Here you will find a running list of all upcoming training sessions that the TLC offers. If there is anything you would like to see added or if you have questions about this list, please contact Dwayne Butcher, dwayne.butcher@uthsc.edu.

Using Data to Demonstrate Achievement of Course Objectives and AACN Student Learning Outcomes
July 20th, 1-2pm
Speaker: Jamie Lee, Assistant Professor / Undergraduate Testing Coordinator, James Madison University

Before ExamSoft, it was difficult for the James Madison University School of Nursing to curate and analyze exam data. This left faculty wondering: “How do I know my exams test what I wanted them to test?” In this webinar you will see how one course from the school of nursing used data from ExamSoft to answer this question using ExamSoft’s categories, tagging system, and exam blueprinting to track achievement of course performance and set up “”testing consults”” to help faculty identify any gaps in the assessment process. Through these processes, the program has been easily able to aggregate the data needed for their AACN visits, making previous accreditation visits much less painful.
Please click here to register and view the webinar for free.

TurningPoint Cloud Upgrade Training Sessions

Designed for the faculty members who are new and who are currently using Turning Technologies. This hands-on session will guide participants through creating a Turning Account, installing TurningPoint Cloud, and developing a PowerPoint presentation with multiple choice and/or true/false question types. We also will be introducing ResponseWare and the new features including the use of multiple response, numeric response and short answer with web-enabled devices. Participants should bring a laptop to this session and existing TurningPoint 5 presentations.

Please note that we will be offering this session once a week until the Fall Semester and then once a month during.

Date and times  for training are:

• July 18, 2016 • 10:30-11:30am
• July 27, 2016 • 11am-12pm
• August 1, 2016 • 10:30-11:30am
• August 9, 2016 • 10-11am
• September 13, 2016 • 10-11am
• October 11, 2016  • 10-11am
• November 8, 2016 • 10-11am
• December 13, 2016 • 10-11am

Please click here to register for your preferred date and time. 

Item Writing in the Health Sciences Workshop

with Dr. Kathy Doig

August 11th, 8am – 4:30pm and August 12th, 8:00am – 4:30pm

920 Building, TBL Rm 653

Only 20 seats available for each session.

In this workshop, faculty will compose and edit multiple choice test items that meet the quality standards of national board and state licensing examinations. Faculty will learn to interpret the statistics provided by Blackboard or other automated scoring systems to recognize “clunker questions”. Faculty will learn how to adjust scores or revise an item, if it is to be used. The overall goal of this workshop is to improve reliability of tests and build skill and confidence in the assessment of student learning.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Kathy Doig, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM SHCM
Professor (retired)
Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics
Michigan State University
E. Lansing, MI

Dr. Doig’s career at Michigan State University spanned 35 years. It included various teaching assignments, but emphasized teaching hematology to medical students and clinical laboratory students. She held multiple administrative positions including Year 1 Curriculum Director in the College of Human Medicine, Medical Technology Program Director, and Associate Dean in the College of Natural Science. Dr. Doig was the director of the nationally accredited Clinical Laboratory Science major for 15 years. Her research centered on educational and workforce studies in Medical Laboratory Science.

Dr. Doig began developing her expertise in test item writing and test evaluation in graduate school. She had the opportunity to study with Dr. Robert Ebel, internationally known psychometrician with the Educational Testing Service. Later she was a question writer and ultimately the Examination Council Chair for the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA), a national certifying board for medical laboratory professionals. (NCA merged in 2010 with the Board of Registry of the American Society for Clinical Pathology.) As Examination Council chairperson, Dr. Doig conducted numerous workshops for NCA item writers. Dr. Doig has also been trained in test item writing by the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) during the time she was a medical school faculty and administrator.

Dr. Doig’s publications with collaborator Susan Beck, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM earned several awards from the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) and its foundation. Dr. Doig is a contributing author to 4 editions of Rodak’s Hematology textbook and was co-editor for the third edition. As editor, she was responsible for review and revision of the practice questions at the end of chapters. She has been an active member of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science for more than 40 years and has earned many of the society’s highest honors including Member of the Year and Mendelssohn Award. She is a past-president of the ASCLS-Michigan and has been honored with Michigan’s Member of the Year Award. In 2013, ASCLS-Michigan honored Dr. Doig again, this time with the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Doig served for three years as the public member of the Board of Directors of the Accrediting Council for Genetic Counseling.

Dr. Doig is a three time graduate of Michigan State University with a BS in Medical Technology, a master’s degree in Clinical Laboratory Science, and a PhD in Adult Education. In retirement, Dr. Doig continues to consult with educational programs on matters related to curriculum and instruction. She is a volunteer reader for her local public radio station’s reading service for the blind. She lives with her husband and black Labrador retrievers in an old house in a small town south of Lansing, MI. She enjoys hiking, skiing, camping and antique hunting.

To register, click here.  Please note that there are two sessions being offered. Please select your preferred day when registering.

The presentation will be broadcast virtually for both days. To join the session, on August 11, 2016 at 8:00 am, click here. To join the session, on August 12, 2016 at 8:00 am, click here. (Participants are asked to join 15 minutes prior to the start of the event)

Collaborative Learning for the 21st Century: A Master Class

with Dr. Julie Schell

September 16th, 8-10am

A master class is a unique educational experience where participants have the opportunity to learn with and from an expert in a specific field or discipline. Master classes typically focus on refining a basic skill or developing new skills with direct feedback from the featured expert. In this master class, Dr. Schell will lead participants through hands-on simulations of the collaborative learning techniques and strategies she first learned at Harvard University and now uses in her own classroom at The University of Texas at Austin.

Coffee and muffins will be provided.

Dr. Julie Schell
Director of OnRamps and Strategic Initiatives
Clinical Assistant Professor in the College of Education at the University of Texas Austin

Julie Schell is an educational designer dedicated to the uptake and scaling of innovations that improve teaching and learning. She is an international expert in Peer Instruction , Flipped Learning, and innovative pedagogy. In 2014, she was recognized by Teachers College, Columbia University as an Early Riser in Higher Education for her contributions to the field.

Dr. Schell currently serves as the Director of OnRamps and Strategic Initiatives at The University of Texas at Austin’s (UT-Austin) Office of Strategy and Policy where she designs and leads signature, dual enrollment innovations that expand academic opportunities for students throughout Texas. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at UT-Austin’s top ranked College of Education, where she teaches a new graduate course, Technology and Innovation in Higher Education. With UT, she currently holds a dual appointment as an associate in the Mazur Group at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, where she generates and tests ideas for scaling innovative teaching methods. She completed a four-year postdoctoral fellowship under Eric Mazur at Harvard University. She has over 15 years of experience in higher education, has written and presented widely on Peer Instruction, and has held positions at the nation’s top research universities including Stanford, Yale, Columbia, Harvard and most recently The University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Schell’s passion is educational innovation. She is a recipient of a Longhorn Innovation Fund for Technology award in 2013. Dr. Schell received her doctorate in Higher and Postsecondary Education from Teachers College, Columbia University where she studied with Professor Anna Neumann and completed her award-winning dissertation, Venturing Toward Better Teaching: STEM Professors’ Efforts to Improve their Introductory Undergraduate Pedagogy at Major Research Universities. In 2003, she was selected as a Point Scholar, a coveted higher education fellowship from the Point Foundation. She also holds an M.S. in Counseling and Educational Psychology, with an emphasis in instructional technology, from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Dr. Schell is a recognized authority on innovative educational design, flipped classrooms and Peer Instruction, a widely adopted teaching method developed by Professor Eric Mazur, at Harvard University. She is the Co-Founder of the Peer Instruction Network, a global social network connecting innovative educators, everywhere. She is founder and author of the popular blog, Turn to Your Neighbor , where she writes about ideas for improving teaching and learning, incorporating the voices of innovative K-12 teachers and college professors. She is a Founding Partner of Uncover Learning, LLC a training company she created with Eric Mazur and Angelica Natera to bring Peer Instruction to teachers across the globe. Julie serves on the Board of Directors of the Flipped Learning Network.

An internationally accomplished speaker, Dr. Schell connects with audiences across the globe in her effort to scale widespread pedagogical change. She is a faculty consultant for the Initiative for the Development of Academic Innovation (LASPAU, IDIA), affiliated with Harvard University. For IDIA, Dr. Schell has played a lead role in education innovation projects in Aruba, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Brazil. She has also worked on site in those countries and in Canada, Denmark, Germany, and throughout the United States. She has also worked on educational innovation projects for universities in South Africa, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia.

Prior to attending this event watch The Truth About Flipped Classrooms with Dr. Julie Schell.

To register, click here.

The presentation will be broadcast virtually. To join the session, on September 16, 2016 at 8:00 am, click here. (Participants are asked to join 15 minutes prior to the start of the event)

How to Help People Learn

with Dr. Julie Schell

September 16th, 10:30am-1:30pm

Advances in cognitive science have changed what we know about how people learn, but pedagogical approaches have not adapted to use this knowledge to help our students learn better. In this workshop, Dr. Julie Schell will draw on cognitive science principles to demonstrate three simple tips educators can use to catalyze learning in any educational context.

A light lunch will be provided.

To register, click here.

The presentation will be broadcast virtually for both days. To join the session, on September 16, 2016 at 10:30 am, click here.  (Participants are asked to join 15 minutes prior to the start of the event)

More Than Video: Flipped Classroom with Innovative Pedagogies

with Dr. Julie Schell

September 16th, 2-4:30pm

Contrary to popular belief, flipped learning is much more than watching videos and doing “homework” in class. In this hands-on session, Dr. Julie Schell will introduce two research-based flipped methods called Just-in-Time Teaching and Peer Instruction and demonstrate how to flip your classroom in ways that will engage students throughout the learning cycle. A primary goal of Peer Instruction is to prepare students before class for radically transformed in-class experiences.

To register, click here.

The presentation will be broadcast virtually for both days. To join the session, on September 16, 2016 at 2:00 pm, click here.  (Participants are asked to join 15 minutes prior to the start of the event)