Center for Teaching Innovation and Nexus Learning Spring 2016 Programming

Reading Groups + Deep Pedagogical Dives (Building A Community of Learners)

A group of faculty and staff congregate over lunch to discuss Ken Bain's What the Best College Teachers Do. Participants are encouraged to implement teaching and learning strategies in their current courses and report back to the group regarding observations and outcomes. Every Tuesday (starting Jan. 26, 2016) from 11 am to 12 pm (KCC306) Lunch Included! Contact Anne Bower: BowerA@PhilaU.edu

Delve into the research and conclusions on stereotyping and identity through weekly chapter-by-chapter readings of social psychologist Claude Steele's Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do. Every Monday (starting Feb. 1, 2016) from 1 to 2 pm (KCC302) Lunch Included Contact Susan Frosten: FrostenS@PhilaU.edu

(aka Exploring Tech-Assisted Teaching) Eating the Elephant – One Byte at a Time (aka Exploring Tech-Assisted Teaching) Taking a cue from the flipped classroom, a small group of faculty members will spend the semester working together (active learning, anyone?) to each solve a problem in one of their courses using a technological tool (aka tech-assisted teaching). Every Other Wednesday (starting Jan. 27, 2016) from 12 pm to 1 pm (KCC306) Lunch Included! Contact Mary Beth Kurilko: KurilkoM@PhilaU.edu

Talking Teaching Come join the informal group in the Common Thread Fishbowl (Private Dining Lounge), bring your lunch, and chat about issues centric to teaching and learning. "No Agenda Wednesdays" - Every Wednesday from 12 pm to 1 pm (Starting Jan. 20, 2016) "Topical Thursdays" - Every Thursday from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm (Starting Jan. 21, 2016)

New Faculty/Instructors Workshops and Socials "What the Heck is a Faculty Activity Report and How Do I Complete It?" Tuesday, February 2 from 12:30 to 2 pm (KCC306, Lunch Included) "The Good, the Bad, and the Really Bad: Dealing with Difficult Students and Other Classroom Challenges" Tuesday, March 1 from 12:30 to 2 pm (KCC306, Lunch Included) "We Survived the Spring Semester Get-Together" Thursday, May 5 from 5 to 7 pm (Falls Taproom)

Shared Faculty Development Programming with William Penn Charter Penn Charter's Teaching and Learning Center invites PhilaU’s faculty and staff to weekly workshops centered on easily accessible and meaningful professional development. See CTINL website for link to their programming.

Open Classroom Program Come peek inside the classrooms, labs and studios of those who teach using Nexus Learning tenets; the four pillars to which Nexus Learning is built on: active and engaged learning, collaborative, real world scenarios, and infused with the liberal arts and sciences.

Nexus Learning and Nexus Online Grants Annually, the Center of Teaching Innovation and Nexus Learning offers grants to faculty (full and part time) and staff who propose innovative ways to strengthen Philadelphia University's commitment to Nexus Learning. Grants allow faculty members the funding to research novel pedagogies that exemplify Nexus teaching and learning strategies. Deadline for proposals is March 4, 2016.

Nexus Advocate for the College of Science, Heath and Nexus Advocates Anne Bower Nexus Advocate for the College of Science, Heath and Liberal Arts Chris Pastore Nexus Advocate for the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce David Kratzer Nexus Advocate for the College of Architecture and the Built Environment

WHAT DOES AN ADVOCATE DO? Reports to Executive Dean -Works with the Director of the Center for Teaching Innovation and Nexus Learning to coordinate and administer new and existing Nexus Learning initiatives in the college -Collaborates with the Associate Dean, program directors, coordinators and faculty to organize and promote faculty development for full and part time faculty to support their teaching, scholarship and service -Actively seeks opportunities to promulgate and support Nexus Learning pedagogies and practices. -Collects and disseminates information about effective teaching practices that lead to engaged learning -Collaborates with the Director of the Center in planning and implementing mentoring programs and support for new faculty -Serves as liaison to, and participates in, new faculty orientation for full time faculty -Organizes adjunct faculty orientations each fall and spring for the college -Serves on Center for Teaching Innovation and Nexus Learning support groups (eg advisory members on AOOC, CECs).

CTINL has a website! www.philau.edu/ctinl