Archive
February 27, 2012
Curriculum Development and Disability Studies
How to integrate disability perspectives into your classes
Led by:
Dr. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
Garland-Thomson is a founder of the interdisciplinary field of disability studies and author of Staring: How We Look (Oxford 2009) and Extraordinary Bodies (Columbia 1996).
April 5, 2012
Spring ETS Faculty Seminar
Virtual Ink: Collaborative Writing Tools
Led by:
Richard Olivo, Professor, Biological Sciences
Al Rudnitsky, Professor, Education & Child Studies
Janie vanPee, Professor, French Studies
Collaborative writing tools can be used for student peer critique, feedback on student assignments, group project reporting, storytelling, essays or for your own research writing.
Faculty Development Coordinator: agabriel@smith.edu
May 10, 2012
How to Tell What's Working in My Classroom
Open to Smith and Mount Holyoke College faculty
Led by:
Barbara E. Walvoord, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita
University of Notre Dame
May 23, 2012
Mutual Mentoring:
Moving Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Mentoring
Led by:
Mary Deane Sorcinelli
Associate Provost for Faculty Development
Professor of Educational Policy, Research and Administration
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mentoring offers a vital contribution to a successful academic career, particularly for women and faculty of color. The most common form of mentoring has been a “traditional model,” which is defined by a one-on-one relationship between an experienced faculty member who guides the career development of an early career faculty member. Recent literature, however, has indicated the emergence of new, more flexible approaches to mentoring in which faculty build a network of “multiple mentors” who can address a variety of career competencies.
Identify potential roadblocks to success in an academic career; explore both traditional and emerging models of mentoring; “map” your own mentoring networks; and discuss best practices in mentoring, including how to be your own best mentor.
October 30, 2012
Fall ETS Faculty and Staff Seminar
Positive Interactivity: Mobile Devices in the Classroom
Led by:
Lisa Young, Ph.D.
Faculty and Instructional Designer
Scottsdale Community College
Faculty are experimenting with the use of mobile devices for purposeful interactivity in the classroom with positive results such as more active learning environments and stronger feedback. In addition to sharing her experiences, she led a workshop using mobile devices.
Faculty Development Coordinator: agabriel@smith.edu
Spring 2013
Education Technology Services Faculty and Staff Seminar
The Flipped Classroom
Scholar and author Barbara Walvoord, renowned for bringing the flipped classroom concept to higher education, will speak.
Contact: Aisha Gabriel, Faculty Development Coordinator
