Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

20 Minute Monday Morning Mentor (Week of December 7th)

Date: Available December 7th – December 13th
Session Title: How Do I Design Courses to Enhance Student Veterans’ Success?
Presenter: Bruce Kelley, Ph.D. (Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning – University of South Dakota)

Overview:

Military service is a formidable educational experience. In this Magna 20-Minute Mentor session, presenter Bruce Kelley, Ph.D. shows you how to use course design to help student veterans make the most of it. In the process, you’ll also learn how to enhance learning for all students.

Drawing on his experience as director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of South Dakota, Kelley also references higher education theory as he guides you through course design and redesign, covering:

• Situational factors – You’ll look at the specifics of your course, such as how many students are veterans and how their military experience links to course content.
• Assessment – You’ll see how the military and higher education both emphasize clarity, frequency, and feedback, promoting improvement.
• Teaching and learning activities – You’ll discover how using terms such as “course mission” can help student veterans succeed.

Learning goals

After viewing, you will be able to:

• Redesign your courses to support success for student veterans
• Use course design to help student veterans make the most of their strengths
• Adapt everything from course objectives to syllabus design to support student veterans
• Use classroom technology to improve course design and delivery
• Improve educational opportunities for student veterans by implementing the basic Principles of Universal Design

The session link and login information to the December 7th 20 Minute Monday Morning Mentor is available in the announcements section of the Professional Development course within Blackboard. Enrollment instructions for the Professional Development course are located at http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll.

Professional Sessions

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Date: December 8, 2015
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:oo PM
Location: GEB A303

Additional Information:

Session Title: Changes in UT Policy and Procedures as a Result of the Uniform Guidance
Presenter: Brenda Murrell (Office of Sponsored Projects Accounting) and Debbie Smith (Office of Grants and Research Agreements)

Lunch will be provided for the first 50 attendees. Please register for the session and for HR128 credit through the UTHSC training calendar at: https://oracle.uthsc.edu/pls/htmldb/prd/f?p=120701:2:1387734046661071::NO::P2_CATALOG_ID:24105

Did you know….

You can also visit the Professional Development Calendar to access a list of upcoming sessions sponsored by Academic/Faculty Affairs or other groups on campus at: https://academic.uthsc.edu/cii/calendar.php

You can apply credit received for professional development outside the university to your faculty training records? Simply complete the HR Request for Additional Training Credit form found at http://www.uthsc.edu/hrtraining/pdfs/additional_training_credit_form.pdf and forward it, along with a copy of the program’s agenda, to the HR Training Department at 910 Madison, Suite 727.

Why do this? The University of TN believes that professional development and training of its employees are central to the university’s mission, vision, and values. Having credit received elsewhere to your UTHSC training records is very useful to your department and college – for things such as annual reviews and program accreditations.