Week of March 28, 2016 – Professional Development Opportunities

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On-Demand Professional Development

20 Minute Monday Morning Mentor (Week of March 28, 2016)

Dates: Available March 28, 2016 – April 3, 2016
Session Title: How Can I Enhance Class Using Story, Popular Media and Objects?
Presenter: Alice Cassidy, Ph.D. (First Year Seminar Coordinator, Faculties of Science and Land and Food Systems – University of British Columbia)

Overview:

Committed educators are always looking for dynamic ways to grab and hold their students’ attention, but How Can I Enhance Class Using Story, Popular Media & Objects? does more than list in-class activities. Presenter Alice Cassidy, Ph.D., grounds her practical and focused session in learning theory, such as idea-based, brain-based and situated learning, to give you a framework for ongoing exploration and innovation.

Reviewing current thinking on the most effective ways to structure teaching and learning will help you make sure your classes are interesting and relevant for today’s college students. You’ll learn innovative ways to enhance student engagement and achieve learning outcomes through in-class use of:

  • Story or narrative Books and other readings
  • Objects TV and movies
  • Websites and social media

You’ll see how asking students to explain course concepts by using everyday objects, getting students to do a skit based on their reading, linking course content to current events, and harnessing students’ attachment to their cell phones can enrich teaching and learning.

Learning Outcomes

In this student engagement presentation you’ll explore:

  • “New” and “traditional” devices you can bring into your classroom to enhance student engagement
  • How you can use these devices and in-class activities to explain:
    • Concepts
    • Cap a lesson
    • Help students make new connections
    • Assimilate course readings
  • Resources you can use to enliven your classes and promote deeper understanding of course material.

The session link and login information to this 20 Minute Monday Morning Mentor will be available in the announcements section of the Professional Development course within Blackboard on March 28th . Enrollment instructions for the Professional Development course are located at http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll.

Go2Knowledge (Your Link to On-Demand Professional Development)

UTHSC has purchased an institutional membership to Innovative Educators. Our membership provides all UTHSC faculty and staff access to on-demand events available through the Innovative Educator’s digital library (Go2Knowledge).

The Go2Knowledge library contains over a hundred sessions that fall within six of the following categories:

  • At-risk populations
  • Campus safety
  • Organizational development
  • Student success
  • Teaching and learning
  • Technology

Printable certificates of completion are available for each session. For information related to accessing sessions available through Innovative Educators/Go2Knowledge please visit the Professional Development course within Blackboard. Enrollment instructions for the Professional Development course are located at http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll.

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

OLC Innovate 2016 – Innovations in Blended and Online Learning

Dates: April 20th – April 22nd

Conference Overview:

SIX REASONS TO VIRTUALLY JOIN US AT OLC INNOVATE

To ensure learning remains at the forefront while we witness the confluence of technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge, OLC Innovate will aim to address these six concerns (and many more!):

  • How do we develop learning environments that support interconnectedness between educators and students, and are equipped to quickly change processes and strategies, while simultaneously fostering and celebrating creativity and ingenuity?
  • What new methods and technologies are most scalable in teaching and learning? Which are most prevalent and why?
  • How has technology changed teaching and knowledge acquisition and how will we adjust current paradigms to ensure sound pedagogy as we innovate?
  • How does technology in the classroom increase student engagement?
  • What is the best balance between analog and digitally enhanced teaching?
  • What are common obstacles that educators face regarding technology? How can we avoid being technocentric while improving pedagogical practice with technology?

UTHSC has purchased an institutional virtual attendee OLC Innovate package that will allow any faculty or staff member virtual attendee session access for sessions that will be streamed live from the conference site in New Orleans, LA. Virtual attendee access will allow you to view the live sessions from any location. Can’t make time during these three days to participate? Go ahead and register for virtual attendee and have access to the session recordings for one year.

A complete list of  sessions available to virtual attendees can be found at: http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/olc-innovate/program/all_sessions/#streamed

Please contact Kristy Conger (kconger@uthsc.edu / 901-448-2253) to request virtual attendee access for an individual or a college/program/department. This is a great professional development opportunity for those who teach online or support online faculty.

TLC’s Showcase in Teaching and Learning 

Date: April 28, 2016
Time: 8:30 AM – 1:3o PM
Location: Student Alumni Center (SAC)

Overview:

The UTHSC Teaching and Learning Center Showcase will highlight successful teaching strategies used by faculty at UTHSC! Two keynote speakers will address instructional ideas that can be used by all teaching faculty. Faculty will also have the opportunity to participate in concurrent sessions packed with useful ideas.Time will be set aside for faculty to mix, mingle, discuss, and share ideas and successful (as well as not so successful) strategies. 

Register to attend: http://tinyurl.com/tlc-showcase-4-28-2016

 Professional Sessions

Common IRB Provisos to Avoid

Date: March 30, 2016 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM 
Location: Hamilton Eye Institute – Freeman Auditorium (930 Madison, 3rd Floor)

Overview:

Join the Institutional Review Board for “Common IRB Provisos to Avoid” on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in the Hamilton Eye Institute’s Freeman Auditorium, 930 Madison, 3rd floor. The auditorium is easily accessible for attendees without a UTHSC badge coming from off-campus. Parking is available in the covered garage adjacent to the 930 Madison Building.

You may view the program remotely by clicking on the following site at the time of the session: http://mediaserver.uthsc.edu/uthscms/Play/00cc165828064636a730c739a9647b2c1d

If you miss the session, the video and slides will be posted a few days after the training session to the IRB  website (under “See Previous IRB Insights materials.”) at: (http://www.uthsc.edu/research/research_compliance/IRB/training.php)

New Faculty Orientation

Date: April 1, 2016 (Friday)
Time: 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM (A light breakfast and lunch will be served)
Location: SAC (Student Alumni Center) – Dining Hall

Register to attend: http://bit.do/NFO-Spring2016

Overview:

The Office of Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs (AFSA) will be hosting New Faculty Orientation as a supplement to the orientation that is provided by Human Resources at each faculty member’s hire date. The AFSA New Faculty Orientation is catered specifically to the faculty with introductions of people and resources that may be of help in their growth and advancement during their time of employment with UTHSC.

This orientation is for ALL new faculty hired after January 1, 2015,  who have NOT YET attended a New Faculty Orientation. A light breakfast will be provided beginning at 7:30 AM. Orientation will begin at 8:00 AM.

Dealing with Recent Changes in NIH Proposals

Date: April 13, 2016 
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (Light refreshments will be served)
Location: Hamilton Eye Institute – Freeman Auditorium (930 Madison, 3rd Floor)

Presenter: Dr. Israel Goldberg

Overview: 

This session is open to all UTHSC faculty, postdocs, administrators, students, and staff. 

For more information regarding Dr. Goldberg please visit: http://www.uthsc.edu/research/research_resources/consulting.php

TLC Reception and Networking Event 

Date: April 14, 2016 
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM 
Location: Madison Plaza – East Dining Area

Overview: 

Join Colleagues and the Teaching and Learning Center Advisory Board, Directorship, and Staff for tea and coffee in the Madison Plaza Dining area. 

Register to attend: http://tinyurl.com/TLC-reception-04-14-2016

Contemporary Issues in Comorbid Conditions of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Date: May 13, 2016 
Time: 7:00 aM – 4:00 PM 
Location: University of Memphis – Holiday Inn Memphis

Overview: 

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Division of Rheumatology is hosting a daylong symposium on comorbid conditions seen in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The symposium will focus on key clinical topics in the diagnosis and management of comorbid conditions such as cardiovascular disease, infections and malignancies etc. This is primarily designed for primary care providers, rheumatologists and other subspecialists involved in the care of RA patients. The seminar will provide a unique opportunity for clinicians to learn from and interact with leading national faculties in order to increase clinical knowledge and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

Objectives:

  • Enhance their knowledge about pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of Rheumatoid Arthritis

  • Recognize comorbidities e.g: cardiovascular disease, malignancies, serious infections, pulmonary disease, osteoporosis seen in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients

  • Understand the impact of the comorbid conditions in the management, course and outcome of Rheumatoid arthritis

  • Review the management of these comorbid conditions

  • Understand how collaborative management between primary care providers, other medicine subspecialists and rheumatologists is necessary and crucial for optimal outcome

Registration:

Registration fee is $25 per attendee. Fellows, residents and students are Free! 

The preferred method for registration is via the online registration link located at www.utconferences.com/rheumatoidarthritis2016. Online registration is available until May 13, 2016.

The University of Tennessee College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Tennessee College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. 

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.

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