/news-archive/tag/academy-for-learning-and-teaching-excellence/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 16 Jun 2017 13:23:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2017/06/16/open-educational-materials-grants/ Fri, 16 Jun 2017 13:23:17 +0000 /news/?p=67318 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty members awarded grants for open educational materials]]> Open educational resources are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license, meaning they can be used freely. Educational materials like textbooks, curriculum, lecture notes, syllabi, assignments, and tests would be open to the public and could be used by students and faculty without cost. 鈥淥ur purpose is to provide and promote the use of pedagogical content that will assist online instructors with acquiring exceptional course materials, creative innovative learning through collaboration, promote student retention, and reduce costs,鈥� said Carol Macheak, research and scholarly communications coordinator for Ottenheimer Library. Winners of the will adopt open educational resources for an existing online class. Each professor will receive a grant of $750 or $1,500. Some of the professors will use the grant money to create open educational resources that will replace textbooks in their courses and save their students hundreds of dollars. A total of $9,000 in grants were funded by a partnership between the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock offices of Collections and Archives, eLearning, and Scholarly Technology and Resources. “OER is a growing method to allow students to have direct access to course material during the semester, especially in cases where the book is not available or the student lacks funding,鈥� said Dr. David Montague, director of eLearning. 鈥淭his tremendous student retention oriented collaboration between Collections & Archives and eLearning & STaR promotes discussion on appropriate OER content selection and even provides an Ottenheimer librarian to assist in that process.” The winners include:

• 听听听听听Amar Kanekar, assistant professor and graduate coordinator for the Department of Health Education and Human Performance
• 听听听听听Euchay Ngozi Horsman, assistant professor of rehabilitation counseling
• 听听听听听Bennie Prince, advanced assistant professor in Department of Health, Human Performance, and Sport Management
• 听听听听听LaVerne Bell-Tolliver, associate professor of social work
• 听听听听听Daryl Tate, assistant professor of instructional technology
• 听听听听听James Vander Putten, professor of higher education
• 听听听听听Kamran Iqbal, professor of systems engineering
• 听听听听听Jeff Carmack, assistant professor of nursing
• 听听听听听Neveen Shafeek, assistant professor of sociology
• 听听听听听Andrew Deiser, associate professor of Spanish

Grant winners will also participate in campus presentations, panels, and Open Education Week in spring 2018 to discuss how they have implemented open educational resources into their courses. ]]> /news-archive/2017/03/07/ua-little-rock-best-teachers-panel/ Tue, 07 Mar 2017 15:45:46 +0000 /news/?p=66512 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host best teachers panel discussion]]> Five of the best instructors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will share their secrets for successful teaching during a panel discussion on Thursday, March 9.聽 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Academy for Learning and Teaching Excellence聽will host the Best Teachers at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock panel discussion March 9 in Donaghey Student Center Room 205D. The event will feature 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty members who were recognized with the college-level 2016 Faculty Excellence Awards in teaching.聽 Panel members include Kelly Terry, professor of law; Gary Geissler, professor of marketing and advertising; Kristen McIntyre, associate professor of applied communication; Jess Porter, chair of the Department of History; and Ann Robinson, professor of gifted and talented education. Fill out this to register for the event. For more information, visit the Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence website.]]> /news-archive/2016/04/29/64205/ Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:15:55 +0000 /news/?p=64205 ... ATLE to host writing workshops]]> The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Academy of Teaching and Learning Excellence will host a faculty and staff writing retreat and two writing workshops May 17-18 in Little Rock.聽 , associate provost for academic engagement and director of the writing center at the University of Oklahoma, will lead the workshops. The faculty/staff writing retreat will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at the University of Arkansas System Office boardroom at 2404 N. University Ave. Participants should bring a copy of their current writing projects in electronic or paper format. Space is limited to the first 24 participants. Lunch will be provided. To RSVP for this retreat, please fill out . A two-part workshop that focuses on working with student writers will be held on Wednesday, May 18, at the University of Arkansas System Office boardroom. The morning session, from 9 a.m. to noon, will focus on how to design meaningful writing assignments. Participants should bring a copy of a writing assignment or assignments they would like to improve. The Wednesday afternoon session will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. It will focus on working with students engaged in independent writing projects, particularly undergraduate and graduate theses and dissertations. Both sessions are limited to 24 participants. To register for one or both of these workshops, please fill out . Eodice has been a writing center director and a leader in the field of writing centers for more than 20 years. She currently serves as an editor of 鈥淭he Writing Center Journal,鈥� the primary research journal of the International Writing Centers Association. Her ongoing research interests include co-authoring, collaborative writing, adult and higher education, developing faculty writing at universities, and student engagement and learning through writing practices. The faculty/staff writing retreat and the workshops are sponsored by the Bailey Foundation. In the upper right photo, Dr. Michele Eodice聽will lead the writing workshops. Contributed photo.]]> /news-archive/2016/04/12/atle-meaningful-writing-project/ Tue, 12 Apr 2016 13:30:46 +0000 /news/?p=64015 ... ATLE presents lecture on Meaningful Writing Project]]> The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Academy of Teaching and Learning Excellence will hold a workshop exploring meaningful writing assignments in higher education Thursday, March 14. Dr. Michele Eodice, associate provost for academic engagement and director of the writing center at the University of Oklahoma, will deliver her keynote presentation, 鈥淲hat the Meaningful Writing Project Means for Learning and Teaching,鈥� at 11 a.m. April 14 in Student Services Center Room 104. The talk will present findings from the, a collaborative research project that explores faculty goals, beliefs, and values about learning and teaching writing in higher education. A lunch will follow the lecture at 12:15 p.m. in Donaghey Student Center Room G. The lunch will be limited to the first 35 people who. has been a writing center director and a leader in the field of writing centers for more than 20 years. She currently serves as an editor of 鈥淭he Writing Center Journal,鈥� the primary research journal of the International Writing Centers Association. Her ongoing research interests include co-authoring, collaborative writing, adult and higher education, developing faculty writing at universities, and student engagement and learning through writing practices. Her current research with the Meaningful Writing Project will be published this year as a book, 鈥淭he Meaningful Writing Project: Learning, Teaching, and Writing in Higher Education.鈥�]]> /news-archive/2016/03/07/ualr-best-teachers-ualr-panel-discussion/ Mon, 07 Mar 2016 16:16:23 +0000 /news/?p=63646 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR to host Best Teachers at 糖心Vlog传媒LR panel discussion]]> Three of the best instructors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will share their secrets for successful teaching during a panel discussion. 鲍础尝搁鈥檚 Academy for Learning and Teaching Excellence (ATLE) will host the Best Teachers at 糖心Vlog传媒LR panel discussion Thursday, March 17, in Donaghey Student Center Room G. The event will feature three 糖心Vlog传媒LR teachers who were recognized with 2015 Faculty Excellence Awards in teaching. Lunch will begin at noon, followed by the panel discussion at 12:30 p.m. 鈥淎ll three faculty members were recognized by their colleagues with Faculty Excellence Awards in teaching in 2015 for their incorporation of engaging teaching methods, their willingness to teach beyond traditional classroom walls, and their use of assessment to help inform their teaching,鈥� said Dr. Kristin Mann, co-director of ATLE. Panel members include Dr. Tom Tudor, professor of management; Christy Jackson, advanced instructor of mathematics; and Dr. Terrence Cain, associate professor of law. Tudor was the university鈥檚 2015 recipient of the Faculty Excellence Award in teaching. Jackson was the college winner for the College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences, while Cain was the college winner for the William H. Bowen School of Law. Tudor will discuss ways to motivate students to stay interested in learning and to connect the importance of the subject beyond a final grade in the classroom. 鈥淚 think it is important to have a passion for whatever subject you are teaching,鈥� Tudor said. 鈥淚f you are not excited about it, don鈥檛 expect students to like the subject either. I assume that all my students want to learn. While I do not have 100 percent control over student learning efforts, I do have 100 percent of the control over learning methods. It is my responsibility to find ways to help every student learn that wants to learn.鈥� For more information, please contact ATLE at 501.682.8459 or atle@ualr.edu.]]> /news-archive/2016/03/04/ualr-shadow-a-student-program/ Fri, 04 Mar 2016 15:35:57 +0000 /news/?p=63624 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR holds Shadow-A-Student program]]> University of Arkansas at Little Rock faculty members are getting a chance to better understand the student learning experience. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Academy for Learning and Teaching Excellence聽Shadow-A-Student program pairs faculty members and students. The faculty member attends one of the student鈥檚 classes, and the pair meet to discuss the experience. Academy staff members will contact the student鈥檚 instructor in advance to gain permission for the faculty member to attend the class. After the class visit and discussion with the student, the faculty member will write a description of the experience to share at the academy鈥檚 Shadow-A-Student luncheon on Wednesday, April 6. Students are also invited to attend the luncheon. 鈥淲hile the classroom visit is the main activity of the program, students and faculty alike have found that a much broader conversation about learning and attending 糖心Vlog传媒LR results from the experience,鈥� said Dr. Kristin Mann, co-director of the academy and a professor of history. 鈥淲e have found that the program is a rare opportunity to understand student life and learning more deeply.鈥� For more information, please contact the Academy for Learning and Teaching Excellence at 501.682.8459 or atle@ualr.edu. If you are a faculty member who would like to participate, please fill out the (). If you are a student who would like to participate, please fill out the for students. ().]]>