Faculty Professional Development

THE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

Dedicated to the Advancement of

Best Practices in Teaching and Learning 

2017-2018 Catalog

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THE DIRECTOR

A NOTE FROM

Welcome!

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and

Learning (CETL) welcomes you. We are pleased

to offer a rich collection of resources, information,

and expertise to support the mission of the

advancement of teaching and learning at The

University of Texas at Tyler. The CETL partners

with The Academy of Distinguished Teachers,

The Faculty Fellows, The Faculty Senate, and

The Office of Digital Learning.

A half marathon race is 13.1

miles. Other races are also

named by their distances.

Wearing the right running shoes

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prevention, get fitted.

If you're running 30 minutes or

less, you don't need to drink

water during a run.

To help instructors improve their practice, The CETL provides several professional

development opportunities throughout the year including workshops, conferences,

seminars, and new faculty induction programs featuring keynote speakers and

exemplary instructors. In addition, The CETL provides instructors with customized

support including mentoring, classroom observations, and confidential one-on-one

consultations. Please come by as we are here to help you!

This year, our events and initiatives center on YOU as part of a “Celebration of

Teaching”. We want to promote a climate of collegiality and we hope that you will join

with us as we discuss the future of teaching and learning here at The University of

Texas at Tyler.

For inquiries, information, and suggestions, please email us at: cetl@uttyler.edu

Sincerely,

Julie Delello, Director

The University of Texas at Tyler Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is dedicated to the advancement

of best practices in teaching and learning at the University of Texas at Tyler.

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning supports the mission of The

University of Texas at Tyler to enhance lifelong learning and provide high quality

professional development to promote the development of new skills and discipline

knowledge in order to enhance the academic success of our students.

Center Services

About the Center

Professional Development

Mentoring and Consultations

Undergraduate Research

Providing high-quality professional development which reflects best practices in teaching and learning,

Mentoring and confidential consultations about teaching and/or course design.

Providing resources and guidance to foster the development of undergraduate research.

Service Learning

Teaching Resources

New Faculty Induction

Providing resources and guidance to foster the development of service learning.

Featuring important information, resources and support for new faculty throughout the year.

Offering a wide-range of teaching resources including articles, journals, books, videos and other materials.

The Center is available to all instructional staff and faculty for networking with colleagues in order to share innovative ideas which enhance teaching and learning. The Center has a faculty commons area and conference rooms with large screen monitors that facilitate webinars, zoom conferences, and online meetings. Feel free to contact us for assistance. We welcome your ideas and suggestions.

Wednesday, February 14th 2018   1pm - 3pm

Alumni House Library (ALH 105)

OF INNOVATIONIn Teaching & Learning 

A Celebration

Hear from the inaugural group of faculty who won the prestigious 2017 Teaching Innovation Development Awards. Network with other faculty members and

discover new opportunities for collaboration at the Celebration of Innovation Showcase hosted by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

SAVE DATETHE

CELEBRATION

Thursday, April 12, 2018  1pm - 3pm

Location: Alumni House Library (ALH 105)

The Celebration of Service Learning event, sponsored by the CETL and The Department of Student Life and

Leadership, recognizes the outstanding work of our students, faculty, and community partners.

Students and faculty will showcase their service learning projects through posters and presentations. 

OF SERVICE-LEARNING

Faculty in the Service Learning Initiative strive to promote service learning that engages the students, the faculty, and the community members in a mutually beneficial learning paradigm that produces a robust learning experience that prepares students to be more

competitive in today's job market by providing real world experiences as part of their learning process and degree plan.

S AV E The Date

THE LYCEUM

April 26th, 2018   8am - 5pm

UC Ballroom

The Lyceum Conference, sponsored by the CETL and the Honors College, is a celebration of research at the

University of Texas at Tyler.

Undergraduate and graduate students will showcase their original research projects through posters and

presentations. 

Student Research Showcase

Celebrate Research

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM

The punch card is one of the many initiatives at the CETL. It provides faculty with an additional incentive for taking advantage of

training and professional development opportunities.

Receive your punch card at the first CETL sponsored professional development meeting you attend. Faculty who attend 6 or more

workshops are entered to win prizes in May.

Attend 6 or more workshops...

And you'll be entered to win prizes!

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9/7/17 - 10-11:30 AM

5/3/18 - 10-11:30 AM

The Research Exchange provides faculty members with an opportunity to share their current research in a collegial environment. The discourse following each presentation will help the faculty members strengthen their studies. Participants are asked to pose questions and provide feedback aimed at helping their colleagues reflect on their research plans

FAC 2010

Faculty members interested in participating will have 10-12 minutes for an oral presentation followed by 5 minutes for questions and dialogue. Presenters will be asked to provide a synopsis of their study prior to the exchange, which will be provided to all attending faculty to read beforehand. Faculty members may choose to participate by presenting and/or attending to provide feedback to their colleagues.

DR. YANIRA OLIVERAS-ORTIZ

QUALTRICS TRAININGMEETING THE RESEARCH NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY WITH ONE FLEXIBLE PLATFORMFinding a research solution that can be used by everyone across campus- from novice researchers to advanced statisticians- can seem impossible. How do you meet everyone's needs in an efficient and cost-effective way? With branching logic, email triggers, audio-visual stimuli, timing, and over 100 question types, Qualtrics helps you meet the needs of both students and faculty at any level of complexity.

Beginner:This course covers the basics of creating, distributing and viewing the results for a survey using Qualtrics software.

OUTCOMES: -Log in -Create survey questions -Add display and skip logic -Distribute a survey -Analyze the results from a survey

Intermediate/Advanced:This course picks up where the beginner course left off. We will focus on some of the advanced building features and tools which allow you to add complexity and sophistication to your forms and surveys.

OUTCOMES: -Build Panels -Edit the look and feel of surveys -Utilize the survey flow to customize what participants experience -Use embedded data in survey flow with piped text -Ensure maximum response quality by using Quotas

What to bring:

Location:

Participants may bring their own laptops or RSVP to use a desktop provided in the lab.

Beginning

Intermediate/Advanced

All trainings will take place in the CETL, FAC 2010. 2nd Floor of the Performing Arts Bldg.

Training Dates:

9/18/17 - 12:30 - 1:50 PM10/3/17 - 12:30 - 1:50 PM

10/25/17 - 12:30 - 1:50 PM11/3/17 - 12:30 - 1:50 PM

11/8/17 - 9:00 - 10:20 AM

12/7/17 - 9:00 - 10:20 AM

1/8/18 - 10:00 - 11:20 AM

1/24/18 - 10:00 - 11:20 AM

2/2/18 - 1:00 - 2:20 PM

2/20/18 - 1:00 - 2:20 PM

ACADEMIC INTEGRITYT r i c i a B e r t r a m G a l l a n t , P h . D .

Tricia Bertram Gallant, Ph.D. is the author of Academic Integrity in the Twenty-First Century: A Teaching and Learning Imperative (Jossey-Bass, 2008), co-author of Cheating in School: What We Know and What We Can Do (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), editor of Creating the Ethical Academy: A Systems Approach to Understanding Misconduct & Empowering Change in Higher Education (Routledge, 2011), and section editor for the Handbook of Academic Integrity (Springer, 2016). She is the Director of the UC San Diego Academic Integrity Office and International Center for Academic Integrity Transition Co-Chair, and has been an ethics lecturer with the Rady School of Management.

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Academic Integrity is a fundamental value of teaching, learning, and scholarship. This presentation will briefly review our policies and procedures in regards to student cheating. In addition, we will discuss cultural differences in academic integrity We will have an open dialogue to share issues and best practices in order to improve the culture of integrity on our campus.

9/5/17ADM 301

10-11:30 AM

Getting the most out of Office 365Shea Elam-Henley M.Ed

The CETL is proud to partner with The Office of Digital Learning and Campus Computing to offer this personalized Office 365 training to all faculty and instructional staff.

It's the same Office you've used for years, plus all the benefits of the cloud. By moving your data to the cloud with Office 365, you can boost productivity, increase collaboration among teams and stay ahead of the curve.

Learn how Office 365 has the tools you need to work anytime, anywhere, on any device. With Office 365, you get one continuous experience from app to app, no matter where you're working.

Shea will also be rolling out Microsoft's latest program called Sway, which allows you to create visually striking newsletters, presentations, and documentation in minutes.

9/13/17Lib 422

10-11:30 AM

It took a life-threatening condition to jolt chemistry teacher Ramsey Musallam out of ten years of "pseudo- teaching" to understand the true role of the educator: to cultivate curiosity. In a fun and personal talk, Musallam gives 3 rules to spark imagination and learning, and get students excited about how the world works.

Ramsey Musallam, Ed.D.

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10/12/17ADM 301

1:30 - 3:00 PM

Student Engagement/Cultivating Curiosity

Technological innovation in education can be a slow and painful process, with new technology difficult to acquire, implement and adopt. But that doesn't stop RamseyMusallam, a chemistry teacher at Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep in San Francisco, whose mission is "to meaningfully integrate multimedia into a hands-on, inquiry- based learning cycle" and to empower other educators to do the same. Musallam is a vocal advocate for tools like flipteaching, tabcasting, video podcasting and screencasting in the classroom. He runs the education blog Cycles of Learning, where he gives written and video tutorials on how to turn everyday apps like Google Docs, screencasting from an iOS device, YouTube, KeepVid and word clouds as effective teaching tools. Musallam received an Ed.D. from the University of San Francisco in 2010.

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DEAN BRENT IVERSON, PH.D.

In The Super-Sized ClassroomINNOVATIVE IDEAS

This session will focus on the challenges of teaching large classes (75-plus students per section) in face-to-face and online environments. Having taught more than 12,000 students, usually in large sophomore organic chemistry classes, Dr. Iverson will share insights, successes, and challenges to engaging students and assessing student learning within the super-sized classroom.

10/31/17ALH 108

10-11:30 AM

Brent Iverson has been dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies since 2013, after serving on the Task Force on Curricular Reform that led to the creation of the school. He previously chaired UT’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and served as the director for the Texas Institute for Drug and Diagnostic Development. Iverson is best known for developing a cure for late- stage anthrax infection. He holds the Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Professorship and teaches an immensely popular two-semester sequence of organic chemistry while also running an active research program. He has won numerous teaching awards and is currently president of the UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers. Iverson received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Stanford University in 1982 and a PhD in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1987.

Dr. Michael Wiggs is an Assistant Professor

in the Department of Health and Kinesiology.

His expertise is basic and applied exercise

physiology and teaches a variety of

undergrad and graduate courses related to

these topics. His research focuses on the

mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle size.

His focus is the use of aerobic and resistance

exercise training as a countermeasure to

conditions that promote muscle wasting.

Specifically, Dr. Wiggs’ research explores the

role of mitochondria in health and disease

with the goal of linking exercise-induced

mitochondrial adaptations as mechanism

behind the protective effects of exercise

training on muscle atrophy.

Ditching the discussion board for video with Flipgrid

Michael Wiggs, Ph.D.

11/1/17FAC 2010

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Flipgrid is an easy to use online video

technology that can enhance active and

social learning in face-to-face, hybrid, and

online classrooms. This workshop will

explore the basics of setting up and using

Flipgrid from a student and faculty’s

perspective. This will be followed by an

interactive discussion on innovative

strategies to use these short videos to

create a wide assortment of assignments

in any field of study.

B. JEAN MANDERNACH, PH.D.

12/5/17ADM 301

11:30 AM - 1 PM

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DEALING WITH DIFFICULT STUDENTS IN THE ONLINE CLASSROOM

B. Jean Mandernach, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching at Grand Canyon University. Her research focuses on enhancing student learning in the online classroom through innovative instructional and assessment strategies. She explores strategiesfor integrating efficient online instruction in a manner that maximizes student learning, satisfaction, and engagement. Jean received her B.S. in comprehensive psychology from the University of Nebraska at Kearney, an M.S. in experimental psychology from Western Illinois University and Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

While difficult students are present in both the face-to-face and online environments, the challenges of dealing with difficult students are intensified in the online classroom due to increased transactional distance and a lack of non-verbal or social cues. Complicating the matter further, instructors must address problematic student behaviors at an individual level while simultaneously fostering a positive learning environment for the rest of the class. In this presentation, we will: 1) overview the most common types of difficult students (know-it-all, controller, mutineer, staller, must-have-an-A, noisy, quiet); 2) examine effective strategies for preventing, managing and refocusing difficult students; and 3) explore techniques for maintaining positive classroom dynamics while dealing with a difficult student.

Incorporating  Improv 

Improvisation is more than just winging it, there is a method to it and this method can be used to foster great communication. Improve your listening skills and give your brain the warm up it needs to get creativity flowing. In this workshop you will learn the principles of improv and how they can relate to the business world. No matter the profession if you can't communicate you can't be effective. Taught by Card 53 Comedy founder Jamey Whitley who has studied at the famous Second City in Chicago and has taught improv to all types of professions.

JAMEY WHITLEY

1/16/18ALH 105

11:30-1:00 PM

Jamey is a Second City trained improv actor and teacher who has been performing and producing improv comedy in Dallas and Tyler for the last 5 years. He is a founding member of Card 53 Comedy Tyler's own improv comedy troupe and currently runs the Card 53 Improvisational Training Program. Whitley is proud to be the founder and producer of The East Texas Comedy Festival where he received recognition from the Dallas/Ft. Worth publication "TheatreJones" as "A scrappy producer creating shows in the boonies of East Texas"

PRODUCER, CO-FOUNDER, AND ACTOR

In Your Classroom

CHRISTINE FORISHA  & REBECCA FERNANDEZ  

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• Find out how liaison librarians and faculty can work together to create a meaningful dialogue in order to engage students in learning concepts within their disciplines.

• Help students learn to evaluate, produce, and share information relevant to their coursework.

• How faculty can use the frames to further the specific literacies helpful to students in their disciplines

1/22/18FAC 2009

1-2:30 PM

For Information LiteracyTHE 6 FRAMEWORKS

In this workshop, faculty will learn the 6 frameworks for information literacy of the Association of College and Research Libraries, which can serve helpful in cross - disciplinary teaching.

Learning Objectives:

UPDATES FROM THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS WORKING GROUP

The use and creation of research are integral parts of faculty's teaching and

scholarship, but navigating the ins and outs of copyright issues, the allowances and

exclusions, can be overwhelming.

During this workshop, participants will hear about what our Scholarly

Communications Working Group has developed for faculty, including information

relating to author rights, copyright, fair use, open access, creating access to faculty

scholarship through Scholar Works at UT Tyler, and the use of open textbooks and

other free course materials.

TERRA GULLINGS, MLIS, CA DR. KYLE GULLINGS, DMA 2/8/17

FAC 2010

11-12:30 PM

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Copyright Issues Got You Down?

DR. JULIE DELELLO, LAURA LAMB, DR. ROCHELL MCWHORTER, AND GAIL JOHNSON

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Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Tumblr… Do we

embrace social media technologies or do we run from them? This workshop will

showcase how faculty across the university are using social media tools to

enhance teaching and learning while helping students to make valuable

connections to their school and community.

2/28/18FAC 2009

1-2:30 PM

Social Media Panel 

TouchCast is a free content creation tool for teachers that takes the flipped

classroom concept to a new level. Different from prior examples of flipped classroom

lectures, a TouchCast is not just a static video of a lecture. TouchCast offers a

simple way for the teacher to include a wealth of related content and interactivity

inside the video using vApps.

DRS. JULIE DELELLO AND SOOAH PARK

3/6/18FAC 2009

10 - 11:30 AM

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In this hands-on session, you'll create interactive video using inexpensive green screens to make accessible content and learning. Learn to embed a variety of "touchable" apps into you video including web pages, images, polls, quizzes, PDFs, videos and more to create a truly engaging resource that meets the needs of a variety of learners.

TouchCast Studio Presentation

Drs. Rochell McWhorter, Richard Helfer, Annamary Consalvo

3/22/18FAC 2009

1-2:30 PM

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Increasing learning outcomes for online students using real-time group meetings

Online courses provide convenience for both adult learners and instructors for anytime, anywhere access to learning opportunities. However, the convenience of online courses often comes with a price - the asynchronous mode of learning is often difficult to engage students in course content and creating the feeling of community. To combat the lack of student engagement in online courses, instructors have been designing-in synchronous activities for online students such as real-time group meetings (RTGMs) where students connect with their online classmates for discussing course content, work on projects, or solve problems.

This session will involve a discussion around the use of Zoom and other technologies for holding RTGMs including ways to structure these activities utilizing existing technologies.

Mariale Hardiman, EdD

4/4/18ADM 301

11 AM - 12:30 PM

Mariale Hardiman is interim dean and has served as vice dean of academic affairs, professor of clinical education, and co- founder and director of the School of Education’s Neuro- Education Initiative (NEI). The NEI has been recognized as an innovative cross-disciplinary program that brings to educators relevant research from the learning sciences to inform teaching and learning through the JHU’s Mind, Brain, and Teaching master’s and doctoral courses and professional development programs. Her research and publications focus on enhancing educational practices through techniques that foster innovation and creative problem-solving.

BRAIN-TARGETED TEACHING: PROMOTING POSITIVE EMOTIONS FOR LEARNING

The influence of emotions on learning is a critical topic for researchers and educational practitioners seeking to understand how emotions affect students’ attention, self-regulation, acquisition of learning goals, engagement, and retention of information. In this webinar, participants will review an instructional framework, the Brain-Targeted Teaching model, which focuses on interventions to promote a positive environment and mitigate the effects of stress. A core component of the model is the efficacy of arts integration in supporting retention of content and fostering a positive climate for learning.