By Annette Finley-Croswhite
This semester the Center for Faculty Development is offering a new Pop-Up Teaching Tip series beginning Thursday, January 25 on ZOOM and running through the rest of the semester. Details for the whole series are listed below. We heartily invite you to these sessions offered by many wonderful colleagues. Register for Pop-Up Teaching Tip events here:
https://cfd.odu.edu/events/ .
CFD Pop-up Teaching Tip Series on ZOOM
January 25: 12:30-1:00
Host: Robin Flanagan, Master Lecturer in Mathematics and Statistics
"Teach Your Students to Be Good Learners."
This conversation explores the fact that many students do not know how to be good learners. Ideas about how we can better support our students as they move through the phases of learning will be shared. Bring your questions!
ZOOM: https://odu.zoom.us/j/98204706454
February 8: 12:30-1:15
Host: Jori Beck, Associate Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning
"Adding Movement to Lessons"
In this 45-minute session, the instructor will share structured ways to incorporate movement into your classrooms to improve student engagement and add a kinesthetic element to instruction. Various strategies will be shared, and ideas and practices will be solicited from the audience as well. Bring your questions!
ZOOM: https://odu.zoom.us/j/94754005183
March 19: 12:30-1:15
Host: Jay O'Toole, Assistant Professor, Department of Management
"Increasing Student Engagement with Learning Teams”
Have you noticed that our online and on-campus students seem a little different since the pandemic? Are you interested in helping them feel more engaged and connected to each other and ODU? If you answered yes to one or both of these questions, this Pop-Up Teaching Tip session is for you. Our focus will be on implementing student-led “learning teams” to increase engagement for on-campus and online students.
ZOOM: https://odu.zoom.us/j/97587038584
April 4: 12:30-1:15
Host: Wie Yusuf, Professor, School of Public Services
“Supporting Graduate Student Professional Development Needs”
A recent survey of ODU graduate students has identified several unmet professional development needs of graduate students. This session will preview some survey results regarding graduate student quality of life, career preparedness, and health and well-being, and connecting them to students’ professional development concerns. Join this conversation and be part of a community of faculty supporting graduate student success that extends beyond the classroom. Bring your questions!
ZOOM: https://odu.zoom.us/j/92580575269
April 9: 12:30-1:15
Host: Mujde Erten-Unal, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
“Charting a path through Transdisciplinary Collaborative Design with Studio-based learning”
This session will explore a cross-university, cross-disciplinary collaboration (Coastal Community Design Collaborative , CCDC) that was established for engineering and architecture students between ODU and Hampton University. The collaboration led to an NSF project to model effective trans-disciplinary collaborative research and design in teaching, learning, and productivity. Trans-disciplinary collaborative design can also be called Studio Based Learning. It provides the initial sense of legitimately belonging to a profession, a crucial step toward long-term productivity within the profession that bridges the gap between the academic and professional worlds. Bring your questions!