Pedagogy
101
Monday, April 27, 2:00 to 4:00 PM, CC2153
Facilitator Jane Lister-Reis
Offered through the college’s Teaching and Learning Center, Pedagogy 101/102 are two year-long, monthly professional development experiences open to all faculty, but are especially designed with new faculty (both full- and part-time) in mind.
The 2008-09 program includes two
distinct areas of focus:
•Pedagogy 101 – The Creation of a Community of Learners (*The
Courage to Teach, Parker Palmer)
•Pedagogy 102 - Teaching, Learning and Assessment Best Practices (*What
the Best College Teachers Do, Ken Bain)
In Pedagogy 101, faculty will use
discussion materials, a common text and reflective practices to create build
their own learning community as a safe and supportive environment through
which to explore and share their own teaching and learning practices (and
to be able to apply these same principles, practices and values in their classroom).
In Pedagogy 102, faculty will learn instructional design skills in order to
ensure their courses have robust learning outcomes, clear concepts and skills,
and effective assessment tools. At the end of the academic year, faculty will
be asked to share their learning project/s with the larger academic community.
Note: You can choose
to sign up for both Pedagogy 101 and 102, or just one. When you register,
please plan to commit to the entire year’s program.
Rethinking Education in an Age of Globalization
Tuesday, April 28, 12:30 to 2:00 PM, Baxter Student Events Center
Facilitator Michigan State University Distinguished Professor Dr. Yong Zhao
NSCC Student Leadership & Multicultural Programs Presents:
"What knowledge is of most worth?" asked the British philosopher Herbert Spencer about 150 years ago when science and technology were rapidly transforming the society as a result of the industrial revolution. His answer "science" challenged policy makers and educators to replace religion, Latin, and Greek, which had been the primary subjects in schools for hundreds of years, with modern sciences. Today, we are in the midst of another societal transformation that is at least as profound and far reaching as the industrial revolution. Globalization and the digital revolution have already resulted in significant changes in how we live, work, and entertain. The emergence of new industries and disappearance of old ones, the reconfiguration of world politics and economics, and the increasingly global nature of our daily living compel us to ask the question again. Is the current U.S. prescription for education reform, more math and science plus standardization and testing, what we need to keep future Americans competitive?
In this presentation, Dr. Yong Zhao tries to address this question through an analysis of education reforms around the globe, the implications of globalization, and the consequences of the digital revolution. He will discuss what new skills, knowledge, and abilities we might need to cultivate in our students to prepare them for the "flat" and "digital" worlds.
Yong Zhao is a Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. Dr. Zhao has extensive international experiences. He has consulted with government and educational agencies and spoken on educational issues in many countries including Chile, China, Ireland, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. He is currently leading the Education Research Group of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) education network (EDNET). His current work focuses on the impact of globalization on education and the integration of Eastern and Western educational practices. View his website at www.zhao.educ.msu.edu
For more information, please contact Jeffrey Vasquez at jvasqez@sccd.ctc.edu.
Angel
LMS Training
Tuesday, April 28, 2:00 to 4:00 PM, TLC LB 3231C
Facilitators Tom Braziunas and Carol Howe
Part 2 of a 3-Part
"Tuesdays Only" Series.
Today's focus
is on assessment, grading, discussion and question banks & LOR including
linking assignments to the grade book (SxS p. 934 - 946), grading assignments
(SxS p. 998 - 1006), setting up the grade book (SxS 1060 - 1084), creating
quizzes & questions using Method 1, "quiz > question" (QStart
p. 30 - 34) and Method 2, "question > quiz"(SxS p. 954 - 984),
including Question Banks & Learning Object Repository, uploading questions
and question pools an question sets.
Nest steps for this
cohort:
Tuesday, May 12 - Part III will continue with Instructor
use of the Reports Tab (QStart p. 56 - 57), how students can see their Grades
(SxS p. 1094 - 1096), Manage Tab options: rosters and teams (QStart p. 64
- 66), Communicate Tab and discussion room options (QStart p. 35 - 40; Disc
p. 1 - 6) and Automate Tab and learning tracks (QStart p. 58 - 63.)
To find out more or sign up for a future learning lab series on Angel, please email Tom Braziunas at tbraziun@sccd.ctc.edu.
Conversations
on Culture in Our Community, Part II
Tuesday, April 28, 2:30 to 5:00 PM, ED 2843A
Facilitators Anita Morales and Jeanne Strong
Candid conversations to enrich our community’s understanding of the impact of
Race and Ethnicity in our work at North Seattle Community College. The Diversity Advisory Committee and the TLC are excited to co-sponsor a free professional development series, designed specifically for NSCC faculty and staff with Washington Courage and Renewal Facilitators Anita Morales and Jeanne Strong. For more information on this Parker Palmer -inspired organization, please visit their website at http://www.wacouragerenewal.org/.
Today’s event is part of a three-session series:
Saturday, April 11, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Tuesday, April 28, 2:30 to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, May 6, 2:30 to 5:00 pm
Both afternoon sessions on campus, in ED2843A ; snacks provided
Small gifts will be provided for completing the series!!
For more information, contact Betty Williams, bwilli@sccd.ctc.edu
Peer Review 2.0: Tomorrow's Scholarship for Today's Students
A virtual workshop using Elluminate*
Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 2:30 to 4:00 PM, via Elluminate
Presenters: Anne-Marie Deitering and Kate Gronemyer
Whether you celebrate the wisdom of crowds or bemoan the cult of the amateur, it’s clear the emerging web has serious implications for the way we share ideas. The emerging web’s potential to foster new forms of knowledge creation strikes at the heart of the scholarly enterprise. When scholars can create their own journals, encyclopedias, and (un)conferences, the processes of traditional scholarly communication begin to seem unnecessarily opaque. Consider how we can teach our students to evaluate and use scholarly information on the emerging web, and how to communicate the value of peer review to students.
Presenters' Bios:
Anne-Marie Deitering is the Franklin McEdward Professor for Undergraduate Learning Initiatives at Oregon State University Libraries
Kate Gronemyer is the instruction librarian at Oregon State University’s Cascades Campus in Bend, OR
How to Participate:
SCCC, library classroom A for live group participation
NSCC and SSCC, rooms to be announced for live group participation
or at your own computer using a link to the Elluminate virtual room that will be provided before the day of the workshop*
*If you would like to participate at your own computer, here are training resources and brief instructions. Please allow plenty of time to practice
Training Resources
http://www.elluminate.com/support/docs/8.0/participant.jsp
Prepare your computer for Elluminate:
Between Barack and a Hard Place:
Racism and White Privilege in the Age of Obama
Wednesday, April 29, 12:30 to 2:30PM, Baxter Events Center
Presenter Tim Wise
Does the election of Barack Obama, the first black President of the United States, signify an end to racism? Antiracist activist and educator Tim Wise will speak about his newly released book, Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Privilege in the Age of Obama. Is black success making it harder for whites to see the problem of racism, thereby further straining race relations, or will it challenge anti-black stereotypes to such an extent that racism will diminish and race relations improve? Will blacks in power continue to be seen as an "exception" in white eyes? Is Obama "acceptable" because he seems "different than most blacks," who are still viewed too often as the dangerous and inferior "other?" Wise will consider these questions along with the idea of Racism 2.0 in what promises to be captivating conversation.
For more information, please email Jeffrey Vasquez at jvasquez@sccd.ctc.edu.
Angel
LMS Training,
Part II
Thursday, April 30, 12:00 to 2:00 PM, TLC LB 3231C
Facilitators Tom Braziunas
and Carol Howe
Part 2 of a 3-Part "Thursdays Only" Series.
Today's focus is on assessment, grading, discussion and question banks &
LOR including linking assignments to the grade book (SxS p. 934 - 946), grading
assignments (SxS p. 998 - 1006), setting up the grade book (SxS 1060 - 1084),
creating quizzes & questions using Method 1, "quiz > question"
(QStart p. 30 - 34) and Method 2, "question > quiz"(SxS p. 954
- 984), including Question Banks & Learning Object Repository, uploading
questions and question pools an question sets.
Next steps for this
cohort:
Thursday, May 14 - Part III will continue with Instructor
use of the Reports Tab (QStart p. 56 - 57), how students can see their Grades
(SxS p. 1094 - 1096), Manage Tab options: rosters and teams (QStart p. 64
- 66), Communicate Tab and discussion room options (QStart p. 35 - 40; Disc
p. 1 - 6) and Automate Tab and learning tracks (QStart p. 58 - 63.)
To find out more or sign up for a future learning lab series on Angel, please email Tom Braziunas at tbraziun@sccd.ctc.edu.
Leadership
Can Be Taught: Chapters 3 - 4
Friday, May 1, 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM, Boardroom
Facilitator Jane Lister-Reis
Join us on Friday
afternoons in Spring Quarter to read and discuss "Leadership Can Be Taught"
by Sharon Daloz-Parks, 2005, Harvard Business School Publishing Company, ISBN
1-59139-309-4. Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Can-Be-Taught-Approach/dp/1591393094
This week: Chapters 3 and 4, pp.
45 - 98 (54 pages)
Facilitated by Jane Lister-Reis
“Today’s increasingly complex, dangerous, and challenging world demands more and better leaders than ever before. . . . In Leadership Can Be Taught, Sharon Parks invites readers to step into the classroom of Harvard leadership virtuoso Ronal Heifetz and his colleagues to experience a dynamic type of leadership . . . [that is] not about wielding power and authority. It is about mobilizing people to make progress on the tough, adaptive challenges that make or break organizations, communities and societies.” (front cover of Leadership Can Be Taught)
In this book discussion opportunity, we will learn what local author and nationally-recognized speaker/teacher Dr. Sharon Daloz Parks, co-director of the Leadership for New Commons Project, Whidbey Institute, tells us about how we can foster the type of leadership that is needed in our world today. As a group, we’ll explore how we can use these insights and skills to help create a community in which each of us is actively engaged and supportive of each other in fulfilling the college’s mission to “change lives through education.”
Discussion group participants are asked to obtain their own copy of the book. Partial scholarships to defray the cost of the book may be available through the office of Institutional Effectiveness – confirmation of funds availability will be sent via future email.
RSVP encouraged but not required.
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