Monday, August 14 – Thursday, August 17, 2023
Hosted Remotely via Zoom & Brightspace
Strategies and Tools is for instructors who are new to URI and want to launch a successful – inclusive and effective – teaching career at URI.
By the end of the week, you should be able to:
- Finish preparing courses for the fall by incorporating evidence-based practices for teaching and learning.
- Develop relationships that will enable success in the classroom at URI.
- Build upon strengths as a teacher and plan for professional growth.
For more information about Brightspace, sign up for the self-paced Basic Brightspace Training Course.
Schedule
| Day | Topic |
|---|---|
| Monday, August 14 | Build upon values and strengths |
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am | Introductory activity Connecting values to “effectiveness” |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Break |
| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Introducing the study cycle as a heuristic to build upon strengths (with Jennifer Burgess and David Hayes, Academic Enhancement Center) Group activity: Connecting participants’ artifacts to the study cycle |
| Tuesday, August 15 | Getting your materials and tools together |
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am | “Intentional tech” (with Amanda Jensen, IT Teaching and Learning Services) Group activity: Develop a Brightspace site as a hub for one course |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Break |
| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | How the library can help instructors “open” their classroom (with Amanda Izenstark, University Libraries) ChatGPT and other AI in the classroom Group activity: Incorporating OER or ChatGPT into classes |
| Wednesday, August 16 | Long-term success and Creating community |
| 9:00 am – 9:45 am | Where do I fit in the curriculum? Curriculum maps (with Elaine Finan, ATL) |
| 9:45 am – 10:00 am | Break |
| 10:00 am – 10:50 am | Getting data and planning for future growth (with Sean Krueger, Provost’s Office) Group activity: Go back to teaching effectiveness rubric, make a plan for growth, and connect those plans to the data that instructors will use to show effectiveness |
| 10:50 am – 11:00 am | Break |
| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Creating an inclusive classroom community (with Michelle Fontes, Office of Community, Equity and Diversity) Group activity: Select and implement activities which set an inclusive tone for the semester |
| Thursday, August 17 | Opening up your course to all students |
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am | Handling DAI requests before they happen (with Paige Ramsdell, Office of Disability, Access & Inclusion; Lisa Macaruso & Teryn Kogura, Academic Testing Center) |