STS - 5

ATLEKevin Yee

Ashley Potts

Oana Cimpean

Sara Friedman

Emad Mansour

Matthew Barganier

Amanda Helip-Wooley

SPECIAL GUESTS Gianna Nicholas (Career Services)

Kara Fulton (Global Citizens Project)

Sommer Mitchell (Global Citizens Project)

Caroline Twachtman (Undergraduate Studies)

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

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Concurrent Sessions 4If Only They Prepared… Turning Wishes into RealityIn this session, we will examine some of the common reasons students do not come to class prepared, and how to ensure that they do prepare. Moreover, we will discuss whether the strategies that make students come to class ready could potentially lead to instilling in them the desire to prepare in the absence of coercive mechanisms.

The Power of the Ah-Ha Moment: Using Inquiry in the ClassroomWhat is inquiry-based learning and is it applicable to my course? In this workshop you will get hands-on experience with an inquiry activity and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using inquiry.

“Why Should I Care?” Helping Students See the Relevance of Your CourseStudents are less likely to thrive in your courses if they don’t grasp how the subject matters for their lives and future careers. We’ll explore ways to make it clearer.

Concurrent Sessions 5The Role of Rapport in Motivating Students In this session, we will define rapport and its value in the classroom, as well as identify strategies to develop rapport and maintain it throughout the semester.

What Makes a Course Fun? This session will examine the relationship between fun learning and engagement. We will delve into the various means through which enjoyment can be elicited in students, the different ways that people have fun while learning, and how this all plays into our approaches to teaching.

The Play's the Thing - Teaching as PerformanceWe will examine how lecturing and facilitating are similar to theatrical performance, and discuss ways to leverage best practices from theater into our classroom presence.

Concurrent Sessions 6Teachers’ Practices that Impact Students’ Mindsets Beliefs about our abilities and qualities can have a significant effect on motivation and desire to pursue and achieve goals. What is the difference between growth and fixed mindsets? What can teachers do to promote grit using growth mindset enhancing practices? In this session, we will discuss/answer these questions.

OUR Struggle Is Real, Too: Motivation for Faculty If you ever felt your own motivation to teach wane, this is the session for you. While we do not promise an easy fix, we hope that through introspective activities drawn from Parker Palmer’s book The Courage to Teach, you will rediscover why you love teaching.

No Laughing Matter? Humor in the ClassroomResearch shows that—used correctly—humor can build rapport and boost learning. We’ll discuss how to employ appropriate humor to pique students’ interest and improve their knowledge retention.

EDU 314

EDU 313

10:00 – COHORTS ASSEMBLE!!!

BREAKFAST BEGINS ATEDU 115

8:30

9:00

PLENARY

10:40 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1

MAY 9, 2018

SELF-EFFICACY BUILDING

STRATEGIES

11:30EDU115 LUNCH!!!

11:30 EDU 115

EDU 316

ENCOURAGING STUDENT

BUY-IN AND OWNERSHIPEDU

317

INSTILLING A GOAL

ORIENTATIONIN STUDENTSEDU 314

Concurrent Sessions 1Encouraging Student Buy-In and Ownership It’s a question faculty have asked countless times: how do we get them to care? In this session, we will explore common sources of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for students. Using what we’ve determined about what leads students to feel a sense of autonomy and buy-in towards the tasks they face in their classes, we’ll construct strategies to enhance intrinsic course elements using extrinsic methods.

Self-Efficacy Building Strategies for the ClassroomIn this workshop we will examine a bit of the theory behind self-efficacy, explore the four principal sources of information for self-efficacy in academic situations, and consider how to include practical self-efficacy building strategies in our courses.

Instilling a Goal Orientation in StudentsIn this workshop, we’ll explore the differences between mastery and performance orientation as it relates to student effort, and brainstorm ways to enhance each in our teaching.

Concurrent Sessions 2Designing Student ChoicesLearn how to emphasize students’ autonomy while nudging them toward optimal outcomes.

What Can Teachers Do to Support Effective Study Skills?In this session, we will discuss six research-based effective study skills (namely: spaced practice, interleaving, retrieval practice, elaboration, concrete examples, and dual coding). Participants will be able to identify teaching practices and techniques that can support each of those study skills.

Cultivating Curiosity: Driving Students Toward Motivation via the Subject MatterInspiring curiosity is key for learning, memory, and cultivating intrinsic motivation in students, but what exactly is it and how do we go about cultivating it? In this workshop you will learn what curiosity is and how to use simple research-proven tools to inspire curiosity in your students.

Concurrent Sessions 3Transparent Course Design: How to Motivate Students by Telling Them Why In this workshop, we will discuss the research behind the Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education project housed at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. We will also practice how to make your own assignments more transparent and thus increase student success.

Motivating Students by Helping Them Build for the FutureMost students are motivated by the prospect of a future career. What general skills and competencies will prepare college graduates for a successful transition into the workplace? Why should we care?

The Social Network: Connection and MotivationAs a number of leading theories have argued, learning is thought to work best as a social endeavor. In this session, we will focus on the relationship between social interactions and student motivation to learn. We will also consider how we can encourage students to connect with each other and the world around them.

3:30 END DAY ONE

EDU 314

EDU 313

2:40 – COHORTS ASSEMBLE!!!

12:30 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2

1:30 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3

WHAT CAN TEACHERS

DO TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE

STUDY SKILLS? CULTIVATING

CURIOSITY: DRIVING STUDENTS TOWARD MOTIVATION VIA THE

SUBJECT MATTER

DESIGNING STUDENT CHOICES

EDU 314

EDU 316

EDU 317

TRANSPARENT COURSE DESIGN

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THE SOCIAL NETWORK:

CONNECTION AND

MOTIVATION

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MOTIVATING STUDENTS BY

HELPING THEM BUILD FOR THE

FUTURE

A NEW DAY DAWNS …

EDU 115

MAY 10, 2018BREAKFAST

AT 8:30

9:00 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4

10:10 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS 5

11:00 Lunch

3:05 Closing Plenary

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EDU 314

EDU 313

2:00 – COHORTS ASSEMBLE!!!

1:00 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS 6

12:00 – EDU 115

3:30 END

UNTIL NEXT TIME

11:30EDU115 LUNCH!!!

11:00 EDU 115

EDU 314

IF ONLY THEY PREPARED…

TURNING WISHES INTO

REALITY

EDU 316

THE POWER OF THE AH-HA MOMENT:

USING INQUIRY IN THE

CLASSROOM

“WHY SHOULD I CARE?” HELPING STUDENTS SEE THE RELEVANCE OF YOUR COURSE EDU

317

THE ROLE OF RAPPORT IN MOTIVATING STUDENTS

EDU 314

EDU 317

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OUR STRUGGLE IS REAL, TOO: MOTIVATION FOR FACULTY

EDU 317

NO LAUGHING MATTER? HUMOR IN

THE CLASSROOM

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EDU 316

THE PLAY'S THE THING -TEACHING AS PERFORMANCEWHAT MAKES A

COURSE FUN?

TEACHERS’ PRACTICES THAT

IMPACT STUDENTS’ MINDSETS