For a calendar view of events please go to: http://bit.ly/UTHSCal

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

IAMSE Spring Webinar Series (Innovations in Assessment) – Session Archives Available in Blackboard

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

Accessing Session Archives:
Links to the archives for this series 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.

Creating Exceptional Interprofessional Teaching and Learning in Clinical Settings: The University of Toronto Journey (AIHC Webinar)

Date: April 17, 2014
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: GEB A104

Presenters: Mandy Lowe, Lynne Sinclair, and Maria Tassone

Session Overview:
This webinar will focus on the approaches taken by the University of Toronto Centre for Interprofessional Education (IPE) to create exceptional interprofessional learning environments for students and health care professionals at the interface between education and practice.

Facilitators Mandy Lowe, Lynne Sinclair and Maria Tassone will share their experience of bridging the clinical environment to promote IPE – their institutional story, bumps on the road and wisdom learned along the way.  The webinar is aimed at educators, practitioners, leaders, policy makers and others from across both academic and practice settings who are interested in learning more about embedding IPE into practice, as well as strategies for successful leadership, impact and sustainability.

To register for this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

Can You Flip an Online Class? Yes, You Can! (Webinar)

Date: April 22, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A104

Presenters: Barbi Honeycutt, Ph.D. and Sarah Glova

Session Overview:
During The Flipped Approach to Online Teaching and Learning, you won’t just learn what successful flipping looks like; you’ll experience it yourself because the seminar itself contains flipped components. That kind of firsthand experience that puts you in your students’ shoes is both rare and invaluable.

To learn more about this webinar please click here.

To register for this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

Collaborative Learning: How Technology Can Support and Improve the Online Learning Experience – Wiley Faculty Network Webinar

Date: April 28, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Register to participate from any location

Presenter: Bruce McLaren, Carnegie Mellon University

Session Overview:

The world of online education is going through a transformation, one that will only increase in speed and scope in the coming years. The landscape of online education since the 1990s has largely focused on individual students working primarily with text-based resources, related media assets and periodic assessments. Yet the world of the Internet has dramatically changed since the 1990s. Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are turning the Internet into a distinctly communal and collaborative environment. At the same time, researchers in the Learning Sciences are uncovering the advantages of students learning in groups, working with one another and with an instructor, sharing knowledge with one another. During this guest lecture, Dr. Bruce McLaren (Senior Systems Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University) will discuss this trend, exploring how we can design online learning experiences by leveraging existing technology and features that contribute to improving learning outcomes.

To register for this free webinar go to:http://wfn.wiley.com/pg/event_calendar/view/268214

Conferences

Sloan-C: 7th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium – Reserve your virtual conference seat!

Conference Dates: April 9th – April 11th

Conference Overview:
The Emerging Technologies Symposium is devoted to the emerging and innovative uses of technology designed to improve teaching and learning online. The conference focuses on the technologies that drive online learning effectiveness, highlighting research, applications and best practices of important emerging technological tools. We encourage submissions related to instruction, networking, assessment, open educational resources, new media and support services.

To see a list of online sessions that will be available to virtual attendees please go to: http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2014/et4online/streamed_sessions

UTHSC has a limited number of logins available for online session access that will be streamed live from the conference taking place in Dallas, TX. Please contact Kristy Conger (kconger@uthsc.edu / 901-448-2253) to request login information.

International Association of Medical Science Educators (Annual Conference)

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

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

Professional Sessions

New Faculty Orientation – Session Handouts and PowerPoint Presentation

Session Overview:
This session was held March 26, 2014 for all new faculty hired since January 2013 who DID NOT attend New Faculty Orientation in September 2013. Session handouts and PowerPoint presentation are located in the Professional Development course within Blackboard.

Need access to the Professional Development course? Enrollment instructions are located at http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll.

Questions regarding New Faculty Orientation? Please contact Kristy Conger (kconger@uthsc.edu / 901-448-2253).

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 Toastmaster’s 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 variety of active learning resources visit https://academic.uthsc.edu/faculty/2014.php

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

For a calendar view of events please go to: http://bit.ly/UTHSCal

Conferences

Sloan-C: 7th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium – Reserve your virtual conference seat!

Conference Dates: April 9th – April 11th

Conference Overview:
The Emerging Technologies Symposium is devoted to the emerging and innovative uses of technology designed to improve teaching and learning online. The conference focuses on the technologies that drive online learning effectiveness, highlighting research, applications and best practices of important emerging technological tools. We encourage submissions related to instruction, networking, assessment, open educational resources, new media and support services.

To see a list of online sessions that will be available to virtual attendees please go to: http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2014/et4online/streamed_sessions

UTHSC has a limited number of logins available for online session access that will be streamed live from the conference taking place in Dallas, TX. Please contact Kristy Conger (kconger@uthsc.edu / 901-448-2253) to request login information.

International Association of Medical Science Educators (Annual Conference)

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

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

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 27th (11:00 AM)

Topic: ACGME “Milestones”
Presented by: William Iobst

Understanding and Promoting Student Engagement in Distance Education – Wiley Faculty Network Webinar

Date: March 27, 2014
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Register to participate from any location

Presenter: Catherine Divingian, Santa Fe College

Session Overview:
Student engagement is important for the successful completion of any course; however it is vital when teaching online. In this Guest Lecture, professor and WFN Mentor, Catherine Divingian will share tips and tricks for understanding student engagement as well as practical strategies and techniques for promoting it in the online classroom. Catherine will share her first-hand experiences using a variety of methods such as teaching to multiple learning styles and ways to help students take responsibility for their learning. This Online Event is perfect for new or experienced distance educators!

To register for this free webinar go to: http://wfn.wiley.com/pg/event_calendar/view/266188

Hold the Date – Creating Exceptional Interprofessional Teaching and Learning in Clinical Settings: The University of Toronto Journey (AIHC Webinar)

Date: April 17, 2014
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: GEB A104

Presenters: Mandy Lowe, Lynne Sinclair, and Maria Tassone

Session Overview:
This webinar will focus on the approaches taken by the University of Toronto Centre for Interprofessional Education (IPE) to create exceptional interprofessional learning environments for students and health care professionals at the interface between education and practice.

Facilitators Mandy Lowe, Lynne Sinclair and Maria Tassone will share their experience of bridging the clinical environment to promote IPE – their institutional story, bumps on the road and wisdom learned along the way.  The webinar is aimed at educators, practitioners, leaders, policy makers and others from across both academic and practice settings who are interested in learning more about embedding IPE into practice, as well as strategies for successful leadership, impact and sustainability.

To register for this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

Hold the Date – Can You Flip an Online Class? Yes, You Can! (Webinar)

Date: April 22, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A104

Presenters: Barbi Honeycutt, Ph.D. and Sarah Glova

Session Overview:
During The Flipped Approach to Online Teaching and Learning, you won’t just learn what successful flipping looks like; you’ll experience it yourself because the seminar itself contains flipped components. That kind of firsthand experience that puts you in your students’ shoes is both rare and invaluable.

To learn more about this webinar please click here.

To register for this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

Professional Sessions

New Faculty Orientation

Date: March 26, 2014 (Wednesday)
Time: 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: SAC 305

Session Overview:
This session is for all new faculty hired since January 2013 who DID NOT attend New Faculty Orientation in September 2013.

A light breakfast will be served beginning at 7:30 AM.

To register to attend go to: http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

Questions regarding New Faculty Orientation? Please contact Kristy Conger (kconger@uthsc.edu / 901-448-2253).

Biomedical Informatics Group (BIG) Meeting

Date: March 28, 2014
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: 910 Madison – Room 502

Presenter: Teresa Waters, Ph.D.

Session Overview:

Claims data are an important source of detailed information about the medical care patients receive. Medicare claims provide information for almost all patients 65 years and older, plus several other important population groups. Claims files can be combined with clinical trial or epidemiological cohort data to provide an ‘extended picture’ or stand-alone files can be used to examine the impact of a program or policy change. I will provide a brief overview of the information available in Medicare claims files, how you can request Medicare data from the Research Data Assistance Center (RESDAC), and how much these files will cost to include in your next research proposal.

Questions? Email Teresa Waters: twaters@uthsc.edu

Additional Resources

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

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

For a calendar view of events please go to: http://bit.ly/UTHSCal

Professional Sessions

New Faculty Orientation

Date: March 26, 2014 (Wednesday)
Time: 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: SAC 305

Session Overview:
This session is for all new faculty hired since January 2013 who DID NOT attend New Faculty Orientation in September 2013. Registration to attend must be submitted by March 24th at 12:00 PM.

A light breakfast will be served beginning at 7:30 AM.

To register to attend go to: http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

Questions regarding New Faculty Orientation? Please contact Kristy Conger (kconger@uthsc.edu / 901-448-2253).

Conferences

Sloan-C: 7th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium – Reserve your virtual conference seat!

Conference Dates: April 9th – April 11th

Conference Overview:
The Emerging Technologies Symposium is devoted to the emerging and innovative uses of technology designed to improve teaching and learning online. The conference focuses on the technologies that drive online learning effectiveness, highlighting research, applications and best practices of important emerging technological tools. We encourage submissions related to instruction, networking, assessment, open educational resources, new media and support services.

To see a list of online sessions that will be available to virtual attendees please go to: http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2014/et4online/streamed_sessions

UTHSC has a limited number of logins available for online session access that will be streamed live from the conference taking place in Dallas, TX. Please contact Kristy Conger (kconger@uthsc.edu / 901-448-2253) to request login information.

International Association of Medical Science Educators (Annual Conference)

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

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

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 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

Six Practical Strategies to Improve Your Online Course – Webinar archive available until March 20, 2014

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

Hold the Date – Creating Exceptional Interprofessional Teaching and Learning in Clinical Settings: The University of Toronto Journey (AIHC Webinar)

Date: April 17, 2014
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: GEB A104

Presenters: Mandy Lowe, Lynne Sinclair, and Maria Tassone

Session Overview:
This webinar will focus on the approaches taken by the University of Toronto Centre for Interprofessional Education (IPE) to create exceptional interprofessional learning environments for students and health care professionals at the interface between education and practice.

Facilitators Mandy Lowe, Lynne Sinclair and Maria Tassone will share their experience of bridging the clinical environment to promote IPE – their institutional story, bumps on the road and wisdom learned along the way.  The webinar is aimed at educators, practitioners, leaders, policy makers and others from across both academic and practice settings who are interested in learning more about embedding IPE into practice, as well as strategies for successful leadership, impact and sustainability.

To register for this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

Hold the Date – Can You Flip an Online Class? Yes, You Can! (Webinar)

Date: April 22, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A104

Presenters: Barbi Honeycutt, Ph.D. and Sarah Glova

Session Overview:
During The Flipped Approach to Online Teaching and Learning, you won’t just learn what successful flipping looks like; you’ll experience it yourself because the seminar itself contains flipped components. That kind of firsthand experience that puts you in your students’ shoes is both rare and invaluable.

To learn more about this webinar please click here.

To register for this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

Additional Resources

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

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

For a calendar view of events please go to: http://bit.ly/UTHSCal

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: http://www.iamseconference.org/

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

The Role of Technology in Course Redesign – Macmillan Higher Education (Free Webinar)

Date: March 12, 2014
Time: 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Presenter: Mike Palmquist, Colorado State University

Session Overview:
Instructional technology—and in particular interactive tools, digital media, social media, and communication tools—have played an important role in changing how and what we teach in our courses. This webinar will focus on how to design courses that use instructional technology to support emerging and proven methods of challenging and engaging our students.

To register for this free webinar please go to http://www.macmillanhighered.com/Catalog/page/content.aspx?Title=13942

Flipping the Classroom – Macmillan Higher Education (Free Webinar)

Date: March 14, 2014
Time: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Presenter: Eric Nelson, Missouri State University

Session Overview:
Where do you start in flipping your classroom? What first principles should guide you? What can your course look like if you use technology to enhance your student’s out of class experience? This webinar offers specific examples of how technology can help you to better prepare your students for class, give you feedback before class about what students are thinking, and create a dynamic classroom experience.

To register for this free webinar please go to http://www.macmillanhighered.com/Catalog/page/content.aspx?Title=13942

Designing Your Courses for Significant Learning – A New Edition – TLT Group (Free Webinar)

Date: March 14, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Presenter: Dee Fink

Session Overview:
“Creating Significant Learning Experiences; An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses” was first published in 2003. Dee Fink returns to talk about the new edition and will describe what he means by “significant learning.” In addition, Dee will also describe (a) how to design learning activities and (b) how to assess three of the less commonly addressed kinds of learning in the taxonomy of significant learning.

For more information about this webinar or to register go to http://tltgroup.roundtablelive.org/events?eventId=841343&EventViewMode=EventDetails

Six Practical Strategies to Improve Your Online Course – Webinar archive available until March 20, 2014

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

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 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

Professional Sessions

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/

For a calendar view of events please go to: http://bit.ly/UTHSCal

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/

For a calendar view of events please go to: http://bit.ly/UTHSCal

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

Engaging, Connecting, and Communicating with Your Online Students

Date: February 26, 2014
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: GEB A204

Presenter: Kristy Conger (Education Specialist – UTHSC Office of Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs)

Session Overview:
In an online or hybrid class setting, connecting with our students is especially critical. Web-based and mobile resources offer new opportunities in engaging and communicating with students. Tools such as AudioBoo, Jing, Screencast, Skitch, and Educreations allow instructors to connect and communicate with students in ways which extend past the physical classroom. In this session, we will discuss these resources and how they can help to enhance teaching and learning in an online or hybrid course setting. Please feel free to bring your laptop or mobile device and try the tools out during our session.

Register for this session at http://tinyurl.com/feb26session

BEGINS THIS WEEK – 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:

February 27th (11:00 AM)

Topic: To Protect the Public by Providing the Means to Assess Competencies for Osteopathic Medicine and Related health Care Professions
Presented by: Bruce P. Bates and Melanie V. Nelson

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 – Free webinar available from Wiley Learning Institute

Date: February 27, 2014
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

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!

To register for this free workshop go to: http://wileylearninginstitute.com/community/groups/teaching-naked-designing-assignments-for-more-active-classrooms/

This workshop will be recorded and available from Wiley Learning Institute for one week after the live event.

Six Practical Strategies to Improve Your Online Course – Webinar archive provided by Magna Publications

Date: March 3, 2014
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: GEB A204

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

Join us in GEB A204 to watch the archive of this webinar (originally held February 18, 2014) and discuss strategies to improve your online courses.

Register to attend at http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

Professional Sessions

Biomedical Informatics Group (BIG) Meeting

Date: February 28, 2014
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: 910 Madison, Room 502

Presenter: Grady Wade, Ph.D. (Clinical Research Informaticist – Children’s Foundation Research Institute and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital)
Topic: Pediatric Research Database, a clinically rich, de-identified database for hypothesis generation and cohort discovery

Session Overview:
 Secondary use of large, open datasets provides researchers with an opportunity to address high impact questions and evaluate rare diseases. Utilization of local electronic medical records (EMR) to populate these research datasets is both an efficient use of available information and can also help researchers to assess effectiveness of local standards of care. To assist researchers in gaining access to large amounts of high quality clinical data for the purposes of research, our unit developed the Pediatric Research Database (PRD), a de-identified database designed around secondary use of a data-rich source, our EMR.

Questions? email Teresa Waters: twaters@uthsc.edu

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

Conferences

International Association of Medical Science Educators (Annual Conference)

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

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 please visit: www.iamseconference.org

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/