference will ask, what does continual engagement mean in your online classroom and also discuss why it is important. We will present information on strategies for continual engagement at the start of the term and for continual engagement as the semester gets underway.
This conference will provide strategies for continual engagement in individual and group work as well as how to maintain it when your courses and your schedule get busy. Join us for this asynchronous online conference taking place over two days. The information will remain posted for one month so you can access it any time during that four week period. Share your thoughts on the subject and find out what others in your field are experiencing.
The Pedagogy of the 21st Century webinar November 28 1pm CT
With William A. Draves – President of LERN
The new technology of the World Wide Web, along with its many offshoots, is transforming work, life and education. By 2020, some 75% of the ways in which we work, love and learn will be spent differently than they were in 2000.
As we transition into the new economy and the new environment of the 21st century, the infrastructure and institutions of the former economy and century will become obsolete. Our educational system is one such critical element of the social infrastructure that has to be transformed. Join us for this one hour webinar on this very important topic.
Concordia University Wisconsin
Faith, Learning and Vocation Seminar Series
2012-2013
Mondays in Pharmacy 026 from 4:00-5:30 pm Central Time
The goals of the faith and learning seminar series are to:
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| September 24 2012 | What Lutherans believe: Lutheran theology and higher education | Dr. William CarioDr. Bernard Bull(Concordia University Wisconsin) |
| October 22 2012 | The doctrine of vocation | Dr. G. Edward Veith(Patrick Henry College) |
| November 26 2012 | Faith, learning and vocation: educating the whole person | Dr. Thomas Christenson(Capital University) |
| January 21 2013 | The three articles as a means to connect faith with learning: God the Creator, Jesus Christ Incarnate, the Holy Spirit | Dr. William Cario(Concordia University Wisconsin) |
| February 25 2013 | Christian perspectives on faith, learning and vocation | Dr. Brad Condie(Concordia University Wisconsin) |
| March 182013 | Incorporating faith & vocation into the professional programs | Dr. Donald Christian (Concordia University Texas) |
| April 222013 | Lutheran Higher Education: where are we headed? | Dr. Paul Dovre(Concordia Morehead) |
Are you interested in learning the basics of how to use ANGEL, having a refresher, or perhaps some Intermediate training? Or, would you like some Advanced training on how to transfer courses from Blackboard to ANGEL? Sign up for any of the following webinars happening this August. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Tom Davila at thomas.davila@cuw.edu or call at 262-243-4327.
Introduction to ANGEL
Wednesday, August 16th 2012 at 1:30-2:30pm, CDT (2:30-3:30pm, Eastern) – Sign up here
This introductory session will get you started in using ANGEL to manage your courses online. Topics covered include: logging into ANGEL, managing your ANGEL homepage, adding documents to your ANGEL course and enabling you course for students.
Advanced ANGEL: From Blackboard to ANGEL
Friday, August 17th 2012, Noon-1:00pm, CDT (1:00-2:00pm, Eastern) – Sign up here
If you would like to learn more about moving content from a course previously held in Blackboard and importing it into ANGEL so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel, this is the one for you!
Intermediate ANGEL
Wednesday, August 30th 2012, 1:30-2:30pm, CDT (2:30-3:30pm Eastern) – Sign up here
The Intermediate ANGEL webinar will delve deeper into building a course in ANGEL. Topics covered include: building discussions, creating quizzes, using and building the grade book, and customizing your course homepage
Are you interesting in learning how you can improve your teaching based on how the brain learns? Please join us this fall on Fridays at noon for a faculty development book discussion group on “From Brain to Mind: Using Neuroscience to Guide Change in Education” by James E Zull. Zull is Professor of Biology. Biochemistry and Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University and was the Founding Director (Emeritus) of the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education.
Location: R006
The dates are:
Friday September 7 – Introduction, pick up your book at this session (10 free books for those who sign up and are able to attend all sessions)
Friday September 21 – Chapters 1 and 2
Friday October 5 – Chapters 3 and 4
Friday October 26th – Chapters 5 and 6
Friday November 9th – Chapter 7 and 8
Friday November 30th – Chapters 9 and 10
Brown Bag Curriculum Mapping Workshop Wednesday, May 9th Noon to 1:00pm. Location: LO118. Led by Rachel Pickett and Tammy Ferry.
This session will help faculty understand the value of curriculum maps and how to map courses to their program-level outcomes and their program-level outcomes to the new university-wide student learning outcomes. A curriculum map is requested with the Assessment report due in June. Please send e-mail to Elizabeth.evans@cuw.edu to register. Lunch is not provided.