Month: January 2018

COFFEE CHAT – Explore, Engage, Evolve: Tools for Assisting Students Through Their Career Journey  (Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 3:30-4:30 pm)

Career Services is entering a new era with innovative programming and services provided for students and their career journey. As part of this transformation, collaboration across campus, especially with faculty, is key. The impact instructors have on student planning and decision-making is critical, but is it intentional? Come hear about the newest initiatives, national recruiting trends and how a collaboration between faculty and career services can benefit student motivation and career readiness. Coffee and light refreshments will be provided to those who register by Friday, February 9th. Click here to register.

LUNCH AND LEARN – ZOOM:  In and Out of the Classroom  (Tuesday, February 20, 2018, Noon – 1:00 pm)

Everyone at Michigan Tech has a Zoom account. This videoconferencing application offers some interesting instructional possibilities. From virtual office hours, to remote industry experts, to student-to-student collaborations, we’ll help you identify ways to leverage Zoom in your classes, and raise awareness of some potential new challenges.  Bring your laptop to this session to learn the basics of Zoom and see how others are using it! Lunch will be provided to those who register by Friday, February 16th. Click here to register.

COFFEE CHAT – Revised Goal 4 Rubric: Critical and Creative Thinking  (Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 2:00-4:00PM)

Please join the Goal 4 Committee for an introduction to the revised and expanded Goal 4 rubric. Attendees will also have an opportunity to practice applying the rubric to varied forms of student artifacts. The intended audience for the event includes degree-program curriculum committee members and assessment coordinators, General Education faculty, and anyone interested in the evolution of our eight USLGs and/or their assessment. We hope you will join us!  Light refreshments will be provided to those who register by Friday, February 23rd. Click here to register.
NOTE: Please contact Jean DeClerck at 487-3041 if you have any questions about this event.

LUNCH AND LEARN: Teaching Fast and Slow Thinkers  (Thursday, January 25, 2018, Noon – 1:00 pm)

Daniel Kahneman’s 2013 book titled “Thinking, Fast and Slow” is one of many recent books that explore how both unconscious and conscious systems are involved in thinking and learning.  In this luncheon workshop, we’ll explore some implications of this “dual processing” for the classroom, acknowledging differences between expert and novice approaches to problems, the selective nature of attention, and strategies to help students examine the accuracy of intuition. Lunch will be provided to those who register by Monday, January 22. Click here to register.