/news-archive/tag/ualr-academy-for-teaching-and-learning-excellence/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:15:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /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/2016/03/07/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. ().]]> /news-archive/2015/04/02/academically-adrift-professor-to-deliver-lecture/ Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:21:48 +0000 /news/?p=61357 ... 鈥楢cademically Adrift鈥� professor to deliver lecture]]> New York University sociology professor Dr. Richard Arum will deliver a lecture titled 鈥淎cademically Adrift: Why Students Do Not Learn Much In College and Why It Matters.鈥� The free lecture, which will focus on research into what happens during a student’s first two years of college, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 16, in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Student Services Center, Room 104. Arum and his co-author Josipa Roksa of the University of Virginia became household names when their original book, 鈥淎cademically Adrift,鈥� said campus environments often coddle and entertain students rather than challenge them. Both concluded that more than one in three college seniors were no better at writing, critical thinking, and reasoning than they were as freshmen. Arum is a professor and director of the Education Research Program of the Social Science Research Council. He is author of several books including 鈥淎cademically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses鈥� and 鈥淎spiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates.鈥� A luncheon discussion and book signing will follow at the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Bailey Alumni Center from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. The luncheon requires an RSVP to reserve seating and may be made by emailing atle@ualr.edu. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence is sponsor of the event.]]>