CATL Past Events & Materials

Past Events and Materials from the UW-La Crosse Center for Advancing Teaching & Learning

14th Annual UW-La Crosse Conference on Teaching & Learning

Writing To Do Democracy: And Investigation of Political Science Undergraduate Writing Performance
Ray Block, Ruth Cronje & Dan Henke
Enhancing Student Understandings of U.S. Political Ideology
Stephen McDougal, Jo Arney, Ray Block & Jeremy Arney
Making Cookies: Helping Undergraduate Political Science Students Join the Academic Conversation
Ray Block, Ruth Cronje & Dan Henke
Blind Peer Review: A Departmental SoTL Project
Jeremy Arney & Adam Van Liere

with Jo Arney, Ray Block, Cecilia Manrique & Steve McDougal
Teaching Abroad in Ireland: A Passport to Student Learning on the Emerald Isle
Casey Tobin & Keely Rees
Mid-Semester Active Learning Intervention in Organic Chemistry
Heather Schenck
Lesson Study in Economics: Developing Students' Thought Processes For Choosing Appropriate Statistical Methods
Betsy Knowles & James Murray
Lesson Study in English: Framing Expectations for Literacy Interpretation
Susan  Crutchfield, Natalie Eschenbaum,
Bryan Kopp & Kelly Sultzbach
Lesson Study in Environmental Studies: Improving Group Discussion Using a Human Continuum
Jan Wellik, Kate Hasenbank, & Wayne Bocher

Lesson Study in Health Professions: Effectiveness of
Applying Case Study

Melissa Weege & Aileen Staffaroni

Lesson Study in Psychology: Students' Understanding of How
Beliefs and Context Influence Motivation for Learning

Tesia Marshik, Katy Kortenkamp, Rob Dixon & Bill Cerbin
   

September 24, 2012 | Permalink

2012 CATL Teaching Conference Presentations

Scoring Points with Discussion | Tim Dale
For full presentation, click the slide below
Dale


Purposeful Planning for Learning | Kristi Mally
For full presentation, click the slide below
Malley

 

Teaching with Brainshark | Diana Tempski
For full presentation, click the slide below
Tempski

September 17, 2012 in TECHNOLOGY & TEACHING | Permalink

2012 CATL Winter Break Workshops

Here are links to materials from the CATL Winter Break Workshops held January 12, 2012.

  • Classroom Time-Saving Google Apps
  • Creating Authentic Assignments
  • Difficult Dialogues (Handout - Discussion Evaluation Form)
  • Efficient and Effective Feedback
  • Enhancing Student Engagement
  • Reducing Test Anxiety 
  • Using CATS to Understand Student Learning (Handout - CAT Planning Guide)

January 12, 2012 | Permalink

An Introduction to Online Education

More students are electing to take online courses than ever before.  Where does one find information how to teach such courses?   Brian Udermann addressed these concerns at a workshop September 23, 2011, introducing online teaching at UW-L and how to go get started,  The event was geared towards faculty and staff who are considering developing and teaching online courses.

 

Intro to Online Teaching

 

For more specific information about training, preparation, or support for Online Teaching at UW-L, check the information located under the Faculty Resources sidebar at http://www.uwlax.edu/online.

September 26, 2011 | Permalink

Student Learning 1.0: Three Strategies to Improve Student Learning

 Slide presentation from a CATL workshop held Sptermber 9, 2011.

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September 21, 2011 | Permalink

Building Effective Feedback Into Your Class

Here is content from a workshop presented by Bryan Kopp and Bill Cerbin Friday, September 16, exploring  techniques that can be applied to effectively use feedback to improve both student learning and performance. 

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September 16, 2011 | Permalink

13th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning

Here are slides from the conference keynote address, Invigorating Student Learning:  How Should Students Study?  presented by Dr. Regan A. R. Gurung, Professor of Human Development and Psychology, UW-Green Bay on September 2nd, 2011.

 

InvigStudLearn


September 02, 2011 | Permalink

Tools for Teaching Workshops - 2011

Here are selected resources from the Tools for Teaching
workshops and demonstrations held June 9, 2011.

Designing & Assessing
Effective Group Discussions
Discussion Template & Evaluation Form
Elluminate: A Web Conferencing Tool that Integrates with D2L
Using Macros to
Accelerate Feedback

Using Jing
in Your Teaching
Three Strategies to
Improve Student Learning
Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale & References
Upcoming Tool in D2L:
ePortfolios

Difficult Dialogues
Five Strategies to Ensure
Effective Lecture Webcasting

De-bunking Wikipedia: Pedagogical and Practical Uses for the Classroom
Online Course Demonstrations

June 10, 2011 | Permalink

Investigating Student Engagement in Your Courses

  Here are slides of a presentation exploring the CLASSE as a tool that can be used to explore student engagement at the classroom level, an adaptation of the NSSE, National Survey of Student Engagement. 

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If you are interested in participating in a pilot use of this tool, please contact Patrick Barlow, x5-6867.

April 29, 2011 | Permalink

Assessing Group Learning

Here is content from an April 15th presentation on Assessing Group Learning presented by Dr. Patrick Barlow, University Assessment Coordinator.

 

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Additional Reference and Assessment Tools:

Example of a Discussion Evaluation Form
Impacts of Peer Review
Teamwork Rubric


April 21, 2011 | Permalink

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