October 16th, 2008
Sheila Abercrombie, Russ Devore, & Gloria Doherty
3:40 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 29, 2008, in the Hoover 211 computer lab (note different location than typical)
FoxTALE will be upgraded to version 1.9 between the fall and spring semesters. Come to this session for a peek at the new features and especially the new grade book. The grade book has been completely rewritten in version 1.9, and you’ll want to know how to prepare for spring semester, especially if you use a complex grading scheme with weighted categories. New FoxTALE users are welcome, but the session will be geared toward those who are already using the grade book.
A separate Portland Center session will also be scheduled.
IT will provide additional training sessions in January; however, if you use a more complex grade book, you are encouraged to attend now so that you can prepare.
Information about the upgrade is available at http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/inst_technology/foxtale/19upgradeinfo.html
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October 16th, 2008
Rick Muthiah
October 16, 2008
Join in a discussion about academic integrity and how GFU faculty perceive, prevent, and respond to academic dishonesty. To help focus the conversation, we will use the chapter “Preventing Academic Dishonesty” from Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis. The chapter is available online at http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/prevent.html for those who would like to read it prior to the forum.
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September 29th, 2008
Melanie Mock
Oct. 1, 2008
Writing assignments can often times be tedious exercises: both for the students who have to complete them, and for the professors who have to grade them. The forum will consider how writing assignments can engage students while also meeting course objectives; how assignment presentation influences student engagement with the assignment; and how we can construct creative writing assignments that might actually be a pleasure to read. Participants should bring one of their “favorite” writing assignments to share.
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September 20th, 2008
Patrick Allen (Provost)
3:40 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, in Hoover 104 (Hoover library).
Patrick will share thoughts about how good teachers engage their students in the learning process and the benefits of doing so. Participants will be invited to enter the conversation about experiences, resources and activities that foster student learning.
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April 17th, 2008
Presenter: Tom Johnson & Rick Muthiah
April 16
What are you planning to do with your summer? Faculty responses to such a query typically range from research to relaxing. Come share your summer plans and hear from others about how they use their summer to further their calling as educators and scholars. Guiding questions will be used to help in planning your summer activities. If you’re interested, read “Don’t Waste Your Summer” [http://www.successfulacademic.com/ezines/june272005.htm] and “Finally, Some Time for …” [http://0-proquest.umi.com.catalog.georgefox.edu/pqdweb?did=1072484281&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=12023&RQT=309&VName=PQD] in advance of the session.
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March 3rd, 2008
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February 12th, 2008
Presenter: David Sherwood
February 20, 2008
Professional publication is an increasingly important, but sometimes intimidating, responsibility of university faculty. David Sherwood, editor of the journal Social Work & Christianity for 25 years, will lead a workshop on writing for publication. Participants will review issues such as the types of articles that might be appropriate, selection of journals for submission, writing form and style, the peer review process, using editorial feedback, and appropriate ethics. Participants will also discuss their ideas and questions about writing and publication.
Handouts:
Writing for Publication
Writing for Publication Powerpoint
Evaluation and Screening of Articles
Instructions for Authors
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February 12th, 2008
Presenter: Tom Johnson
February 7, 2008
This Faculty Teaching Forum will focus on creating a tool for evaluating your own classes at mid-term. You get to put together, using ideas from your colleagues, a tool that fits the course or courses you teach. You can even add “smiles often” to the criteria!! J Just kidding…. We will share several examples of mid-course evaluations other faculty use. Bring your own and bring your ideas. Tom Johnson will lead the discussion.
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January 27th, 2008
Presenter: Ken Badley
January 30, 2008
This session examines several roots of professors’ authority. The session assumes that expertise and a contract at Fox are necessary but not sufficient, and then focuses on how student goodwill and consent interact with teacher chutzpah (self-authorization), concluding that both these sources of authority are also necessary for sustained classroom work. Participants will consider briefly whether our students’ epistemology is shifting because of the internet. It also considers some of the dangers present of the relational classroom.
Handouts
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November 19th, 2007
Presenter: Paul Chamberlain
Wednesday, December 5, 2007,
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