[Lu_faculty] Faculty Development Line-up

[HERRON, MARSHA D]

Hello Colleagues,

Welcome back to a new school year! Here are your Faculty Development sessions for the upcoming school year 2014-2015. We have chosen some topics from those identified in the faculty survey at the end of the spring semester. Thus far, we have lined up a 12 speakers for the academic yearl. Thank you for such an overwhelming response to the call for proposals. If we did not get to you this time, please feel free to submit for future presentations.

The sessions will be featured in the order they will appear:

Fall

Ahondju Umadjela, MS, RD/LD  Rescheduled
Health Eating for Academic Success

Session Synopsis: Research shows that a relationship exists between overall well-being and academic success.  Although well-being is a general term that indicates a state of being healthy, happy, or successful (Merriam-Webster Online, 2014), there are some steps that need to be taken in order to be healthy, happy, or successful.  One of the most important steps is healthy nutrition.  Healthy nutrition contributes to a person’s well-being because you are what you eat. This presentation will provide practical healthy eating tips for academic success.

Byron Quinn, Ph.D.   Rescheduled
Using Tablets in the Academic Setting

Session Synopsis: Finding the best and most appropriate ways to integrate tablets into the classroom.

Lisa Weis, Ph.D.
Using Data from Assessments to Make Instructional Decisions

Session Synopsis: Evaluating student work to determine progress toward course objectives and opportunities for enrichment and/or remediation.

Darlington Mundende, Ph.D.
Institutional Review Board - Human Subjects Research

Session Synopsis: Policies and procedures for applying for and conducting research using human subjects.

Kate Corbett, Head of Technical Services and Instruction
Information Literacy/Library Sources for Your Classroom

Session Synopsis - The presentation would focus on information resources such as general databases, subject specific databases, access to ejournals, shortcuts to citation information.

Jason Garrison, English Instructor
Examining Preconceived Notions and Playing Devil's Advocate.

Session Synopsis: I will discuss enabling students to understand both sides of an issue while applying a critical eye.

Spring

Orlenthia McGowan, Ed.D
Seeking Funding and Partnerships for Project/Program Sustainability

Session Synopsis: This dynamic session will address “Seeking Funding and Partnerships for Project/Program Sustainability” through unique venues and strategies to support your project/program work (including utilizing volunteers, collaborative partnerships and in-kind donations, as well as funding from the public and private sector).

Ebraheim Soltani, Ph.D.
Using the Google Suite to Make Instruction Work

Session Synopsis: This presentation will demonstrate how to use Google products for collaboration to improve communications and writing.

Nancy Alexander, Ph.D.
Developing Cross Curricular Partnerships

Session Synopsis: The faculty development seminar will explore how cross curricular partnerships can facilitate deeper learning. Teaching and scholarship in the context of other knowledge allows students to think, learn and reason from an interdisciplinary perspective. Subject areas will include learning modules on the development of Thematic Units and content area integration.
Randy Hunt, Ed.D
Understanding the BALE Program

Session Synopsis: This session will cover students who are in need of completing their undergraduate degree and have over 90 hours, limitations on their financial aide and have not met their degree requirements. We will discuss the merits of the BALE curriculum and how it plays a role in student retention for the University.

Meshack M. Sagini, Ph.D.
Are learning Theories Scientific? Cultural? or Political?

Session Synopsis: TBA

Darlington Mundende, Ph.D.
Program Outcomes Assessment

Session Synopsis: TBA
Looking forward to another successful year with faculty development.

Respectfully,

Marsha D. Herron, Ph.D.  / Assistant Professor / Department of Elementary and Special Education
Office: 405-466-3267 / Fax: 405-466-3209
mdherron at langston.edu<mailto:lsmith at langston.edu>

Langston University 1-877-466-2231
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Langston, OK 73050
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