Faculty Conversations

Fall 2008 | Spring 2009

Team-Based Learning (TBL): An Effective Strategy for Increasing Student Engagement and Learning
September 16. Rick Goedde, Economics and Management Studies, St. Olaf College; and Fernan Jaramillo, Biology, Carleton College

Social Entrepreneurship: An Emerging Field in Higher Education
September 19. Greg Dees, Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Duke University

Academic Journaling: Effective techniques to assess student learning
September 24. Pat Smith, Director, CEL; Sandy Malecha, Associate Director, Internships Program; and faculty participants tba

How Students use Moodle: Here a click, there a click, everywhere a click click...
September 30. Kari Lie, Norwegian

Teaching Creativity: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
October 8. Faculty panel tba

Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning Using "Clicker"-based Interactive Classroom Technology
October 21. Gary Muir, 2008-09 CILA Associate, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Series

Provost's Sabbatical Luncheon
October 28. Mary Griep, Art and Art History; and Steve Reece, Classics

Teaching as Vocation
November 5. Carol Holly, Engish; and Dan Hofrenning, Political Science, 2007-08 Lilly Vocational Scholars

Technology Poster Session
November 11. Faculty practitioners tba

President's Colloquy
November 19.

Internationalizing the Classroom with Effective Assignments
December 02. Dana Gross, Psychology; Anna Kuxhausen, History/Russian Area Studies; and Tom Williamson, Sociology and Anthropology

Spring 2009 | Fall 2008

Designing Rubrics for Improved Grading and Powerful Outcomes Assessment
February 11. John Bean, Professor of English and Consulting Professor of Writing and Assessment, Seattle University

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Series: Performing CPR in a General Education Chemistry Course Improves (_C_)ritical Thinking, (_P_)uzzling and (_R_)easoning Skills
February 18. Greg Muth, Chemistry and 2008-09 CILA Associate

Provost’s Sabbatical Luncheon
February 24. Karen Cherewatuk, Professor of English; Paul Zorn, Professor of Mathematics

Capturing Scholarly Inquiry into Learning: Teaching Portfolios
March 03. Dan Bernstein, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas

Taming Technology: Useful Ideas for Teaching with Film from Boldt Seminarians
March 11. Diana Postlethwaite, English and Boldt Chair in the Humanities; Jim Hanson, Religion; and Judy Kutulas, History, American Studies, Women’s Studies

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Series: Teaching Creativity and Creative Teaching: Using Creative Writing Assignments Across the Disciplines
March 18. Jenny Dunning, English and 2008-09 CILA Associate; with members of the Learning Community on ‘Creative Writing Across the Curriculum’: Karen Achberger; German; Marc Robinson, Russian; Sharon Powell, Family Studies

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Series: Teaching Underprepared Students at St. Olaf College
April 08. Diane Angell, Biology, and Heather Campbell, Education, 2008-09 CILA Associates; with members of the Learning Community on ‘The Faculty Role in Successful Outcomes for Under-prepared College Students'

Moving the Classroom into the Community: Four Examples of Academic Civic Engagement
April 14. Dana Gross, Psychology; Eric Fure-Slocum, History, American Conversations; Nate Jacobi, CEL-Civil Engagement Program; Paul Roback, MSCS-Statistics; Kathy Tegtmeyer Pak, Political Science and Asian Studies

President's Colloquy
April 22. President David Anderson

Assessing Professional Activity for Tenure and Promotion: What we learn from departmental statements for professional activity
April 28. Rick Goedde, Economics, Management Studies, and former chair of the Tenure and Promotion Committee; Mary Walczak, Chemistry, and Director of Evaluation and Assessment in 2008; Tonya Kjerland, Institutional Research and Evaluation

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