Faculty Workshops, Winter 2012

The CAID, with partners across campus, is pleased to offer the following workshops for faculty for Winter 2012. To learn more about any of these workshops and to register, please e-mail CAID@smu.ca. All workshops will be held in Atrium 212 unless otherwise noted.

If you have an idea for a workshop and/or would like to serve as a facilitator, please let us know. E-mail Carol Roderick at carol.roderick@smu.ca

Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines

A faculty learning community

Dr. Shelagh Crooks, Department of Philosophy

Dates: Feb. 3, Mar, 2, Mar. 23
Time: 10:00 - 11:30am

LI 135

Continuation

FULL

This is a continuation of "Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking" Learning Community, focusing on the topic of how critical thinking can be taught/facilitated in specific disciplinary  environments of the university.

For further information about the learning community contact Shelagh at shelagh.crooks@smu.ca.

Parenting and Academia

Dr. Rohini Bannerjee, Modern Languages & Classics

Dates: Jan. 20, Feb. 10, Mar, 9, April 13

Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm

Atrium 212

For many faculty members creating work-life balance is an ongoing project. This can be particularly challenging for faculty members who are also parents.  Rohini Bannerjee, with the support of the CAID, will be leading an informal discussion series this fall on parenting and academia. 

Faculty members are invited to come and share their strategies, skills, and ideas to be effective, happy, and balanced in their complex lives. Discussion topics will arise out of participants’ interests and may include: mothering / fathering and academia, time management, multi-tasking, priorities and parenting.

If you would like to be a speaker, please contact Dr. Rohini Bannerjee (rohini.bannerjee@smu.ca) or Dr.Carol Roderick (carol.roderick@smu.ca)

Register for discussion series

Supervising Research Students

Dr. Diane Crocker, Sociology & Criminology; Dr. Peter Twohig, Canada Research Chair, ACST; Karen Schaffer, Student Services:

Dr. Kevin Vessey, Dean, FGSR

Friday Feb 10 11am- 1230pm,

AT101

In this workshop, we explore guiding principles for graduate student supervision and their adoption by Saint Mary's University.  Each of the presenters will share a few of their experiences, perspectives, and some of the challenges they have encountered in the supervision of student research, both at the undergraduate and graduate level. You will then have the chance to share your own experiences and discuss ideas and effective practices for supervising  students who are completing research with you.

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Developing and Writing Assignment and Exam Questions

Brian Hotson, Director, Writing Centre

Friday February 10th, 10:00 - 11:00am

AT 212

When used as assessment and assignment questions, terms such as what, how and why have a particular logic that often goes unnoticed by a reader, a logic that becomes part of the greater internal logic of a sentence. This logic is often assumed, though it is something that is learned, knowledge that most students don’t have--yet. In this workshop (or working discussion), we will examine the impact of using specific terms and phrases in assessments and assignments, and how this affects internal logic and comprehension. The use of such vocabulary greatly impacts the clarity and comprehension, especially those questions that are multi-step in nature. Using examples, we will edit and rewrite for clarity, and attempt to view these rewrites from a student’s perspective. You might even bring examples to share

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Workshop for New Blackboard Users: Blackboard 9.1, 101

CAT staff

Wednesday, March 7, 2:00 - 3:00pm             Register for Wednesday March 7

Monday, March 12, 12:00 - 1:00pm                Register for Monday March 12

Monday, March 19, 11:00am - 12:00pm        Register for Monday March 19

Tuesday, March 27, 4:00 - 5:00pm                 Register for Tuesday March 27

AT 107

This introductory workshop is designed for faculty planning to use Blackboard for the first time. You will practice using basic tools and features, see easy ways to use Blackboard in your courses, and recieve help to get started.

Maximum of 8 per session. Once these wokshops fill, additional workshops will be added.

Check back for April sessions.

Workshop for Current Blackboard Users: Getting Started with a Course Moved from CE8

CAT Staff

Thursday, March 8, 4:00 - 5:00pm                    Register for March 8      

Tuesday, March 13, 11:00am - 12:00pm        Register for March 13

Wednesday, March 21, 12:00 - 1:00pm           Register for March 21

Thursday, March 29, 3:00 - 4:00pm                 Register for March 29

AT 107

This workshop is for faculty who have already been using Blackboard. Course content from previous terms is being copied into the Blackboard 9.1. This conversion process will not be perfect. In this session, you will become familiar with the new layout and features of Blackboard 9.1, and go through the testing process using your own course content that has been copied into Blackboard 9.1.

Maximum of 8 per session. Once these wokshops fill, additional workshops will be added.

Check back for April sessions.

Working Together: Deaf, Hearing and Interpreters: Info Session

Dr. Linda Campbell (Environmental Science) and Susan Cargill (Staff Interpreter, Faculty of Science)

April 4th, 9:00-10:30 am

Dr. Linda Campbell and Susan Cargill will co-present a workshop on Deaf culture and academia, and on communicating through an interpreter.

The goal of the workshop is to present some fundamentals about Deaf culture and tips on working with interpreters in an interactive format in which questions and insights from the audience are encouraged. The hope is that the workshop will provide an opportunity for learning as well as an opportunity to get answers to any related questions you might have.

To this end we have opened the invitation to any and all interested members of the SMU community so please do spread the word to colleagues. 

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