Center for Teaching and Learning

"CLU Graduate Student Writing Support: New Opportunities"

September 6

September 13

"Tips for Teaching International Students"

September 20

September 27

"Instructor-friendly Blackboard Functions for Testing and Grading"

October 4

October 11

"Enhancing Information Literacy with Literati"

October 18

"Active Learning in the Classroom”

October 25

"Library Magic and Wizardly Widgets!"

LibAnswers and LibChat: An all-in-one virtual research assistant for reference chat, knowledge base search, and Q & A.. It's magical! 

November 1

November 8

November 15

November 29

"Ipad Projects in CLU Courses and Programs"

Click to see how Religion instructor Colleen Windham-Hughes Ph.D. uses iPads in the classroom.

"Online Discussion with Lilly Conference Directors on Teaching and Learning"

"For over thirty years, teacher-scholars from across the U.S. and internationally have gathered [at the Lilly conferences] to share insights and recommendations . . . each conference provid[ing] a balance of scholarly research, practical guidance, [and] collegial support." This CLU CTL session offers insight into how "the Lilly directors . . . provide a context [for discussions about] the most pressing teaching/learning questions and challenges of the day."

http://www.iats.com/conferences/lilly-conference/

"Interpreting Trends in CLU Course Evaluations"

"Any Textbook. Any Content. Any Device." Demonstration and Discussion 

:The cost of textbooks has risen twice as fast as other costs in higher education. Research indicates that more than one-third of all students go without one or more textbooks each year, driving students, parents, faculty, and school leaders to actively look for ways to cut textbooks costs. Courseload offers an electronic version of any textbook on any web-enabled device for one-third to one-half of the price of a traditional printed textbook." (Courseload )

"Direct and Indirect Costs of a Liberal Arts Education"
Hidden Costs of Low Four-Year Graduation Rates
Evaluating the Efficiency of Top Liberal Arts Colleges
Institution Performance in Higher Education

Michael Brint (Uyeno-Tseng Professor of International Studies)

"Teaching for Brain-Based Learning" Session I

Please note room change!

"Teaching for Brain-Based Learning" Session II

Metacognition Handout ". . . instruction in metacognitive skills may be particularly important for first-year students as they adjust to the expectations of college-level work and learn to evaluate and monitor their own understanding relative to those expectations."

Please note room change!

"Navigating Lynda.com:  24/7 Online Software Training"

Learn software from Adobe, Apple, Microsoft, Blackboard and more.
Classes for beginners to experts.
Learn at your own pace: Play, pause, rewind.
Watch one tutorial at a time, or a whole course.

"Experiential Education:  Understanding the Nuts, Bolts, and Rigors of Service-Learning"

Meet in SBET Conference Room #127

“Blackboard Timesavers: Fast Facts sand Quick Tricks ” plus a Q&A

Faculty panel led by Eileen Leese (Assistant CTL Director)

“Travelling Technologies: Using E-Devices in CLU’s Oxford Study Abroad Program,”

Michael Brint and students from the Oxford Study Abroad Program

Thursday, February 3
SBET 127

Thursday, February 10
SBET 127

 David Grannis (ISS)

Thursday, February 17
CTL Lab

   "Posting Course Work on CLU TV II"

Thursday, February 24

"An Institutional Repository Developed by UC Berkeley"

Thursday, March 3

"Exploring the Attitudes of Ethnic Minorities in Educational Processes"

Carla Walter (School of Business)

Thursday, March 10

"Teaching for Meaning: How Does
Vocation Come into the Classroom?"

Darrell Jodock (Visiting Colleague from Gustavus Adolphus)

Thursday, March 24

Lisa Loberg (Director; Study Abroad Program)

Thursday, March 31

“Beyond the Numbers: What Does College Readiness Look Like in 2012?” Relevant articles:
Breaking the Cycle; EducationConservancyExecutiveSummary-CollegeAdmissionsProject;
trusteeship

Matthew Ward (VP of Enrollment Management and Marketing)

Thursday, April 7

"Coordinating ADEP and CLU's Traditional Programs: A Discussion on Policies and Procedures"

Gina La Monica (Director:Adult Degree Evening Program and Off Site Locations)

Thursday, April 14

"How to Get Your Students Involved in the CLU Garden"

Sam Thomas (Religion), Kayla Kilpatrick (student)

September 2

"Blackboard Review Plus a Blackboard Q and A Session"

Eileen Lesse, Julius Bianchi (ISS)

September 9

"Preparing Students for Undergraduate Research Presentation Deadlines"

Michele LeBlanc

September 16

"Balancing Teaching, Scholarship and Professional Activities"
See Kerry Ann Rockquemore's column in Inside Higher Education:
http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/winning/winning9
http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/cgi-bin/tomprof/postings.php
Faculty input: teaching-research

Adina Nack (Sociology),
Leanne Neilson (Provost)

September 23

"What's Up with CLUTube"?

September 30

“What’s New at the IRB?"
Meet in SBET First Floor Conference Room

October 7

October 14

October 21

Beverly Kelley (Communication)

October 28

Wendy Perkins (CAAR) and Guest Speaker

November 4

"Structuring Capstone Projects across the Disciplines"

Panel: Joan Griffin (A&S Dean), David Marcey (Biology) and Lisa Loberg (Study Abroad)

November 11

"How ConnectYard Integrates Web 2.0 Applications (and More) with Blackboard"

November 18

January 21

January 28

“Finding Funding for Your Dream Project”

"Initiatives and Future Directions for Mobile Teaching and Learning at CLU"

Some view the mobile phone in the classroom as a distraction. Others see the tools and think student engagement. A CLU team recently attended the virtual Educause Learning Initiative Spring Focus Session on "Mobile Learning 2.0: The Next Phase of Innovation in Mobility." http://www.educause.edu/7Things

Join a lively discussion with your CLU colleagues on the uses and abuses of mobile technology in and out of the classroom.

“Classroom Learning and Community Service: Finding the Connections.”

“Perspectives on Teaching and Learning at CLU.”

“Creating and Using Podcasting in Courses and Programs "

FALL 2009

"Innovative Uses of Clickers in CLU Classrooms" (SBET #136)

Robert Rumer (Physics)

September 3

"Social Networking as Pedagogy" (SBET Conference Room)

Jose Marchial (Sociology)

September 10

September 17

Julius Bianchi (ISS)

September 24

October 1

"Sustainability and Pedagogy at CLU" (SBET Conference Room)

October 8

October 15

October 22

Lala Badal (ISS)

October 29

Wendy Perkins and Lisa Buono (CAAR)

November 5

"Integrating Foreign Languages into Your Course Content: Benefits and How Tos" (SBET Conference Room)
wordswithoutborders.com

Guy Erwin (Religion)

November 12

Upfront Assessment: Evaluating Early and Often (SBET Conference Room)

November 19

January 29

"What the Center for Teaching and Learning and Media Services Can (and Will) Do for You"
Media Services Brochure

Electronic Classroom Instructions

Electronic Classroom Instructions (for Humanities 107, 109-114; Peters 101 & 106; GSFC 253 & 254)

KADYTV.COM (Click to see and contribute to CLU's presence on the KADY TV station)

David Grannis, ISS

Click on the 3 entries to your left to download detailed information and instructions relative using technologies in CLU classrooms.

February 5

"What about the Core?: A Dialogue Focused on CLU's Undergraduate Curriculum"

The posting below looks at an interesting new project on the design and practice of general education.  It is by Carol Geary Schneider, president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, [AC&U] in an article that appeared in Liberal Education, Vol. 94, No. 3 Summer, 2008 [http://www.aacu.org/liberaleducation] ©2009, AAC&U. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.

“The Advantages of Graphics-Based Power Point Presentations."  Evaluation data shows that students often complain about boring, bulleted power point presentations—just one of the reasons why educators and their students have been shifting to graphics-driven PowerPoint presentation models.

"Performance-based Presentation and Communication Skills: An Interactive Training Workshop"
The facilitator will conduct a fast-paced and interactive session within the following modules: First Impressions; Overcoming Stage Fright; Portraying a Confident Presence; and The Power of Intention.

“Using Blog Tools to Build and Maintain Faculty Websites” ( a painless way to create your website--no HTML)

"The Four-Year Graduation Guarantee"

"Incorporating the 'New' Writing Center into Your 2009-2010 Academic Year " (Click to view PowerPoint for This Presentation)

Ursula Rush

“Course Management Systems: Trials, Tribulations, and Trends.”

Reports from this semester’s Moodle users, news about company mergers, comments about Eres, Q and A and discussion.

Professor Diriwächter (Psychology) introduces the newly founded, peer-reviewed “Journal of Integrated Social Sciences (JISS)”—a journal that promotes not only faculty research but also the quality work of graduate and undergraduate students. In particular, the journal aims to unite the various disciplines of the social sciences and is thus particularly interested in interdisciplinary and/or holistically oriented approaches. JISS, a journal of international scope registered with the Library of Congress, can already boast a diverse editorial board from around the world. It provides an excellent venue for our students to turn their best projects into publications.

Rainer Diriwächter (Psychology)

September 11

“Using the Web to Connect with Students and Colleagues" Faculty will learn about some of the new media initiatives at CLU, including podcasting, creating Facebook groups for classes, showcasing individual students and alumni, blogging about department news, and promoting upcoming events.

Eric Hagen and Art Miller (Creative Media Center)

September 18

“Millennials at CLU: Their Pedagogical Experiences, Preferences, and Pet Peeves.” The Millennial Generation, born between 1980 and 2000, is nearly as large as the Baby Boomer group. Although they’ve been called the Internet Generation, Generation Y, the Digital Generation, and other names, the term “Millennials” was the clear first choice when several thousand of them sent their name preferences to Peter Jennings at abcnews.com.

“WebCT at CLU: Part I" presents some of the most successful uses of WebCT  by CLU faculty.

“WebCT: Part II: Questions and Answers about Specific Set Ups and Functions of WebCT”  

Faculty are invited to bring specific questions to the session: “How, exactly, do I upload a document?” “How do I set up the ‘student grades’ section?” and so forth.

"Jesus in the Classroom: When Non-evangelical Faculty and Evangelical Students Encounter Each Other," plus a brief discussion of the October 14th Online Seminar: 'New Techniques for Effective Classroom Management.'"

ALSO    A note regarding next Thursday’s CTL ("What Educators Should Know about India's Caste System," led by Somnath Basu (CLU School of Business). A conference that dovetails nicely with Professor Basu's presentation is convening this weekend, October 17-19, 2008 at Cal Poly Pomona. This international conference on “Nonviolence, Rediscovering Gandhian Wisdom: Building a Peaceful Future” will be held at Cal Poly’s Ahimsa Center. Its highlights include distinguished speakers such as Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson and biographer of the Mahatma; Samdhong Rinpoche, the prime minister of Tibetan government-in-exile and Gandhian scholar-monk; Bernard Lafayette Jr.­ who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and led several campaigns during the Civil Rights Movement, and numerous internationally acclaimed experts on Gandhi and nonviolence such as Akeel Bilgrami, Anthony Parel, Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph, Anil Sadgopal, Michael Nagler and many outstanding scholars and professionals; sessions on relevance of Gandhian wisdom to education, business, and sustainability; workshops and seminars; a concert of devotional songs (bhajans) from Gandhi’s prayer meetings; and a Book Exhibit.

"What Educators Should Know about India's Caste System"

"Promoting Active Learning: Tips and Techniques "

"WebCT Alternatives Part II: Moodle "

Julius Bianchi (ISS)

"Preparing Your Students for Learning: Basic Meditation Exercises You Can Incorporate into Your Courses"

William Bersley

January 31

"How to Create and Maintain Your Department/Program Website without Pain: Installing and Using CONTRIBUTE on Your Own Computer"

Erik Hagen and
Art Miller

February 7

"Bringing Video Materials to Your Students Via CLU's TV Channel : A Fast, Easy-to-Use, and Impressive Teaching Tool"

David Grannis

February 14

"CLU’s Second Annual Festival of Scholars: Last Minute Details + Q & A ”

Mindy Puopolo

Erik Hagen, Center for Creative Media

"Learning Spaces and Technology Workshop: Designing Effective Learning Spaces"

"What Really Challenges and Engages Us?"

"Using Office 2007"

Julius Bianchi (ISS)

August 30

"Integrating PRS Systems into Your Courses"

Ryan Leclaire (Turning Technologies)

September 6

Maryanne Wolf’s book "Proust and the Squid" and its look at “neuroscience and the way intensive and frequent reading wires the brain for more complex thought . . . is very germane to the concerns and questions raised at the faculty retreat about the willingness and ability of our digitally primed students to engage and comprehend longer texts. . . .   and so raises the question of whether we are headed for devolution if reading continues to decline.”

Paul Hanson and David Marcey

September 13

New Learning Spaces at CLU and other projects

Ryan VanOmmerman

September 20

“Dates, Details and Deadlines: All You Need to Know about ‘At-large’ Student Research Projects”

In this week’s Teaching and Learning Series session, Mike Shaw (Physics) will tell us how to help our students prepare their research for presentations at SCCUR, CUR, CLU’s Second Annual Festival of Scholars, and other venues.

Mike Shaw

September 27

An informative “how to” session on “Faculty Led Travel Seminars and Other Study Abroad Opportunities for Students.”

Lisa Loberg and Stephanie Shaker
(Study Abroad Center)

October 4

Maria Kohnke
(CLU’s Registrar and Associate Provost of Academic Services)

October 11

Cindy Snell
(Director of Library Operations and Systems.)

October 18

"CLU’s Second Annual Festival of Scholars.”

The Spring 2008 event will be significantly more comprehensive than last year’s festival. Getting an early overview of the plans and procedures for the Festival is likely to generate some good ideas about incorporating festival activities into your courses. Please join us and bring your comments and questions.

Mindy Puopolo

November 1

“EndNote Web: Four Easy Steps”

An overview of EndNote Web, the new Web-based tool designed to help you manage online research. As Henri and a few faculty demonstrate the basic functions of this exciting addition to Pearson Library’s resources, you’ll learn how to quickly format papers and reference sections in APA, ASA, MLA, Chicago and other styles (whether or not you show your students these tricks is up to you!).

Henri Mondschein  (ISS)

November 8

“CLU Core: The Conversation Continues.” 
We plan to look at and discuss the survey results Linda referred to at the last faculty meeting.

Linda Ritterbush

November 15

Rolf  Nygaard is the Regional representative for Blackboard (WebCT is now owned by Blackboard and the program’s official name is Campus Edition 4—CE4) . Rolf is giving us an overview of the program’s newest version--Campus Edition 6 (CE6)--of Blackboard, which he says will “solve all of Edition 4’s design inefficiencies.”  CLU expects to implement CE6 for Fall 2008.

Rolf  Nygaard

November 29

"CLU's First Annual Festival of Scholars: Preparation and Planning"

Follow the above link to submit student abstracts for the Festival of Scholars

Mindy Puopolo

(Psychology)

Jan 18

"Creating and Using Basics Modules in WebCT: Examples in History and English Courses at CLU "

Dave Grannis

ISS Director of Educational Technology

"Social Computing in Education: Possibilities and Implications"

Julius Bianchi

Associate Provost, ISS

"Preparing Students Who Want to Study Abroad for the February 28th Application Priority Deadline"

Lisa Bjelk
(Director: Study Abroad Center http://www.callutheran.edu/study_abroad/)

Maria Kohnke
(Communication)

Dr. Dru Pagliassotti

(Communication)

Julius Bianchi (Associate Provost: ISS)

“Curricular Collaboration at the Getty: Museum Partners with CLU Art History 410”

Christine Sellin

(Art)

WASC Review Session to Prep for Next Week’s WASC Team Visit

Leanne Neilson
(Associate Provost: Graduate and Adult Programs)

Using the Registrar’s New E-Advising Program

Maria Kohnke

(Registrar)

"Integrating Career Center Resources and Services into the Academic Curriculum"

Career Center

"Review of and Strategies for the Annual CLU Festival of Scholars"

“Everything You Want to Know about
the Microsoft Exchange Server and CLU's
Outlook/Entourage E-mail and Calendar
Implementation”

Julius Bianchi

Associate Provost, ISS

Dr. Kimball will lead a discussion on the
“Pew Internet and American Life Project”:

Click Here

Chris Kimball

Provost

“Using Metacat to Manage Digital Content”

Dave Grannis

ISS Director of Educational Technology

Cindy Campbell

ISS Director of Library Operations Systems

Student Research:  Summer 2006 student/faculty
Science Projects; and Preparing Your Students
for the Undergraduate Research Conferences
(Fall SCCUR Regional Conference;
CUR National Undergraduate Research Conference)

Michael Shaw

Mathematics/Physics

Tim Hengst

Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences

“Responding to Student Writing”

Jim Bond

English

“Integrating International Experience
into the Curriculum: What Students Need to Know”

Lisa Bjelk,
Director of Study Abroad

Faculty Panel: Michael Brint, Harry Domicone, and Paul Hanson

“Opportunities for Faculty/Student International
Experience: What Faculty Need to Know”

Cindy Lewis,
Director of the Career Center

“The Public Eye: CLU Faculty Research in Print”

“CLU Faculty/Student Research Online:
What’s in Place and What’s to Come”

Madeleine Marshall,
Religion

Rainer Diriwaechter, Psychology

Thursday  
October 19

“Supplementing the Lecture:
Alternative Instructional Strategies”

Barry Burns (Multimedia)

Michaela Reaves (History)

Thursday  

October 26

"The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning:
A Multi-Disciplinary Review"

Presented at the Society for the Scholarship
of Teaching and Learning Conference
in Vancouver, BC October 2005

Paul Witman (Information Technology Management in the School of Business)

“Establishing Your CLU Website: Policies, Procedures, and Supports”

Eric Hagen and Art Miller (Creative Media Center)

“Little Known but Useful Facts aboutCLU’s Center for Teaching andLearning (CTL) Website”

Joan Wines (English)

“Problem-Based vs. Project-Based Learning”

Jim Hand (ESSM)

Thursday
November 30

"Course 'Evaluations': A Strategic Approach"

Halyna Kornuta, Ed.D., Director of Assessment and Educational Effectiveness

Jan 26

"A Discussion with Howie Wennes"

Click Here for Audio
of this Session

Howie Wennes,
Interim President of the University

"Community Leaders Association, Plans and Proceedures"

"The Brand Rollout Plan: Implications for Teaching and Learning at CLU"

"Integrating Career Concerns into Teaching and Learning.

E-Advising, the soon-to-be- tool that promises to make the advising process more efficient

“Challenge and Engagement in the Writing Center”

Marja Mogk,
English,
Acting Director
of the Writing Center

9/1

Joe Everson,
Interim Provost of the University

"Athletics and Academics at CLU: Implications for Teaching and Learning II "

"The California Lutheran University Emergency Plan II"

“Using the New Integrated Library System” http://endeavor.clunet.edu/

Julius Bianchi ISS
Associate Provost

1/27

Julius Bianchi ISS
Associate Provost

Joe Everson

Interim Provost

The Culturally Proficient Professor

Harry Domicone

Mike MacCambridge

Cindy Wyels

Is Lutheran Identity Compatible with Diversity?  

Michael Brint
Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences

9/2

Sig Schwarz, English

“Designing for Diversity: Tips for Creating and Revising Courses to Meet the U.S. Diversity Requirement.”

Cyndi Wyels, Math

“Tying up the Loose Ends of the Intensive Requirements Revision Process (Writing & Speaking Intensive, Global Perspectives, U.S. Diversity)”

“The Challenges and Rewards of Collaborative Multimedia Projects”

David Marcey, Biology

“Faculty and Student Research: The Facts and the Fictions”

Margins and other Terrible Things in MS Word

Sue Bauer, ISS
Computer Training Coordinator

2/2

Cindy Lewis
Director of the Career Center

Incorporating Audio and Video into PowerPoint Presentations

Aaron Kaye ISS
Network Technician Coordinator

What Our Library Data Tells Us about the Realities of CLU Student Challenge and Engagement

Julius Bianchi ISS
Associate Provost
Information Services

1/29

Michael Brint
Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences

Nathan Tierney
Professor of Philosophy

Herb Gooch
Professor of Political Science
MPPA Program Director

Druann Pagliassotti
Communication Professor

Incorporating Video into PowerPoint Presentations

David Grannis, ISS

9/12

Henri Mondschein, ISS

Uses and Abuses of Faculty
Teaching Evaluations

Michael Brint
Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences

9/11

David Grannis, ISS
Joan Wines, CTL Director

Considering the Seminar: Data and Directions

Michael Brint

Judith Crowe
School of Education

Easy-to-Use Assessment Tools that will Improve Your Course Evaluations

Judith Crowe
School of Education

2/10

Millie Murray-Ward School of Education

“Using the New Distance Learning Facilities"

David Grannis

3/3

Dennis Revie

Try WebCT—A Great Course Management Tool

Julius Bianchi

2/6

Dave Grannis

EduCues: A Painless Road to a Possible 50% + Improvement in Student Learning