Upcoming Faculty Advancement Series:Using Active Learning Strategiesto Enhance Student Learning

Please join the CTLE for the following upcoming Faculty Advancement Series event:

Using Active Learning Strategies
to Enhance Student Learning

Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009   ·   11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.   ·   STT 590

Dr. André Oberlé (CTLE)

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Tradition has it that Confucius said:

Tell me, and I will forget.
Show me, and I may remember.
Let me do it, and I will understand.

Modern educational research has proven what we always knew instinctively: Active students are better learners. This workshop examines how instructors can nurture student learning by incorporating active learning techniques into their lectures and seminars. They will see that even small modifications to the way material is treated in class can make a huge difference in the quality of student learning. A light lunch will be served.

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Improving Teaching Effectiveness and Student Learning Through Low-Stakes and Informal Writing Activities

Please join the CTLE for the following upcoming Faculty Advancement Series event:

Improving Teaching Effectiveness and Student Learning Through Low-Stakes and Informal Writing Activities

Tuesday, 20 Oct 2009   ·   11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.   ·   STT 590

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Active learning is self-reflexive, process-oriented, and personal, and should provide students the opportunity to assess their own learning. Such learning also creates the chance for teachers to become learners themselves: about the material, about students, and about teaching & learning. How can we create such self-reflexive learning experiences?

One simple and adaptable method is by using low-stakes, informal writing. This interactive workshop will serve as a primer to the benefits of using informal writing as a tool to enhance student learning and to the many options for designing such assignments. Such informal (often non-graded or evaluated) writing assignments can improve student learning across all levels and abilities, in a variety of courses (seminar, large lecture, lab/studio), and in any discipline.

A light lunch will be served.

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Really Simple Steps for Managing the Web: An Introduction to RSS

Coming up in the new faculty and staff advancement series, Technology on Your Own Terms,

Really Simple Steps for Managing the Web:
An Introduction to RSS

Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009   ·   12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.   ·   WML 306

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This workshop will explain how RSS feeds and RSS readers can help you manage the abundance of information available on the web. You’ll create a Google Reader account and will learn to import, organize, search, and share up-to-date content from your favorite websites. (Taught by Kristen Yarmey-Tylutki, Library)

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Technology on Your Own Terms

The Weinberg Memorial Library and the CTLE are proud to announce a new faculty and staff advancement series, Technology on Your Own Terms. The series will introduce University faculty and staff to emerging technologies in a hands-on environment, in order to encourage innovation in the workplace and in the classroom.

Technology on Your Own Terms will begin Fall 2009 with four sessions. Descriptions of these events can be found here.

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Upcoming Faculty Advancement Series: Teaching with the Case Method and Problem-Based Learning

Please join the CTLE for a workshop presented by Dr. Linda Nilson (Clemson University) on

Wednesday, 16 Sept 2009
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
STT 590

Both the case method and problem-based learning (PBL) are proven powerful methods for engaging students in the subject matter, getting them to analyze situations, and giving them practice in applying the course material to solve real-world problems.

These methods are well suited to disciplines that have a context for application or use. These include business, law, medicine, nursing, public health, all engineering specialties, education, philosophy (e.g., ethics), economics (e.g., macro, legal aspects), political science (e.g., policy analysis, public administration, constitutional law) sociology (e.g., social problems, criminal justice, organizations), psychology (e.g., clinical, abnormal, organizational behavior), biology (e.g., resource management, ecology, DNA testing, genetics), physics, chemistry, and research methods in general (e.g., hypothesis formulation, research study design). These methods have even been used in music history and art history.

Refreshments will be served.

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CTLE Has New Technology for Faculty Use: Podcasting and Pen-Based Technology

The CTLE has recently acquired technology that will be available for faculty to borrow for classroom projects. Faculty will be required to complete the “Proposal for Classroom Project Using Learning Technologies” form.

The DigiMemo L20 pad (pen-based technology) allows you to immediately get both a digital record and a hardcopy duplicate of handwritten notes without scanning. It is as easy as writing/printing or drawing on this tablet, then connecting it to a computer via a USB port and voila, the notes appear on the screen ready for editing in MS Word. The resulting file can also be uploaded to ANGEL courses for students to access.

Create a Podcast very easily by taking a digital voice recorder into your classroom and recording your lecture. The recorder saves audio in MP3 format which can then be uploaded to ANGEL, iTunes or a website for students to download.

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2009 Teacher of the Year: Dr. Jack O’Malley

Dr. Jack O'Malley is this year’s honoree. Congratulations!

I am an alumnus of the University of Scranton (Class of 1964). For me and for many of my classmates, the University of Scranton was the one chance to obtain a college education. We received an excellent education in the Jesuit tradition and we learned that cura personalis is more than just a notion, but a core value. We were encouraged to embrace cura personalis, carry it our careers and personal lives, and seek to enrich the lives of others. When the opportunity to return and teach at Scranton was presented, it was an easy decision for Helene and me. I have enjoyed a productive and fulfilling career of service at my Alma Mater. For Helene and me it has been a wonderful life. Five of our children have been blessed with a Scranton education. Paul Fahey, Frank Homer (two classmates who also returned to teach) and I were recently asked to speak at our 45th reunion about how the University of Scranton has changed. I choose to speak about how it has stayed the same. The hallmark of a Scranton education always has been and always will be cura personalis. John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach at UCLA, once said “They ask me why I coach/teach. Where else could I find such splendid company.” How true of the University of Scranton!

• Associate Professor, Psychology
• Married to wife, Helene (45 years)
• Six children (John, Edward, Julie, Diane, Erin, Ryan) and eight grandchildren
• Chair, Dept. of Psychology: 1977 – 1987
• Faculty Advisor, CAS Academic Advising Center: 1987 – present
• Introduced, along with Dr. Gary Wodder, Coaching Minor: 1988
• University of Scranton NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative: 1987 – 1999
• Volunteer Assistant Softball Coach, University of Scranton, 1993 – 1997; 2001 – 2006
• Rev. Paul R. Beining Service Award (2007) for exemplary service to the student-athletes of the University of Scranton
• Northeastern Pennsylvania Sportsman of the Year Award presented by the Scranton Life Underwriters (1992) in recognition for contributions to youth sport and in particular for promoting sportsmanship and fair play
• Alpha Sigma Nu (1977) citation recognized contributions to youth sport
• Chairman, Bochicchio Sport Character Initiative (present)
• Eucharistic Minister, St. Paul’s RC Church, Scranton
• CCD instructor, 2001 – 2008
• A poem I wrote, “Prince of Peace,“ was set to music by Benjamin Kapilow and performed at Noel Night, December, 2008, thanks to Cheryl Boga. It was a really nice moment for our family.
• Member of the University of Scranton Wellness Committee (2007 – present)

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CTLE Receives Verizon Grant

The CTLE received a Verizon Grant in the amount of $10,000 to foster student literacy through the use of technology. The grant will enable the CTLE to expand existing technical support services for distance education, instructional design and the use of technology for all faculty and students in teaching and learning.

The Center plans to acquire several high-end computers along with sophisticated multimedia production software.

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Dr. William Rowe: 2009 CASE Professor of the Year

The University of Scranton named William V. Rowe, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, its CASE Professor of the Year in recognition of his outstanding performance as a member of the faculty.

“It’s a cliché to say you’re humbled by an honor, but I am humbled by this teaching award,” said Dr. Rowe. “My son’s experience as a student at the university assured me that I work alongside a lot of gifted teachers.”

Professors awarded by individual schools are then eligible for further recognition by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) at the state and national levels.

Dr. Rowe, a resident of Clarks Summit, joined the philosophy faculty at Scranton in 1990 as an associate professor. In 1995, he was named professor and chair of the philosophy department, a position he held until 2004.

He currently serves as director of the Center for Ethics Studies at the university, and is a member of the Judaic Studies Committee, Faculty Development Board and Schemel Forum Board. Dr. Rowe is a former faculty moderator of Phi Sigma Tau, the national philosophy honor society.

Prior to joining the Scranton faculty, Dr. Rowe was a senior member in history of philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and an assistant professor of philosophy at The King's University College in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Dr. Rowe was a co-recipient of a U.S. Department of Energy Grant to study the ethical, social and legal implications of the Human Genome Project (1997 -2003). He was chosen as Teacher of the Year by The University of Scranton's graduating class of 2003, and received the Alpha Sigma Nu Annual Teaching Award in 1997. Dr. Rowe has had his work published in numerous academic and professional journals. He is a frequent presenter at academic and public events.

Dr. Rowe earned a bachelor's degree from Allegheny College, a master of philosophy degree from the Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, a master of arts degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh.

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