Teaching at Southern
August 2021, The Faculty Center
MESSAGE from the New Faculty Center (Previously the CTE)
TEACHING RESOURCES
Start the Year off Well
Building and Maintaining Student-Instructor Rapport in F2F Classes
Friday, August 6 (1 - 2 PM)
Building and Maintaining Student-Instructor Rapport in Online Classes
Monday, August 9 (1 - 2 PM)
Helpful Teaching Resources
Explore our Folio course: CTE Guide for Teaching
Couldn't attend a live webinar?
That's okay! Look through our playlist of recorded FC webinars and our playlist of brief training videos
Want to know more about being ADA-compliant?
Peruse our Web Accessibility Manual and get up to date with the law
How do you get more benefit from attending our professional development opportunities?
Our creative Badge Program helps you get more benefits from your advancement
Wish we had a one-stop shop for teaching with technology?
We do! Check out our Teaching Online page to discover more
Need assistance with all things Folio?
Good thing we have our Folio Support page ready for getting started
How can I prevent academic dishonesty?
We have an entire Assessment Design page with many resources dedicated to just that topic
Looking for different ways to engage with your students?
Your students will be very happy about engaging more with your course by recording videos in Folio with YuJa
Course Modality Definitions
MyHelp Ticket System
Our goal is to meet the professional development needs of faculty in a timely manner. To assist us with this goal, we have adopted the MyHelp ticket system!
SCHOLARLY OPPORTUNITIES
FDC Call for Proposals
Deadline: August 30, 2021
SoTL NEWS
2021 GS Outstanding SoTL Scholar
Dr. Nikki DiGregorio joined Georgia Southern University in August of 2014 and is an associate professor in the School of Human Ecology. Dr. DiGregorio currently serves as the president of the Family Science Association, the discipline's premier teaching-focused organization and has published SoTL research examining pedagogy centered around diversity, value systems, underrepresented gender and sexual minorities, social policies, and instructional technologies. More specifically, Dr. DiGregorio believes that SoTL provides a platform for educators to examine and evaluate their own teaching and its relationship to student learning; as such, Dr. DiGregorio's SoTL work has explored student engagement with value-laden course material and the effectiveness of specific teaching strategies.
Recognizing the intersection of students' lived experiences and learning is a critical component of developing and supporting educational contexts that are more inclusive and, in alignment with Georgia Southern's institutional pillar of inclusive excellence, Dr. DiGregorio strives to foster student learning by way of SoTL. Dr. DiGregorio serves as a Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and is dedicated to the broad dissemination of SoTL research to help improve teaching and learning for educators, learners, and communities they serve.
2021-2022 GS SoTL Fellows
Eric Johnson (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
“Implementation of Pop Quizzes as an Inclusive Teaching Tool in General Chemistry.”
Leah Williams (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
“Investigating Student Resource Use in Introductory Chemistry Course
Save the Date: SoTL Commons Conference
The SoTL Commons is an international conference with an intimate feel – listen to high quality presentations from nationally and internationally recognized speakers and join in conversations on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) with a community of scholars from around the world.
Since 2007, the SoTL Commons Conference has been hosted by the Georgia Southern University Faculty Center. Our current conference venue, the Hyatt Regency, ideally situates the conference the historic Savannah Riverfront.
Conference: February 23-25, 2021
15th Anniversary of SoTL at Georgia Southern
2022 marks 15 years of SoTL at Southern! In celebration, CTE and the editors of ijSoTL are publishing a Georgia Southern 15th anniversary special issue of ijSoTL in January 2022. Editors are Delena Gatch, Delores Liston, Nikki DiGregorio, and Joe Pellegrino.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Teaching Online Courses (TOC) Program
Want to learn about teaching online? The TOC Program is designed to provide you with the guidance you need to feel competent and confident in your online teaching. This training is required for faculty to be eligible to teach online courses.
TOC Dates: August 30 – October 10 (6 weeks)
Design Practicum: October 18 – November 7 (3 weeks)
Deadline: August 25, Wednesday
For more information and to register, visit our TOC Program page.
Improving Your Online Course Program (IYOC)
Develop a course improvement plan to enhance your previously-taught online course (required) based on national course design standards and proven instructional design principles.
Click here to register for this Quality Matters® (QM) online workshop.
IYOC Dates for Fall 2021
- September 7 - 27, 2021
- Deadline: August 30, Monday
- November 2 - November 22, 2021
- Deadline: October 29, Friday
Evidence-Based Teaching Workshops
Building and Maintaining Student-Instructor Rapport in F2F Classes
Friday, August 6 (1 - 2 PM)
Building and Maintaining Student-Instructor Rapport in Online Classes
Monday, August 9 (1 - 2 PM)
Teaching with Technology Workshops
Folio: Gradebook
Thursday, August 5 (9 - 10 AM)
Navigating Folio for Faculty
Thursday, August 12 (12:15 - 1:15 PM)
Tuesday, August 17 (10 - 11 AM)
Folio: Boot Camp for Emergency Preparedness
Friday, August 20 (10 - 11 AM)
Introduction to My Media: YuJa (Kaltura Replacement)
Thursday, August 26 (3 - 4 PM)
CONTACT US
Website
academics.georgiasouthern.edu/cte
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