Featured speakers
Todd Nickle from Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, will explore “Calibrated Peer Review” in a presentation from 10 a.m.-noon, Wednesday, June 20, in 127 Memorial Hall.
Nickle's session will focus on ways students can acquire and practice reflective thinking on a discipline topic and then generate essays about complex ideas. Students usually find essay responses challenging, particularly when asked to explore concepts with which they are unfamiliar. Nickle will discuss how Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) can be used to create an environment in which students can practice organizing their thoughts on challenging material. According to Nickel, CPR provides a training ground for students to develop their “intellectual muscles,” which they then use more vigorously as a course progresses.
Nickle will discuss successful techniques for incorporating CPR with problem-based learning (PBL). Experience has shown that while students find the application of real-world concepts in essay format daunting, their final project is usually improved after the opportunity to practice their skills in an asynchronous, online environment.
From 10 a.m.-noon, Thursday, June 21, in 127 Memorial Hall, David Goodrum, director of Teaching and Learning Technologies Centers at Indiana University, will examine “Engaging an Open Source Course Management System--Potential and Challenges."
As head of the Functional Requirements Committee for Indiana University's implementation of Sakai, Goodrum is intimately familiar with the potential and challenges of working with an open source course management system. Convinced that technology should be used in the service of teaching and learning, Goodrum will share his vision for a learning-centered course management system while clarifying the current challenges that face the Sakai community.
Goodrum will review various directions a university may adopt to establish a new course management system. He will frame the new opportunities provided by Sakai as well as the conditions that will be necessary to make those opportunities a reality. The session will include interactive activities to engage participants in discussing what course management systems can and should provide for student learning.
Registration
Registration is free but required for all sessions. Space is limited, so early registration is advised. Register online at [www.udel.edu/present/summer/">www.udel.edu/present/summer/]. All members of the campus community are invited to attend the keynote and general sessions.
The institute seeks to further the University goals of assessment and general education and to create awareness of the connection between multimedia and learning. For more information, visit [www.udel.edu/present/summer].
UD's Summer Faculty Institute is cosponsored by IT-User Services, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, Office of Educational Assessment and the University Library.
