Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

20 Minute Monday Morning Mentor (Week of September 21st)

Date: Available September 21st – September 27th
Session Title: What is the Best Way to Grade Participation?
Presenter: Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D. (Professor Emerita of Teaching and Learning – Penn State Berks)

Overview:

You know how essential it is for students to be active participants in their education. But how do you grade them on it? Find out in this Magna 20-Minute Mentor, What Is the Best Way to Grade Participation? Running just 20 minutes, it is the easiest way to improve your course and fit into a busy schedule.

While emphasizing there is no single way to assess student participation, presenter Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D., delivers a concise and comprehensive overview of what not to do, activities worth doing, how to do them, and how to evaluate your own process. Too often instructors base participation grades on very vague standards or use these assessments to give grades they somehow think students deserve. In this compelling and practical session, you’ll learn that effective assessment of participation starts with understanding why you’re evaluating participation in the first place and having a clear description of the behavior you’ll be monitoring.

You’ll explore:

• Making feedback part of the way you grade participation
• Providing accommodations for students with special needs, including shyness
• Getting students involved in assessment

Drawing on her extensive experience as an educator, published author, and editor of The Teaching Professor, Weimer supplements this video seminar with handouts such as tracking sheets and assessment instruments to help you implement what you learn.

Learning goals:

After completing this grading and feedback focused program, you’ll be able to:

• Describe and avoid common pitfalls associated with grading student participation
• Identify positive and negative criteria you will use to evaluate student participation
• Develop strategies for implementing your assessment plan
• Use appropriate techniques to keep all students involved with and aware of your participation assessment plan
• Develop and implement feedback strategies to help students improve their participation

The session link and login information to the September 21st 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.

Online Teaching Toolkit: Evaluate and Improve Your Teaching

Date: September 22, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A204

Overview:

Until recently, teachers and students faced each other in the same classroom at the same time. The increase of online courses has changed that model dramatically, affecting how teachers are evaluated in profound ways. It is essential that faculty understand the best practices that underlie evaluations of effective online teaching. In this seminar you will learn the strategies for garnering constructive feedback, make significant changes in the way you teach based on that feedback, and take more control for the results of your evaluations.

It is essential that faculty understand the best practices that underlie evaluations of effective online teaching. To gain this awareness, participate in this 40-minute online seminar, Online Teaching Toolkit: Evaluate & Improve Your Teaching. You’ll compare summative and formative evaluation approaches and learn how to use feedback from diverse sources to improve your teaching. You’ll learn how to make changes in your teaching methods while you teach the course so you can respond quickly to student concerns. Evaluating your performance in online courses is becoming more important than ever. This dynamic seminar can give you the insights and practical tools for boosting evaluation results while improving your teaching.

To register to attend this session please go to: http://tinyurl.com/onlineteachingtoolkit

Contemporary Fair Use Guidelines and Copyright Law

Date: September 25, 2015
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: GEB A102

Overview:

Frank Lancaster, Associate General Counsel at UT, will present a session entitled ‘Contemporary Fair Use Guidelines and Copyright Law.’ The session will provide an overview of case history surrounding contemporary copyright law, key things to remember in the classroom and online environment, and resources for faculty.

A light lunch will be provided beginning at 11:30 AM to those who register to attend by September 16th. To register to attend use this link: http://bit.ly/UTHSC-092515

Copyright and fair use are topics that generate questions. If you have questions about this topic, send them to Dr. Cindy Russell (crussell@uthsc.edu) so that Frank can address some of them during his presentation.

Frank delivered a similar session for UT Chattanooga’s Instructional Excellence Conference. You can view that session here: http://tinyurl.com/utc-copyright (actual speaker audio begins at the 1-minute mark)

Professional Sessions

New Faculty Orientation

Date: September 25, 2015
Time: 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: GEB A102

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 faculty hired as of January 2015 and in the months following. A light breakfast will be provided beginning at 7:30 AM and lunch will be provided at 12:00 PM.

To register to attend please go to: http://bit.do/NFO-Fall15

Biomedical Informatics Group (BIG) Meeting

Date: September 25, 2015
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (Lunch will be provided)
Location: 910 Madison, Room 502

Speaker:  Oguz Akbilgic, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor The University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Center for Biomedical Informatics)

Topic: Clustering of Sequential EMR Data via Symbolic Pattern Recognition

Overview:

Our goal is to develop a Symbolic Pattern Recognition Method relating sequential data to different outcomes.

IRB Insights

Date: September 30, 2015
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: 930 Madison, Hamilton Eye Institute’s Freeman Auditorium (3rd Floor)

Overview:

Learn about the changes in the iMedRIS software upgrade from Version 9.03 to Version 10.03 occurring at the beginning of September. You may view the program remotely by clicking on the following site at the time of the session: http://mediaserver.uthsc.edu/uthscms/Play/61382e815f944cdf91148e014896c3241d

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

2015 Biomedical Research Symposium

Date: October 23, 2015
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Location: St. Jude – Marlo Thomas Center GEC Auditorium

Topic: “Stem Cells and Cancer” – The symposium will be hosted by Drs. Sorrentino, McKinney-Freeman and Roussel

Overview:

Did you know….

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.

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

20 Minute Monday Morning Mentor (Week of September 14th)

Date: Available September 14th – September 20th
Session Title: How Can I Measure My Faculty Development Center’s Impact?
Presenter: Bruce Kelley, Ph.D. (Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning – University of South Dakota)

Overview:

Faculty development centers are generally not cash cows. Our work does not always slide easily into line items or factor clearly into financial decisions. Just because faculty development centers do not typically operate under financial models that make it easy to demonstrate their worth does not mean you cannot prove that your center is essential to institutional success. In fact, you can communicate the value of your work in ways that matter to the people behind the budgets.

If you’re ready to show how instrumental and invaluable your center’s work is, you’ll want to watch How Can I Measure My Faculty Development Center’s Impact?—a Magna 20-Minute Mentor video with Bruce Kelley, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and professor of music at the University of South Dakota.

Dr. Kelley understands that your priority is supporting and developing your faculty with accessible and desirable programming that leads to better teaching and improved student outcomes. He also recognizes that increasing calls for accountability demand that you be able to demonstrate your value in fiscal terms. In just 20 minutes he describes how to evaluate the impact of your faculty development center with simple and accessible data-driven tools and then use those results to communicate your center’s value to relevant campus constituents.

The session link and login information to the September 14th 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.

Online Teaching Toolkit: Evaluate and Improve Your Teaching

Date: September 22, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A204

Overview:

Until recently, teachers and students faced each other in the same classroom at the same time. The increase of online courses has changed that model dramatically, affecting how teachers are evaluated in profound ways. It is essential that faculty understand the best practices that underlie evaluations of effective online teaching. In this seminar you will learn the strategies for garnering constructive feedback, make significant changes in the way you teach based on that feedback, and take more control for the results of your evaluations.

It is essential that faculty understand the best practices that underlie evaluations of effective online teaching. To gain this awareness, participate in this 40-minute online seminar, Online Teaching Toolkit: Evaluate & Improve Your Teaching. You’ll compare summative and formative evaluation approaches and learn how to use feedback from diverse sources to improve your teaching. You’ll learn how to make changes in your teaching methods while you teach the course so you can respond quickly to student concerns. Evaluating your performance in online courses is becoming more important than ever. This dynamic seminar can give you the insights and practical tools for boosting evaluation results while improving your teaching.

To register to attend this session please go to: http://tinyurl.com/onlineteachingtoolkit

Contemporary Fair Use Guidelines and Copyright Law

Date: September 25, 2015
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: GEB A102

Overview:

Frank Lancaster, Associate General Counsel at UT, will present a session entitled ‘Contemporary Fair Use Guidelines and Copyright Law.’ The session will provide an overview of case history surrounding contemporary copyright law, key things to remember in the classroom and online environment, and resources for faculty.

A light lunch will be provided beginning at 11:30 AM to those who register to attend by September 16th. To register to attend use this link: http://bit.ly/UTHSC-092515

Copyright and fair use are topics that generate questions. If you have questions about this topic, send them to Dr. Cindy Russell (crussell@uthsc.edu) so that Frank can address some of them during his presentation.

Frank delivered a similar session for UT Chattanooga’s Instructional Excellence Conference. You can view that session here: http://tinyurl.com/utc-copyright (actual speaker audio begins at the 1-minute mark)

Professional Sessions

New Faculty Orientation

Date: September 25, 2015
Time: 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: GEB A102

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 faculty hired as of January 2015 and in the months following. A light breakfast will be provided beginning at 7:30 AM and lunch will be provided at 12:00 PM.

To register to attend please go to: http://bit.do/NFO-Fall15

Biomedical Informatics Group (BIG) Meeting

Date: September 25, 2015
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (Lunch will be provided)
Location: 910 Madison, Room 502

Speaker:  Oguz Akbilgic, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor The University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Center for Biomedical Informatics)

Topic: Clustering of Sequential EMR Data via Symbolic Pattern Recognition

Overview:

Our goal is to develop a Symbolic Pattern Recognition Method relating sequential data to different outcomes.

2015 Biomedical Research Symposium

Date: October 23, 2015
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Location: St. Jude – Marlo Thomas Center GEC Auditorium

Topic: “Stem Cells and Cancer” – The symposium will be hosted by Drs. Sorrentino, McKinney-Freeman and Roussel

Overview:

Did you know….

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.

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

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

Date: Available September 7th – September 13th
Session Title: What Should I Do When a Student Cheats?
Presenter: James Lang, Ph.D. (Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence – Assumption College)

Overview:

Cheating and plagiarism are serious problems in higher education today, but the rate of academic dishonesty hasn’t changed much in 50 years. Severe punishment doesn’t have much of an effect on the incidence of cheating, and there is a great deal faculty and student leaders can do to promote academic integrity.

Find out the most effective ways to confront cheating in What Should I Do When a Student Cheats?, a Magna 20-Minute Mentor with James M. Lang, director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and an English professor at Assumption College. Instead of myths and misconceptions, Lang will share a research-based approach to the challenge of academic dishonesty—in your classroom and across your campus.

You’ll explore:

• The key to ensuring a fair process for handling violations of academic integrity
• The message you don’t want to send to students
• The steps involved in determining an appropriate level of punishment

There’s a reason unethical behavior in higher education is called “cheating,” since students who practice plagiarism and other violations are really robbing themselves of their ability to learn. Make sure you’re doing all you can to help your students do the right thing by themselves, their peers, and your campus policies

The session link and login information to the September 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.

Online Teaching Toolkit: Evaluate and Improve Your Teaching

Date: September 22, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A204

Overview:

Until recently, teachers and students faced each other in the same classroom at the same time. The increase of online courses has changed that model dramatically, affecting how teachers are evaluated in profound ways. It is essential that faculty understand the best practices that underlie evaluations of effective online teaching. In this seminar you will learn the strategies for garnering constructive feedback, make significant changes in the way you teach based on that feedback, and take more control for the results of your evaluations.

It is essential that faculty understand the best practices that underlie evaluations of effective online teaching. To gain this awareness, participate in this 40-minute online seminar, Online Teaching Toolkit: Evaluate & Improve Your Teaching. You’ll compare summative and formative evaluation approaches and learn how to use feedback from diverse sources to improve your teaching. You’ll learn how to make changes in your teaching methods while you teach the course so you can respond quickly to student concerns. Evaluating your performance in online courses is becoming more important than ever. This dynamic seminar can give you the insights and practical tools for boosting evaluation results while improving your teaching.

To register to attend this session please go to: http://tinyurl.com/onlineteachingtoolkit

Contemporary Fair Use Guidelines and Copyright Law

Date: September 25, 2015
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: GEB A102

Overview:

Frank Lancaster, Associate General Counsel at UT, will present a session entitled ‘Contemporary Fair Use Guidelines and Copyright Law.’ The session will provide an overview of case history surrounding contemporary copyright law, key things to remember in the classroom and online environment, and resources for faculty.

A light lunch will be provided beginning at 11:30 AM to those who register to attend by September 16th. To register to attend use this link: http://bit.ly/UTHSC-092515

Copyright and fair use are topics that generate questions. If you have questions about this topic, send them to Dr. Cindy Russell (crussell@uthsc.edu) so that Frank can address some of them during his presentation.

Frank delivered a similar session for UT Chattanooga’s Instructional Excellence Conference. You can view that session here: http://tinyurl.com/utc-copyright (actual speaker audio begins at the 1-minute mark)

Professional Sessions

UTRF Seminar: Panel Discussion with UTHSC Faculty Entrepreneurs

Date: September 10, 2015
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Hamilton Eye Institute, Freeman Auditorium 930 Madison, Suite 300

Overview:

Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and would like to launch a start-up company?  Please join us for a panel discussion with UTHSC faculty entrepreneurs who followed their entrepreneurial passion and founded their own companies.  They will share their experiences and provide insight on important topics and issues such as raising money, mistakes, and lessons learned in the process.  For more information, please go here.

Lunch will be provided. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Tinieka Thrailkill at ttriple2@uthsc.edu or 901-448-7827.

New Faculty Orientation

Date: September 25, 2015
Time: 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: GEB A102

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 faculty hired as of January 2015 and in the months following. A light breakfast will be provided beginning at 7:30 AM and lunch will be provided at 12:00 PM.

To register to attend please go to: http://bit.do/NFO-Fall15

2015 Biomedical Research Symposium

Date: October 23, 2015
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Location: St. Jude – Marlo Thomas Center GEC Auditorium

Topic: “Stem Cells and Cancer” – The symposium will be hosted by Drs. Sorrentino, McKinney-Freeman and Roussel

Overview:

Did you know….

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.

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

20 Minute Monday Morning Mentor (Week of August 31st)

Date: Available August 31st – September 6th
Session Title: What if a Student Asks a Question I Can’t Answer?
Presenter: Therese Huston, Ph.D. (Founding Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Seattle University)

Overview:

Students view professors as experts and authority figures. Because of this, when a student asks a difficult question in class and you don’t know the answer, it’s easy to feel flustered, embarrassed and anxious.

• Should you stumble through your response?
• Ramble off on a tangent?
• Make something up on the spot?

There’s no need for any of that. Develop a reliable teaching technique strategy for fielding students’ questions without losing your cool or undermining your credibility. In this Magna 20-Minute Mentor, Therese Huston, Ph.D., outlines an effective method for managing these difficult moments.

You will learn how to:

• Employ an effective three-step method for handling difficult questions
• Identify responses that work well for you…and others that miss the mark
• Modify strategies for the “research it yourself” approach
• Use clarification and acknowledgement in dealing with tough questions
  • Increase your confidence and credibility in the classroom
  • Make class preparation more manageable
  • Recognize the pros and cons of your current response repertoire

The session link and login information to the August 31st 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.

Online Teaching Toolkit: Evaluate and Improve Your Teaching

Date: September 22, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A204

Overview:

Until recently, teachers and students faced each other in the same classroom at the same time. The increase of online courses has changed that model dramatically, affecting how teachers are evaluated in profound ways. It is essential that faculty understand the best practices that underlie evaluations of effective online teaching. In this seminar you will learn the strategies for garnering constructive feedback, make significant changes in the way you teach based on that feedback, and take more control for the results of your evaluations.

It is essential that faculty understand the best practices that underlie evaluations of effective online teaching. To gain this awareness, participate in this 40-minute online seminar, Online Teaching Toolkit: Evaluate & Improve Your Teaching. You’ll compare summative and formative evaluation approaches and learn how to use feedback from diverse sources to improve your teaching. You’ll learn how to make changes in your teaching methods while you teach the course so you can respond quickly to student concerns. Evaluating your performance in online courses is becoming more important than ever. This dynamic seminar can give you the insights and practical tools for boosting evaluation results while improving your teaching.

To register to attend this session please go to: http://tinyurl.com/onlineteachingtoolkit

Contemporary Fair Use Guidelines and Copyright Law

Date: September 25, 2015
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: GEB A102

Overview:

Frank Lancaster, Associate General Counsel at UT, will present a session entitled ‘Contemporary Fair Use Guidelines and Copyright Law.’ The session will provide an overview of case history surrounding contemporary copyright law, key things to remember in the classroom and online environment, and resources for faculty.

A light lunch will be provided beginning at 11:30 AM to those who register to attend by September 16th. To register to attend use this link: http://bit.ly/UTHSC-092515

Copyright and fair use are topics that generate questions. If you have questions about this topic, send them to Dr. Cindy Russell (crussell@uthsc.edu) so that Frank can address some of them during his presentation.

Frank delivered a similar session for UT Chattanooga’s Instructional Excellence Conference. You can view that session here: http://tinyurl.com/utc-copyright (actual speaker audio begins at the 1-minute mark)

Professional Sessions

UTRF Seminar: Panel Discussion with UTHSC Faculty Entrepreneurs

Date: September 10, 2015
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Hamilton Eye Institute, Freeman Auditorium 930 Madison, Suite 300

Overview:

Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and would like to launch a start-up company?  Please join us for a panel discussion with UTHSC faculty entrepreneurs who followed their entrepreneurial passion and founded their own companies.  They will share their experiences and provide insight on important topics and issues such as raising money, mistakes, and lessons learned in the process.  For more information, please go here.

Lunch will be provided. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Tinieka Thrailkill at ttriple2@uthsc.edu or 901-448-7827.

New Faculty Orientation

Date: September 25, 2015
Time: 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: GEB A102

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 faculty hired as of January 2015 and in the months following. A light breakfast will be provided beginning at 7:30 AM and lunch will be provided at 12:00 PM.

To register to attend please go to: http://bit.do/NFO-Fall15

2015 Biomedical Research Symposium

Date: October 23, 2015
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Location: St. Jude – Marlo Thomas Center GEC Auditorium

Topic: “Stem Cells and Cancer” – The symposium will be hosted by Drs. Sorrentino, McKinney-Freeman and Roussel

Overview:

Did you know….

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.

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

Backing Up With Backchannels (Online Learning Consortium Webinar)

Date: May 27, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A304

Presenter: Julia VanderMolen (Assistant Professor in College of Health Professions at Grand Valley State University)

Overview:

Students need instructor guidance to use virtual platforms for academic purposes. Faculty cannot rely on their students’  “so called” digital native status to know how and what to do with technology. Just a few years ago, no one had heard of “backchanneling”, nowadays, it has become mainstream.

Students’ desire to participate in the backchannel is increased if they have a sense of community within the channel, which is most easily built through social interactions and shared experiences. Learn the role of the backchannel in a collaborative learning environment.

This topic will be of interest to online and blended learning faculty and educators. Participants will learn about student and faculty benefits from backchannels, ways to use backchannels in the classroom and what tools to use for backchanneling in online and blended classroom.

To register to attend this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/olc-backchannels

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement (Magna Online 40-Minute Seminar)

Session Archive Available

Date: Session took place April 28, 2015

Presenter: Lolita Paff, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Business & Economics at Penn State Berks)

Overview:

Online discussion is a great way for students to connect and learn. But you can’t just set up a board and leave it there. Students need responses to their work to keep growing and learning. An unmonitored discussion board can lead to huge headaches and not much learning. This means you need effective strategies to keep students on task and promote truly educational online interaction.

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement will show you how to coach students toward meaningful discussion. By the end of the seminar, you’ll have the insights and tools you need to:

•    Employ alternative strategies to promote interaction and develop students’ online discussion skills
•    Compare and apply different discussion board formats to increase student interest and engagement
•    Identify and manage techniques to empower students as facilitators of online discussion

Links to the session recording and materials are available within the Professional Development course within Blackboard. Enrollment instructions for the Professional Development course can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll

OLC: 8th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium 2015

Session Archives Available

Conference Dates: Took place April 22nd – April 24th, 2015 in Dallas, TX

Conference Overview:

As emerging technologies continue to be embraced and are changing the way people socialize and learn, we are presented with new opportunities for leveraging emerging technology and pedagogy to shape the next generation of teaching and learning. But emerging technologies are reshaping more than pedagogy. Wearable technologies, analytics, an increased appreciation for openness, connected learning, global collaboration, social technologies and the increasing need to encourage experimentation in order to innovate are also impacting how we train, support, and incentivize faculty; design learning environments; and lead within a higher education organization.

The all-star line up of speakers for the Online Learning Consortium’s ET4Online 2015 will provide you with provocative and meaningful insight about how emerging technologies are impacting higher education and recontextualize our academic experiences within an agile, fluid world.

A complete list of  recorded sessions can be found at: http://olc.onlinelearningconsortium.org/conference/2015/et4online/streamed_sessions

Information related to accessing session archives from this conference are located in the Professional Development within Blackboard. Enrollment instructions for the Professional Development course are located at http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll.

Please contact Kristy Conger (kconger@uthsc.edu / 901-448-2253) if you need assistance accessing the session archives.

Professional Sessions

Biomedical Informatics Group (BIG) Meeting

Date: May 29, 2015
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (Lunch will be provided)
Location: 910 Madison, Room 502

Speaker:  Charisse Madlock-Brown, PhD, MLS (Assistant Professor Dept. of Health Informatics and Information Management at University of Tennessee Health Science Center)

Topic: A Framework for Emerging Topic Detection in Biomedicine

Session Overview:

Policy makers, funding agencies and researchers need tools for emerging trend analysis of scientific research. Emerging topic detection algorithms have the potential to assist researchers in maintaining awareness of current trends in biomedical fields – a feat not easily achieved with existing methods. Though topic detection algorithms for news cycles exist, several aspects of this particular area make applying them directly to scientific literature problematic.

This work presents a framework for emerging topic detection. It builds upon the probabilistic burst detection algorithm developed by Kleinberg. Characterization of bursts over an extended planning horizon by discipline was performed to understand what a typical burst trend looks like in this space to better understand how to identify important or emerging trends.

AIHC Leadership Webinar Series – Developing Interprofessional Champions in the Clinical Environment: Opportunites for Preceptors

Session Archive Available

Date: Session took place May 8, 2015

Overview:

Interprofessional education is becoming increasingly common in health professions’ pre-licensure curriculum.  As part of this education, students need “real” opportunities to see interprofessional collaborative practice role modeled and to practice “real” interprofessional team-based care.

This webinar responds to the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation’s recent call for aligning interprofessional education and clinical practice redesign to achieve the Triple Aim.  We need preceptors (aka clinical educators) and clinical sites developed where students experience both interprofessional practice and education in live patient care environments.

This webinar will feature two university approaches for developing preceptors to be interprofessional champions in the clinical environment.  Each case study will provide information on their approaches and materials, lessons learned and strategies for success.

Objectives:

1.    Identify the need for developing preceptors to align interprofessional education and clinical practice redesign.
2.    Compare and contrast two cases studies that feature a variety of approaches and materials for preceptor development.
3.    Discuss common barriers, lessons learned and strategies for success regarding development of preceptors that are interprofessional champions.

The recording and materials for this session are available at: https://nexusipe.org/resource-exchange/developing-interprofessional-champions-clinical-environment-opportunities

Toastmasters 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 4

If you would like to become an engaging public speaker, improve your skills as a teacher, seminar speaker or when presenting professionally to your colleagues, joining a Toastmasters club will allow you to reach your goals fast in a professional environment. A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Free parking is available and everyone is welcome!

For more information about Toastmasters contact Detlef Heck (dheck@uthsc.edu) or Bill Howell (atenra@comcast.net).

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 out latest blog post at https://uthsctlc.wordpress.com/

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

Backing Up With Backchannels (Online Learning Consortium Webinar)

Date: May 27, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A304

Presenter: Julia VanderMolen (Assistant Professor in College of Health Professions at Grand Valley State University)

Overview:

Students need instructor guidance to use virtual platforms for academic purposes. Faculty cannot rely on their students’  “so called” digital native status to know how and what to do with technology. Just a few years ago, no one had heard of “backchanneling”, nowadays, it has become mainstream.

Students’ desire to participate in the backchannel is increased if they have a sense of community within the channel, which is most easily built through social interactions and shared experiences. Learn the role of the backchannel in a collaborative learning environment.

This topic will be of interest to online and blended learning faculty and educators. Participants will learn about student and faculty benefits from backchannels, ways to use backchannels in the classroom and what tools to use for backchanneling in online and blended classroom.

To register to attend this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/olc-backchannels

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement (Magna Online 40-Minute Seminar)

Session Archive Available

Date: Session took place April 28, 2015

Presenter: Lolita Paff, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Business & Economics at Penn State Berks)

Overview:

Online discussion is a great way for students to connect and learn. But you can’t just set up a board and leave it there. Students need responses to their work to keep growing and learning. An unmonitored discussion board can lead to huge headaches and not much learning. This means you need effective strategies to keep students on task and promote truly educational online interaction.

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement will show you how to coach students toward meaningful discussion. By the end of the seminar, you’ll have the insights and tools you need to:

•    Employ alternative strategies to promote interaction and develop students’ online discussion skills
•    Compare and apply different discussion board formats to increase student interest and engagement
•    Identify and manage techniques to empower students as facilitators of online discussion

Links to the session recording and materials are available within the Professional Development course within Blackboard. Enrollment instructions for the Professional Development course can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll

OLC: 8th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium 2015

Session Archives Available

Conference Dates: Took place April 22nd – April 24th, 2015 in Dallas, TX

Conference Overview:

As emerging technologies continue to be embraced and are changing the way people socialize and learn, we are presented with new opportunities for leveraging emerging technology and pedagogy to shape the next generation of teaching and learning. But emerging technologies are reshaping more than pedagogy. Wearable technologies, analytics, an increased appreciation for openness, connected learning, global collaboration, social technologies and the increasing need to encourage experimentation in order to innovate are also impacting how we train, support, and incentivize faculty; design learning environments; and lead within a higher education organization.

The all-star line up of speakers for the Online Learning Consortium’s ET4Online 2015 will provide you with provocative and meaningful insight about how emerging technologies are impacting higher education and recontextualize our academic experiences within an agile, fluid world.

A complete list of  recorded sessions can be found at: http://olc.onlinelearningconsortium.org/conference/2015/et4online/streamed_sessions

Information related to accessing session archives from this conference are located in the Professional Development within Blackboard. Enrollment instructions for the Professional Development course are located at http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll.

Please contact Kristy Conger (kconger@uthsc.edu / 901-448-2253) if you need assistance accessing the session archives.

Professional Sessions

AIHC Leadership Webinar Series – Developing Interprofessional Champions in the Clinical Environment: Opportunites for Preceptors

Session Archive Available

Date: Session took place May 8, 2015

Overview:

Interprofessional education is becoming increasingly common in health professions’ pre-licensure curriculum.  As part of this education, students need “real” opportunities to see interprofessional collaborative practice role modeled and to practice “real” interprofessional team-based care.

This webinar responds to the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation’s recent call for aligning interprofessional education and clinical practice redesign to achieve the Triple Aim.  We need preceptors (aka clinical educators) and clinical sites developed where students experience both interprofessional practice and education in live patient care environments.

This webinar will feature two university approaches for developing preceptors to be interprofessional champions in the clinical environment.  Each case study will provide information on their approaches and materials, lessons learned and strategies for success.

Objectives:

1.    Identify the need for developing preceptors to align interprofessional education and clinical practice redesign.
2.    Compare and contrast two cases studies that feature a variety of approaches and materials for preceptor development.
3.    Discuss common barriers, lessons learned and strategies for success regarding development of preceptors that are interprofessional champions.

The recording and materials for this session are available at: https://nexusipe.org/resource-exchange/developing-interprofessional-champions-clinical-environment-opportunities

Toastmasters 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 4

If you would like to become an engaging public speaker, improve your skills as a teacher, seminar speaker or when presenting professionally to your colleagues, joining a Toastmasters club will allow you to reach your goals fast in a professional environment. A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Free parking is available and everyone is welcome!

For more information about Toastmasters contact Detlef Heck (dheck@uthsc.edu) or Bill Howell (atenra@comcast.net).

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 out latest blog post at https://uthsctlc.wordpress.com/

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

Backing Up With Backchannels

Date: May 27, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A304

Presenter: Julia VanderMolen (Assistant Professor in College of Health Professions at Grand Valley State University)

Overview:

Students need instructor guidance to use virtual platforms for academic purposes. Faculty cannot rely on their students’  “so called” digital native status to know how and what to do with technology. Just a few years ago, no one had heard of “backchanneling”, nowadays, it has become mainstream.

Students’ desire to participate in the backchannel is increased if they have a sense of community within the channel, which is most easily built through social interactions and shared experiences. Learn the role of the backchannel in a collaborative learning environment.

This topic will be of interest to online and blended learning faculty and educators. Participants will learn about student and faculty benefits from backchannels, ways to use backchannels in the classroom and what tools to use for backchanneling in online and blended classroom.

To register to attend this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/olc-backchannels

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement (Magna Online 40-Minute Seminar)

Session Archive Available

Date: Session took place April 28, 2015

Presenter: Lolita Paff, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Business & Economics at Penn State Berks)

Overview:

Online discussion is a great way for students to connect and learn. But you can’t just set up a board and leave it there. Students need responses to their work to keep growing and learning. An unmonitored discussion board can lead to huge headaches and not much learning. This means you need effective strategies to keep students on task and promote truly educational online interaction.

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement will show you how to coach students toward meaningful discussion. By the end of the seminar, you’ll have the insights and tools you need to:

•    Employ alternative strategies to promote interaction and develop students’ online discussion skills
•    Compare and apply different discussion board formats to increase student interest and engagement
•    Identify and manage techniques to empower students as facilitators of online discussion

Links to the session recording and materials are available within the Professional Development course within Blackboard. Enrollment instructions for the Professional Development course can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll

Professional Sessions

Toastmasters 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 4

If you would like to become an engaging public speaker, improve your skills as a teacher, seminar speaker or when presenting professionally to your colleagues, joining a Toastmasters club will allow you to reach your goals fast in a professional environment. A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Free parking is available and everyone is welcome!

For more information about Toastmasters contact Detlef Heck (dheck@uthsc.edu) or Bill Howell (atenra@comcast.net).

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 out latest blog post at https://uthsctlc.wordpress.com/

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement (Magna Online 40-Minute Seminar)

Date: April 28, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM
Location: GEB A304

Presenter: Lolita Paff, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Business & Economics at Penn State Berks

Overview:

Online discussion is a great way for students to connect and learn. But you can’t just set up a board and leave it there. Students need responses to their work to keep growing and learning. An unmonitored discussion board can lead to huge headaches and not much learning. This means you need effective strategies to keep students on task and promote truly educational online interaction.

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement will show you how to coach students toward meaningful discussion. By the end of the seminar, you’ll have the insights and tools you need to:

•    Employ alternative strategies to promote interaction and develop students’ online discussion skills
•    Compare and apply different discussion board formats to increase student interest and engagement
•    Identify and manage techniques to empower students as facilitators of online discussion

To register to attend this session go to: http://bit.ly/1Gq6bD0

Professional Sessions

Interprofessional Education Conference: Let’s Start Talking – The importance of interprofessional communication in improving patient outcomes and safety

Date: April 29, 2015
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Freeman Auditorium – Hamilton Eye Institute

Overview:

The Interprofessional Education Conference organized by the HRSA Interprofessional Education Grant Team (UTHSC Colleges of Nursing and Dentistry) will examine the importance of interprofessional communication in improving patient outcomes and safety. The goal of IPE of health care providers is to provide evidence-based and comprehensive health care for diverse patient populations. Healthcare needs of patients often transcend the individual health care provider and encompass various roles played by an interprofessional team of health professionals.

Conference Objectives:

• Describe the potential impact of interprofessional communication on patient outcomes and safety
• Articulate the benefit of the use of technology in improving the communication among healthcare providers, patients, and/or caregivers
• Examine the characteristics of an effective team communication scenario

To register to attend this conference go to: https://2015ipeconference.eventbrite.com  (space is limited)

AIHC Leadership Webinar Series – Developing Interprofessional Champions in the Clinical Environment: Opportunites for Preceptors

Date: May 8, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A104

Overview:

Interprofessional education is becoming increasingly common in health professions’ pre-licensure curriculum.  As part of this education, students need “real” opportunities to see interprofessional collaborative practice role modeled and to practice “real” interprofessional team-based care.

This webinar responds to the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation’s recent call for aligning interprofessional education and clinical practice redesign to achieve the Triple Aim.  We need preceptors (aka clinical educators) and clinical sites developed where students experience both interprofessional practice and education in live patient care environments.

This webinar will feature two university approaches for developing preceptors to be interprofessional champions in the clinical environment.  Each case study will provide information on their approaches and materials, lessons learned and strategies for success.

Objectives:

1.    Identify the need for developing preceptors to align interprofessional education and clinical practice redesign.
2.    Compare and contrast two cases studies that feature a variety of approaches and materials for preceptor development.
3.    Discuss common barriers, lessons learned and strategies for success regarding development of preceptors that are interprofessional champions.

To register to attend this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/ipe-champions

Toastmasters 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 4

If you would like to become an engaging public speaker, improve your skills as a teacher, seminar speaker or when presenting professionally to your colleagues, joining a Toastmasters club will allow you to reach your goals fast in a professional environment. A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Free parking is available and everyone is welcome!

For more information about Toastmasters contact Detlef Heck (dheck@uthsc.edu) or Bill Howell (atenra@comcast.net).

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 out latest blog post at https://uthsctlc.wordpress.com/

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

OLC – 8th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium 2015

Dates: April 22nd – April 24th

Conference Overview:

As emerging technologies continue to be embraced and are changing the way people socialize and learn, we are presented with new opportunities for leveraging emerging technology and pedagogy to shape the next generation of teaching and learning. But emerging technologies are reshaping more than pedagogy. Wearable technologies, analytics, an increased appreciation for openness, connected learning, global collaboration, social technologies and the increasing need to encourage experimentation in order to innovate are also impacting how we train, support, and incentivize faculty; design learning environments; and lead within a higher education organization.

The all-star line up of speakers for the Online Learning Consortium’s ET4Online 2015 will provide you with provocative and meaningful insight about how emerging technologies are impacting higher education and recontextualize our academic experiences within an agile, fluid world. UTHSC has a limited number of logins available for virtual attendee session access for sessions that will be streamed live from the conference site in Dallas, Texas. Virtual attendee access will allow you to view the live sessions from any location and will also provide access to the session recordings for one year.

A complete list of  sessions available to virtual attendees can be found at: http://olc.onlinelearningconsortium.org/conference/2015/et4online/streamed_sessions

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.

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement (Magna Online 40-Minute Seminar)

Date: April 28, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM
Location: GEB A304

Presenter: Lolita Paff, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Business & Economics at Penn State Berks

Overview:

Online discussion is a great way for students to connect and learn. But you can’t just set up a board and leave it there. Students need responses to their work to keep growing and learning. An unmonitored discussion board can lead to huge headaches and not much learning. This means you need effective strategies to keep students on task and promote truly educational online interaction.

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement will show you how to coach students toward meaningful discussion. By the end of the seminar, you’ll have the insights and tools you need to:

•    Employ alternative strategies to promote interaction and develop students’ online discussion skills
•    Compare and apply different discussion board formats to increase student interest and engagement
•    Identify and manage techniques to empower students as facilitators of online discussion

To register to attend this session go to: http://bit.ly/1Gq6bD0

Professional Sessions

Biomedical Informatics Group (BIG) Meeting

Date: April 24, 2015
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: 910 Madison, Room 502

Presenter: Aman Patel, Sr. Bioinformatics Engineer for Computational Biology (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital)

Topic: A Text mining talk: A Support Vector Machine-based Recommendation Classifier for Medical Content and Occupations

Overview:

With the rapid growth of online information, text classification has become a key technique for organizing and searching text data. A key part of the web is the recommendation engine, with which users browsing for content online are given recommendations based on their attributes and/or their past viewing history.

This talk serves as an introduction to textual data mining and the mathematical foundations behind various machine learning classifiers. We will use a real world data set of nearly 950 medical seminar documents to illustrate a method for building an automated content classifier for biomedical occupations. Performance results will also be shown with various experiments conducted to find the best combination of parameters that results in 90%+ accuracy among the trained automated classifier.

Mr. Patel currently works as Sr. Bioinformatics Engineer in Computational Biology department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Before this he was responsible for creating and managing Cure4Kids, and Pond4Kids projects at the Outreach department also at St. Jude. Cure4Kids is a web based collaboration platform for Pediatric Oncologists and other medical professionals, it hosts over 1400 medical seminars. Pond4kids is a free online EHR tool built for use by St. Jude partner hospitals around the world. It hosts over 200k medical records and is the central tool used by the IOP to gather patient data from partner hospitals. He currently hold a Masters and Bachelors of science degree in Computer Science.

Interprofessional Education Conference: Let’s Start Talking – The importance of interprofessional communication in improving patient outcomes and safety

Date: April 29, 2015
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Freeman Auditorium – Hamilton Eye Institute

Overview:

The Interprofessional Education Conference organized by the HRSA Interprofessional Education Grant Team (UTHSC Colleges of Nursing and Dentistry) will examine the importance of interprofessional communication in improving patient outcomes and safety. The goal of IPE of health care providers is to provide evidence-based and comprehensive health care for diverse patient populations. Healthcare needs of patients often transcend the individual health care provider and encompass various roles played by an interprofessional team of health professionals.

Conference Objectives:

• Describe the potential impact of interprofessional communication on patient outcomes and safety
• Articulate the benefit of the use of technology in improving the communication among healthcare providers, patients, and/or caregivers
• Examine the characteristics of an effective team communication scenario

To register to attend this conference go to: https://2015ipeconference.eventbrite.com  (space is limited)

AIHC Leadership Webinar Series – Developing Interprofessional Champions in the Clinical Environment: Opportunites for Preceptors

Date: May 8, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A104

Overview:

Interprofessional education is becoming increasingly common in health professions’ pre-licensure curriculum.  As part of this education, students need “real” opportunities to see interprofessional collaborative practice role modeled and to practice “real” interprofessional team-based care.

This webinar responds to the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation’s recent call for aligning interprofessional education and clinical practice redesign to achieve the Triple Aim.  We need preceptors (aka clinical educators) and clinical sites developed where students experience both interprofessional practice and education in live patient care environments.

This webinar will feature two university approaches for developing preceptors to be interprofessional champions in the clinical environment.  Each case study will provide information on their approaches and materials, lessons learned and strategies for success.

Objectives:

1.    Identify the need for developing preceptors to align interprofessional education and clinical practice redesign.
2.    Compare and contrast two cases studies that feature a variety of approaches and materials for preceptor development.
3.    Discuss common barriers, lessons learned and strategies for success regarding development of preceptors that are interprofessional champions.

To register to attend this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/ipe-champions

Toastmasters 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 4

If you would like to become an engaging public speaker, improve your skills as a teacher, seminar speaker or when presenting professionally to your colleagues, joining a Toastmasters club will allow you to reach your goals fast in a professional environment. A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Free parking is available and everyone is welcome!

For more information about Toastmasters contact Detlef Heck (dheck@uthsc.edu) or Bill Howell (atenra@comcast.net).

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 out latest blog post at https://uthsctlc.wordpress.com/

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

IAMSE Spring 2015 Webinar Series (Interprofessional Education and Practice – The Tide has Come In!)

(Session Archives Now Available)

Date: Sessions took place February 26th – March 26th, 2015

Series Overview:

Waves of interest and excitement in Interprofessional Education (IPE) are sweeping across health science schools, accrediting bodies, and national health agencies. In just the past two years in the US, national objectives have been produced and several centers for IPE have been created to assist faculty and practitioners in designing curricular programs and extending the outcomes into interprofessional practice. The Spring IAMSE webcast seminar series brings together a collection of leaders and programs that have implemented successful IPE activities and/or have unique approaches to addressing challenges that IPE may be facing in healthcare delivery.

For more information about this webinar series including session overviews and presenter bios please go to: http://tinyurl.com/iamse-spring2015

Information related to accessing the recording and materials for these sessions is located in the Professional Development course within Blackboard. Enrollment instructions for the Professional Development course can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement (Magna Online 40-Minute Seminar)

Date: April 28, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM
Location: GEB A304

Presenter: Lolita Paff, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Business & Economics at Penn State Berks

Overview:

Online discussion is a great way for students to connect and learn. But you can’t just set up a board and leave it there. Students need responses to their work to keep growing and learning. An unmonitored discussion board can lead to huge headaches and not much learning. This means you need effective strategies to keep students on task and promote truly educational online interaction.

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement will show you how to coach students toward meaningful discussion. By the end of the seminar, you’ll have the insights and tools you need to:

•    Employ alternative strategies to promote interaction and develop students’ online discussion skills
•    Compare and apply different discussion board formats to increase student interest and engagement
•    Identify and manage techniques to empower students as facilitators of online discussion

To register to attend this session go to: http://bit.ly/1Gq6bD0

Professional Sessions

Interprofessional Education Conference: Let’s Start Talking – The importance of interprofessional communication in improving patient outcomes and safety

Date: April 29, 2015
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Freeman Auditorium – Hamilton Eye Institute

Overview:

The Interprofessional Education Conference organized by the HRSA Interprofessional Education Grant Team (UTHSC Colleges of Nursing and Dentistry) will examine the importance of interprofessional communication in improving patient outcomes and safety. The goal of IPE of health care providers is to provide evidence-based and comprehensive health care for diverse patient populations. Healthcare needs of patients often transcend the individual health care provider and encompass various roles played by an interprofessional team of health professionals.

Conference Objectives:

• Describe the potential impact of interprofessional communication on patient outcomes and safety
• Articulate the benefit of the use of technology in improving the communication among healthcare providers, patients, and/or caregivers
• Examine the characteristics of an effective team communication scenario

To register to attend this conference go to: https://2015ipeconference.eventbrite.com  (space is limited)

AIHC Leadership Webinar Series – Developing Interprofessional Champions in the Clinical Environment: Opportunites for Preceptors

Date: May 8, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A104

Overview:

Interprofessional education is becoming increasingly common in health professions’ pre-licensure curriculum.  As part of this education, students need “real” opportunities to see interprofessional collaborative practice role modeled and to practice “real” interprofessional team-based care.

This webinar responds to the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation’s recent call for aligning interprofessional education and clinical practice redesign to achieve the Triple Aim.  We need preceptors (aka clinical educators) and clinical sites developed where students experience both interprofessional practice and education in live patient care environments.

This webinar will feature two university approaches for developing preceptors to be interprofessional champions in the clinical environment.  Each case study will provide information on their approaches and materials, lessons learned and strategies for success.

Objectives:

1.    Identify the need for developing preceptors to align interprofessional education and clinical practice redesign.
2.    Compare and contrast two cases studies that feature a variety of approaches and materials for preceptor development.
3.    Discuss common barriers, lessons learned and strategies for success regarding development of preceptors that are interprofessional champions.

To register to attend this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/ipe-champions

Toastmasters 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 4

If you would like to become an engaging public speaker, improve your skills as a teacher, seminar speaker or when presenting professionally to your colleagues, joining a Toastmasters club will allow you to reach your goals fast in a professional environment. A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Free parking is available and everyone is welcome!

For more information about Toastmasters contact Detlef Heck (dheck@uthsc.edu) or Bill Howell (atenra@comcast.net).

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 out latest blog post at https://uthsctlc.wordpress.com/