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Conferences

International Association of Medical Science Educators (Annual Conference) – Call for Poster Abstracts Has Been Reopened!

Conference Dates: June 7-10, 2014
Location: Nashville, TN

Additional poster abstracts will be accepted March 1st – March 15th. To submit your abstract please go to: http://julnetconferences.com/index.php/iamse/iamse14/schedConf/cfp

Conference Overview:
The IAMSE meeting offers opportunities for faculty development and networking bringing together medical sciences and medical education across the continuum of health care education. Plenary topics for the 2014 meeting will include the use of simulation in medical education, giving effective and meaningful feedback, interprofessional education and the promotion of active learning in the classroom.

For additional details or to register for the conference please visit: www.iamseconference.org

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

App Smashing and Getting the Most Out of Your iPad with “The App Pack” – TLT Webinar

Date: March 7, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A304

Session Overview:
We hear about an app for this and an app for that.  Did you know you can combine apps? Yes you can and create powerful solutions at the same time. “The App Pack” (2 App Guys and a Gal) will share some new work flows which combine apps such as:

• Notability
• Explain Everything
• Photos

IAMSE Spring Webinar Series (Innovations in Assessment)

Series Overview:
Innovations in health care education require the simultaneous development of creative new approaches to student assessment.  This IAMSE webcast seminar series will explore these issues and provide several examples of how schools are evolving with assessment approaches.

For more information about this webinar series including session overviews please go to: http://iamse.org/development/2014/was_2014_spring.htm

Login Information:
Log in to the webinar from wherever you are! Login information (posted the day before each session) can be found in the Professional Development course located in Blackboard.

Enrollment instructions for the Professional Development course are located at http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll.

IAMSE Webinar Series Schedule:

March 6th (11:00 AM)
Topic: Individual Learning Assessment Approaches
Presented by: Daniel M. Clinchot

March 13th (11:00 AM)

Topic: Pivio: A New Records Management and Life-Long Learning Tool for the Medical Community
Presented by: Mary Drescher Halicki and Angelique Johnson

March 20th (11:00 AM)
Topic: Assessment Review: Learning From Mistakes
Presented by: Bobbe Baggio

March 27th (11:00 AM)

Topic: ACGME “Milestones”
Presented by: William Iobst

Designing Assignments for More Active Classrooms – Webinar archive available 

This free workshop (hosted by Wiley Learning Institute) and was held February 27, 2014. The archived recording and session materials will be available for review through March 6, 2014.

To view the recording and download materials go to: http://wileylearninginstitute.com/community/groups/teaching-naked-designing-assignments-for-more-active-classrooms/

Presenter: Jose Bowen

Session Overview:
Flipping your classroom, a trending course design pedagogy, involves rethinking the way you use your class time and the activities your students complete outside and within your class.  As a follow-up to Jose Bowen’s Teaching Naked workshop on e-communication and finding web content, join Jose again to design in-class activities for your flipped classroom.  Come prepared to review your own short assignments that students can do before coming to class.  Gather best practices and collaborate with your colleagues to create an example for your own course by:

A. improving your out-of-class assignment
B. creating a classroom application activity
C. aligning the assignment and activities, and
D. creating a cognitive wrapper for the assignment/module.

This workshop will model the method. Come prepared with one learning outcome from a course you have and one concept/content area.  To get the most out of your time, you’ll want to prepare an assignment in order to work with colleagues in the workshop to improve it.

Take this workshop to the next level:
Consider finding a group of colleagues, participate from your respective computers, and use a Google doc to share your assignment and collaborate!

Six Practical Strategies to Improve Your Online Course – Webinar archive available

This webinar (hosted by Magna Publications) was held February 18, 2014. The archived recording and session materials will be available for review through March 20, 2014.

Please visit the Professional Development course within Blackboard to view the recording and download materials. Need access to the Professional Development course? Please go to http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll

Presenter: Dr. Oliver Dreon

Session Overview:
Spend an hour with Dr. Oliver Dreon, director of Millersville University’s Center for Academic Excellence, as he presents Six Practical Strategies to Improve Your Online Courses. You’ll come away with a tremendous “toolkit” of ideas for making your online classes even better than they are now.  You’ll learn how you can use a half-dozen research-based, easy-to-implement practices to help you create truly student-centered instruction.

Using a blend of lecture and case studies, Dr. Dreon shows how you can:

• Create rich opportunities for students to interact with the course material, with you, and with one another
• Provide learning resources that leverage the strengths of the online space
• Apply innovative feedback and assessment strategies to deepen the learning experience for students
• Align your instructional methods with course learning objectives and goals

Professional Sessions

FERPA Regulations for the Online Environment: A Toolkit for Faculty & Staff

Date: March 6, 2014
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: GEB A104

Session Overview:
Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), all college employees are legally and ethically obliged to safeguard the confidentiality of student information. Many times this presents unique challenges for faculty and staff who work with students online. Issues that online program employees encounter when following FERPA guidelines while using technology tools in the learning environment are specific and must be explored and understood.

Through real-life scenarios, this webinar will help online staff better understand and apply FERPA to the online environment. Upon completion of the webinar, online staff and faculty will be able to identify online classroom applications of FERPA including implications for grading, student counseling, letters of reference, and student communication.

For additional information about this webinar and the speaker go to: http://www.innovativeeducators.org/product_p/2099.htm

To attend please RSVP Terri Fought at 448-8014 or tfought@uthsc.edu

Toastmaster’s Brain Builders UTHSC Chapter

Date: Every Tuesday
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: The Urban Child Institute, 600 Jefferson Avenue, 1st Floor Conference Room, Conference Room 4

A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Everyone welcome!

For more information about Toastmaster’s contact Detlef Heck dheck@uthsc.edu.

Additional Resources

2014: The Year of Active Learning at UTHSC
To access a a variety of active learning resources visit https://academic.uthsc.edu/faculty/2014.php

UTHSC’s Faculty Resource Center
View schedule of upcoming professional development opportunities and read our latest blog posts at https://uthsctlc.wordpress.com/