Upcoming presentations:
Academic Boot Camp 2013
CAPE is happy to announce the dates for Academic Boot Camp 2013 (ABC2013) - Tuesday July 9th, Wednesday July 10th and Thursday July 11th. Participants are required to attend all three days of the Boot Camp. Successful completion of Academic Boot Camp requires participation in a final project based upon the knowledge, skills and attitudes presented in ABC 2013. Registration forms are available through the Dean's office of each college. The deadline for registration forms is June 21, 2013 at 5pm.
Online Training Resources
Don't forget to check out the Training tab on the YOU portal page and access great on-demand training tools like Lynda.com and Magna Publications. Lynda.com must be accessed through the YOU Portal page, but the MagnaPubs resources may be accessed by clicking these links: www.magnacommons.com and www.mentorcommons.com , or typing the same terms into your internet browser window. The subscription authorization codes for the Magna sites are available on the YOU Portal Training page or by contacting CAPE.
How to get to the YOU Portal page
Are YOU interested in presenting for CAPE? Would you like to share your knowledge and expertise with your colleagues? Do you have any suggestions for timely and worthwhile topics?
Contact Tim Wood at X8644 or tjwood@westernu.edu
Previous Presentations
To ensure that our Faculty has access to important resources, and for convenience, CAPE records workshops whenever possible. Please use the links below to access these presentations and related materials.
Spring Break Faculty Development Week 2011
Academic Technology for Effective Course Design & Instruction - Monday, 3/21/11, J. Kellogg, C. Coats, F. Kolarz
Designed to increase awareness for the ways educational technology can enhance learning, introducing new features and technology upgrades. Topics include Blackboard collaborative tools, online testing, classroom responders, desktop screencasting, and web conferencing. Includes actual faculty demonstrations.
Recorded Presentation - Capture Date/Time: 2011-03-21 09:00:00
Recorded Presentation - Capture Date/Time: 2011-03-21 10:30:00
PowerPoint Slides:
- Agenda/Intro
- Extending the Classroom through Web Conferencing
- Capturing Lectures for Viewing Outside of the Classroom
- Increasing Participation with Responders (Turning Point)
- Using Bb to Promote Collaborative Learning
- Assessing Student Performance with Online Testing
- Using Social Media for Learning
Case Writing for Interprofessional Education; Problem Based Learning - Tuesday, 3/22/11 - S. Macintosh, J. Tegzes, G. Singer-Chang
Rooted in principles of PBL, this workshop will focus on writing cases designed to facilitate student learning and the development of clinical reasoning skills. The workshop will emphasize IPE, and selected cases may be utilized as part of the IPE curriculum. However participants will also be able to write cases for their own curricular integration.
Handouts:
Humanistic Studies at WesternU Panel - Wednesday, 3/23/11 - j. Ramirez, S. Kovacs, G. Singer-Chang
Presentation/discussion to increase awareness and highlight some of the many educational research efforts & projects involving humanism at WesternU. The OIR will share relevant data collected which is available for educational research projects.
Recorded Presentation - Capture Date/Time: 2011-03-23 09:00:00
Handouts
- Humanism Panel Participants
- Assessing Humanism at WesternU
- Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness Data Collections
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
- EQ References
- MBSR-Not Just About Stress
Small Group/Large Group Teaching - Thursday, 3/24/11 - Joseph Gambone, DO, MPH
Dr. Gambone is currently assisting COMP in its transition to incorporate more large group/small group curriculum delivery. He will share significant insights from his participation in this process at Harvard & UCLA along with lessons learned.
Recorded Presentation - Capture Date/Time: 2011-03-24 12:00:00
Handout
How to Write an Article for Publication (2-18-2010) - Elizabeth Hoppe, OD, MPH, DrPH
Assessing Student Learning Outcomes
Are you struggling to assess student learning outcomes (SLO) for purposes of accreditation? Do you want to know how successfully your curriculum achieves specific learning goals? We will review what cognitive and affective outcomes are, and how to evaluate both kinds. You will learn various best practice approaches to assess SLO s to help you better gauge how students are learning.
Assessing Student Learning Outcomes Presentation
Test Item Writing and Analysis
In this presentation,, you will learn strategies for writing reliable and valid multiple choice test items for their courses. In addition, we discuss elements needed to write Board-like multiple-choice items that assess higher order student learning. We also explore statistical methods for analyzing the quality of test items and discuss how to use results to refine your exams.
Test Item Writing and Analysis Presentation