Explore ways to use your students’ emotions to promote engagement and productive learning. Assess different options for working with students to create a classroom technology policy.
Some of our workshops at the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology require registration, so simply select the link in the workshop title and you’ll be taken directly to the appropriate registration page. Workshops are held at our facility at 301 South Main Street unless otherwise noted. If you have questions or need help, you can always email us at CTLT@ilstu.edu.
Engage Students through Emotion
Monday, August 3 • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Most literature on student engagement focuses on cognitive techniques to encourage student learning. This workshop will address another key dimension: student emotion. By focusing on the emotions of students, you will develop verbal scripts and strategies to lead disengaged students toward productive learning. Facilitator: Christopher Gjesfjeld.
ReggieNet: Migrating Content from Modules to Lesson Builder
Monday, August 3 • 1–2 p.m.
This workshop will teach you the basics of the Lesson Builder tool in ReggieNet, which will replace the Modules tool for classes starting in spring 2016. Learn how to copy content from the Modules tool over to the Lesson Builder tool. Discover how to design lessons that require students to complete prerequisites before they can proceed to the next stage. It is easy to integrate multimedia content with this tool.
Creating Articles for Stories.IllinoisState.edu
Tuesday, August 4 • 9:30–10:30 a.m.
117 Alumni Center
Learn how to use the Stories.IllinoisState.edu content management system, powered by WordPress, to add news articles, tag them to feed to multiple locations (including your website), insert images, photo galleries, and more. This workshop is open to faculty and staff only.
CTLT Summer Showcase 2015
Wednesday, August 5 • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This summer, hundreds of faculty members will discover new ways to enrich the educational journey of Illinois State students through the CTLT Summer Institute. Join us to see some of these innovative ideas and how your fellow instructors will put them into practice. Members of CTLT’s summer course design cohorts, and others, will give short presentations and display posters. All members of the campus community are welcome to stop by the Alumni Center between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Registration is only required if you plan to join us for lunch between noon and 1 p.m.
Your Classroom Technology Policy
Thursday, August 6 • 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Research shows that students respond better when instructors set clear guidelines about the use of mobile technology—laptops, tablets, and smartphones—in the classroom. But you don’t have to resign yourself to teaching in spite of digital distractions. In this workshop, investigate students’ biases about technology in the classroom and use recent studies on students’ attitudes to help you craft your own classroom technology policy. Discover ways to collaborate with students at the start of the semester to create agreement over what is, and is not, the appropriate use of technology in your classroom.
If you need a special accommodation to fully participate in an event, please contact the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology’s main desk at (309) 438-2542.
