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Faculty Seminar Series with Certificate

The Faculty Seminar Series with Certificate is open to all faculty (Senate and Non-Senate), postdoctoral scholars, and other instructional staff. Each year the series focuses on a particular theme. The theme for 2012-13 is Teaching with New Media. Participants will learn about new media, related tools, and best practices that can enrich any class or curriculum. To qualify for a certificate, participants are required to 1) attend one practicum workshop in July, August, December, or January; 2) attend 4 additional workshops during the academic year; and 3) submit a final project (see details below).

Substitution Credit

If you're interested in the certificate program but cannot attend some of the workshops, you can still get credit towards the certificate by participating in a Mobile App Learning Lounge (MALL) event, attending a Teaching and Technology workshop or webinar (or watch a recorded session), or watching a recorded Teaching with New Media Webinar, AND submitting a one-page reflection.  Reflection must be submitted within two weeks of the event. In other words, reflection must be from a workshop or webinar within the two past weeks.  Late submisions (reflection of an event beyond two weeks) will not be accepted. CROPS webinars cannot be used for credit. No more than two workshop substitution credits will be allowed.

Final Project Assignment

Besides attending a practicum session and four additional workshops, participants seeking the certificate will need to submit a final project, which could be an interactive workshop, an audio/video essay, or a multimedia poster.  Please be mindful of the two deadlines below. Late projects will NOT be accepted.  Please click here to download Final Project Assignment.  (Final Project Adobe Connect Room)

  • Project proposal submitted by February 1, 2013: If you're interested in pursuing a final project, please make your intentions clear by submitting a brief proposal via this online form.  Support might not be available to participants who do not meet this initial deadline.
  • Project materials submitted by May 1, 2013: Once you've completed your final project, please submit all materials via this online form.  

If you have any questions about this series, please contact Mike Truong (mtruong@ucmerced.edu).

Recipients of Teaching with New Media Certificate

Among the total of 64 unique participants who attended at least one of our workshops during AY 2012-13, a total of 15 individuals completed all of the requirements for the certificate, including a final project.  Congratulations!

 

AY 2012-2013 Theme "Teaching with New Media"
Spring 2013 Workshop Description (printable schedule)
Fri, 1/18, 9-12pm, KL 260  (last opportunity!) Teaching with New Media: A Practicum Workshop  In our hands-on workshop, you will learn about new media, related tools, and best practices that can help revamp or refresh course curriculum. You will be able to identify a few new media approaches with implementation strategies. This is a required workshop for those interested in getting a certificate.
Tue, 2/19, 10-11am, KL 260 Teaching with Twitter: How to Use 140 Characters to Engage Students

Twitter is a micro-blogging tool with tremendous potential for teaching and learning.  In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how Twitter works and ways to implement it into your class to improve student engagement and learning. This webinar will be presented by Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco, Instruction Librarian.
Wed, 3/20, 11-12pm, KL 260 Teaching with Digital Collections

Digital Collections consist of organized resources including images, text, audio and other formats which are accessible online and available for teaching purposes.  Join us to discover available digital collections and explore how these can be incorporated into your curriculum. This webinar will be presented by Sara Davidson, Head of User Communication and Instruction.
Thu, 4/4, 11-12pm, KL 260 Assessing Asynchronous Online Learning

Effectively assessing students’ performance, namely participation and contribution in an online context, can be challenging.  This workshop will provide an overview of effective practices in assessing asynchronous, online learning. This webinar will be presented by Anne Zanzucchi, Co-Director of Merritt Writing Program.
Mon, 4/22, 10-11am, KL 260 Creating a Personal Learning Network

In an era of rapid technological change and information overload, faculty need to have a strategy to create a personal learning network (PLN) for on-going growth and development.  This workshop will provide practical strategies and suggested tools to help participants create their own PLN. This workshop will be presented by Mike Truong, Associate Director of CRTE.
Mon, 5/13, 11-1pm, SSM 317 Final Project Showcase and Certificate Ceremony

Come and see final project presentations and posters created by the participants of this year's Teaching with New Media Certificate Series.  This end of the year celebration is open to all faculty, instructional staff, and post-doc fellows who have participated in the TWNM Series this academic year.  Please RSVP for the event.
Fall 2012 Workshop Description (printable schedule)
Mon, 6/18, 10-11am, Webinar Info Session: New Media Approaches to Enrich Any Class Join us for this informational session as we share more about an exciting new seminar series, aimed at helping faculty (senate and non-senate), post-doctoral fellows, and other instructional staff learn and leverage the use of new media in their courses. The webinar will consists of a 30-minute presentation followed by Q&A.

Wed, 7/11, 9-12pm, KL 260

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Tue, 8/7, 9-12pm, KL 260

 Teaching with New Media: A Practicum Workshop In our hands-on workshop, you will learn about new media, related tools, and best practices that can help revamp or refresh course curriculum. You will be able to identify a few new media approaches with implementation strategies. This is a required workshop for those interested in getting a certificate.
Wed, 8/22, 11-12pm, KL 260 Teaching with New Media: Featuring Digital Writing Tools In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn about digital writing tools used for facilitating the various writing processes (e.g., brainstorming, peer reviewing, revising, etc.) and will leave with implementation strategies.
Fri, 9/21, 10-11am, webinar Open Office Hour Thematically focused on this month's topic of digital writing, office hours provide opportunity to discuss curriculum development and assessment. All technology topics are welcome!
Wed, 9/26, 11-12pm, KL 260 Teaching with New Media: Featuring Audio/Video Communication Tools In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn about audio/video communication tools, namely podcasting, video essays, audio commenting, and web-conferencing, and will leave with implementation strategies.
Fri, 10/19, 10-11am, webinar Open Office Hour Thematically focused on this month's topic of audio and video communication, office hours provide opportunity to discuss curriculum development and assessment. All technology topics are welcome!
Wed, 10/31, 11-12pm, KL 260 Teaching with New Media: Featuring Mobile Learning Tools In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn about mobile learning tools, namely smartphone and tablet apps, and will leave with implementation strategies.

Mon, 12/10, 9-12pm, KL 260

 

 Teaching with New Media: A Practicum Workshop In our hands-on workshop, you will learn about new media, related tools, and best practices that can help revamp or refresh course curriculum. You will be able to identify a few new media approaches with implementation strategies. This is a required workshop for those interested in getting a certificate.
AY 2011-2012 Theme: "Mentoring Teaching Assistants"
Date Workshop Description
Thu, 9/15, 12-1pm, AOB 115 Freshman Year Experience (FYE) Welcome Meeting Carrie Menke (Physics) and Angela Winek (Merritt Writing Program) will present on FYE challenges and solutions from 2010-2011, with a conclusion about the central role TAs play in introductory courses. Join us to learn how you can be involved in supporting freshmen instruction! For more information and instructional resources visit http://fyefaculty.ucmerced.edu.
Wed, 9/28, 12-1pm, KL 360 Colloquium on the Future of Graduate Education: Preparing Future Faculty to Improve Student Learning CRTE staff, Laura Martin and Anne Zanzucchi, will provide a brief overview of how teaching preparation factors into current academic employment priorities. A panel discussion will follow among faculty and graduate students about innovative ways to prepare future faculty for academic careers.
Thu, 10/6, 12-1pm, KL 360 Rethinking the Apprentice Scholar We will discuss “Rethinking the Apprentice Scholar” from The Formation of Scholars, Rethinking Doctoral Education for the 21st Century.
Wed, 10/26, 12-1pm, KL159 Classroom Observation and Mentoring Graduate Student Instruction This session will provide an overview in best practices in classroom observation, with focus on documenting and using feedback to support development in teaching.
Wed, 11/16, 12-1pm, KL 159 Re-craft Your Syllabus Workshop In this syllabus development session, we will explore how assignments, assessments, course policies and use of teaching assistants support your goals for student learning. Leave this workshop having identified strengths and weaknesses in your course design and with ideas for revision.
Thu, 1/26, 12-1pm, KL 159 Freshman Year Experience meeting The Freshman Year Experience faculty committee has drafted guidelines for graduate students to initiate productive meetings with an instructor of record. Join us for further discussion on how to establish classroom practices, setting boundaries and developing teaching goals between teaching assistants and instructors.
Wed, 2/15, 12-1pm, KL 159 Supporting TA grading practices This workshop will provide an overview of formative and summative feedback, with an emphasis on applying rubrics to student work. Recommendable practices for monitoring teaching assistant grading workload and feedback processes will also be addressed.
Thu, 3/1, 12-1pm, KL 159 Mentoring graduate students through the teaching philosophy statement A teaching philosophy statement summarizes key theoretical and practical aspects to instruction. This workshop will provide a basic overview of teaching philosophy statements, with samples to review.
Wed, 3/14, 12-1pm, KL 159 Guiding TA instruction of group work activities Group work is a common activity but difficult pedagogy. This session will address common challenges and provide practical methodologies to ensure TAs have successful experiences managing small group projects.