Lunch and Learn Open Forum: Artificial Intelligence and the Evolving Role of Educator February 13 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Trustees Dining Hall Workshop: Practical and Ethical Use of AI Tools in Your Course February 13 from 4 pm – 5:15 pm Location TBD The Faculty Development Center and Writing Programs invite […]
We will use an adapted formulation of the reduce/reuse/recycle framework to identify strategies for actually protecting the protected time on our schedules, especially when unexpected student, family, or self-care needs arise. Borrowing from Berg & Seeber’s The Slow Professor, we will interrogate “timelessness tips” for re-claiming our time and reframing how we think about spending […]
The science of learning can yield considerable insight and guidance in the quest to understand effective teaching and learning strategies. In this session, join Assistant Professor of Psychology Adam Putnam to learn more about several learning principles that have emerged from research in cognitive science as well as several persistent myths about the learning process. […]
While some of our common conventional grading practices perpetuate inequitable and ineffective strategies to assess learning, what options foster more equitable outcomes? How might we more fairly evaluate group and individual learning, account for late or incorrect work, and deal with integrity violations using these practices? In this Learning by Design (LBD) Studio, we draw […]
Special Collections and Archives offers 2 short summer fellowships for Furman faculty each year. Fellows explore our collections and liaise with library faculty and staff with an eye to enhancing an existing course or developing new course assignments or content to engage students with Furman’s rare and unique books, manuscripts, documents, and objects. Come to […]
Integrating technology into your pedagogy can allow tech-savvy students to engage in project-based learning in authentic and relevant ways that increase both engagement and motivation to learn. In this session, hear from three colleagues who have incorporated the use of drones in Furman courses and research projects before brainstorming opportunities to use similar technology in […]
Finding time to do the deep work of writing can be challenging. Sometimes, the support of an accountability group or coach can help clarify writing goals, redefine attitudes toward writing, and help foment a daily (or regular!) writing practice. Join faculty who have recently worked with coaching or writing accountability groups to learn more about […]
Wednesday, April 26 – Hartness Pavilion With options to connect from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Register here and print your prize ticket here. At an institution like Furman dedicated to holistic student success, we are all educators--each of us has consulted our own experiences and evidence to evolve as our students, our roles, and […]
If you’ve read Grading for Equity or been experimenting with (and perhaps frustrated by!) flexible deadlines and assignment alternatives in your classes, this series is for you! Specs Grading offers practical guidelines for amplifying student agency while maintaining high standards in your courses. Participants will receive a copy of Specifications Grading and revise an existing […]
In this course redesign opportunity participants will use a backward design process popularized by Dee Fink to re-envision the goals, assessments, and activities of an existing course to satisfy IEJ GER credit. Courses redesigned and submitted to the proper approving committee for IEJ GER credit by August will be available to students for Spring 2024 […]
If you are working with summer research students to learn qualitative coding analysis—especially for data related to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)--and would like to join a cohort of faculty and student researchers learning the same methodology, the Summer SoTL Scholars program may be beneficial to you and your students. For more intel […]
Developing a consistent writing practice can be challenging given the many roles and responsibilities we take up as faculty and academic staff. In this Learning By Design video, based on Helen Sword’s Writing with Pleasure, we will unlock novel ways to positively reframe your relativity to writing and tap into its joys. We’ll review research […]
