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Wednesday,
June 22 |
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Time
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Activity |
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3:30
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Kickoff
Workshop
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Getting the Most Out of Your Faculty
Guidebook: Tool for Teaching/Learning Excellence
Come
receive your own copy of the Faculty Guidebook and learn how to
access the electronic
version of this versatile resource. Contents are practitioner-focused
and organized as
stand-alone 2-4 page modules covering specific teaching/learning topics.
These modules,
over 150 of them, have been authored by more than 40 educators from
community colleges,
private colleges, and research universities. The authors share a common
passion for a
leaner-centered, process-oriented approach for teaching and learning as
expressed in the
precepts of Process Education.
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1:00
7:00
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Registration
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6:00
7:00
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Hall
of Innovation
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Social (with appetizers)
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Posters
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7:00
7:15 |
Conference Orientation: Steve
Beyerlein and Kathy Burke
The Academy's Mission
What's in Your Notebook?
The New Issue of IJPE
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7:15
8:00
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Book Chat!
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Do the guiding principles of Process Education align with
What the
Best College Teachers Do? What ideas can immediately be
implemented in our classrooms and course designs?
Join Jim Morgan (Texas A&M) and Melissa
Desjarlais (Valparaiso University) as they lead a book chat focused on
What the Best College Teachers Do, by Ken Bain.
For more about this book, visit the
Harvard University Press website. Resources include: About the
Author, Reviews, Contents, + a link to purchase.
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Thursday,
June 23 |
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Time
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Activity |
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7:30am
8:30
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Registration
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8:30
8:45
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Conference
Welcome
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8:45
10:15 |
Opening
Plenary
Problem-Driven Learning:
A Socio-Cognitive Approach to Classroom
Design |
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Wendy C.
Newstetter
is the Director of Learning Sciences
Research in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia
Tech, studies cognition and learning in interdisciplines with an eye
towards designing educational environments that support the development
of integrative problem solving.
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10:15 10:45
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Break
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10:45 12:00
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Breakout session (I)
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Unleashing the
Power of
Reflection in Learning
Melissa
Desjarlais (Valparaiso Univ.) & Peter Smith (St. Marys College,
Emeritus)
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Transforming Faculty Professional Development
Professional Development Fellows (Kirkwood Community College)
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12:00 1:00
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Lunch
(supplied
with registration)
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1:15 2:30
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Breakout session (II)
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Innovation in Mathematics Education: A
Multifaceted Approach
Wade Ellis (West
Valley Community College, Emeritus)
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The Role of PE in New Student Orientation
Rebecca Jones & Kimberley Kilgore (both: St. Louis College of
Pharmacy)
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2:30
3:00
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Break
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3:00 4:15
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Breakout session (III)
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Virtual Reality
Education Parthfinders (VREP): Students Leading & Learning in 3D
Dr. Trace
Pickering (Grantwood AEA, Cedar Rapids) and Local High School Students
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Peer
Coaching: A Tool for Transformational Teaching
Tris Utschig (Georgia Tech) & Dan Cordon (Univ. of Idaho)
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4:15 5:00
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Closing
Plenary
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Measuring Transformative Power of a Conference
(Cy Leise) |
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An interactive discussion on how to identify qualities for any event.
Through a learning activity, we will explore event attributes and gain
clarification of key concepts.
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6:00
8:00
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Social Gathering at Cedar
Rapids Art Museum:
Transformational Learning through Art (hosted by local artist
educators)
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Friday,
June 24 |
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Time
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Activity |
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8:00am 8:30
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Academy business meeting
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8:30
8:45
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Welcome from Kirkwood Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bill Lamb
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8:45
9:45
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Plenary II
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Transformational Leadership: Process Tipping Points
(Kirkwood Professional Development Fellows & Kirkwood Administrators)
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This plenary will be a group experiential activity highlighting the
dynamics of organizational change. Participants will be involved in an
interactive diorama exploring the tipping points of the Kirkwood
Strategic Initiatives. The audience will observe the evolution of the
organizational change process and will help identify key strategies that
will lead to successful transformation.
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9:45 10:15 |
Break
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10:15 12:00
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Breakout session (IV)
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Building a Problem-Driven Learning
Activity for Your Class
Wendy Newstetter
(Georgia Tech)
A problem-based
learning design session where participants will work on designing a PBL
scenario along with a pedagogical implementation plan for their own
courses.
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12:00 1:00
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Lunch
(supplied
with registration)
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1:15
2:30
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Breakout session (V)
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A Living Learning to Learn Camp
Elizabeth
Mahaffey, Debra Spring, Joyce Adams, Lisa Davis (Hinds Community College
Nursing Program)
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Panel Discussion on Teaching Quantitative Problem Solving
Melissa Desjarlais (Valparaiso University), John Goodwin (Coastal
Carolina University), & Jim Morgan (Texas A&M University)
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2:30
3:00
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Break
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3:00
4:15
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Breakout session (VI)
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Rubric for Identifying Transformational
Educational Programs
Cy Leise
(Bellevue University)
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Publishing Your Process Education Efforts
IJPE Board (Jackie, Mohamed, Tris, Kathy)
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4:15
4:45
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Closing
Plenary
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Final Networking, Sharing Value Generated over
the Past Two Days, and a Community SII Assessment |
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Conference Assessment Scale will also be available on site via Survey
Monkey
Please send any additional comments to:
cy.leise@bellevue.edu
or
tris.utschig@cetl.gatech.edu
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Saturday,
June 25 |
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Time
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Activity |
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8:00 12:00 |
Academy
Board
Meeting (Agenda TBD)
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