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| Christine Harrington: Student Success Strategies for Professors: Putting
Research into Practice
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Facilitated by Christine Harrington, Middlesex County College
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Audience : College Success Instructors
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02/17/2010: 01:00 PM Eastern, 12:00 PM Central, 11:00 AM Mountain, 10:00 AM Pacific
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There is never a shortage of advice for students when it comes to the successful strategies. Do
this, don't do that. Students hear this advice from well meaning friends, family members, teachers,
professors, counselors, and the list goes on. Much of the advice tends to be based on experiences
which can certainly be valuable. However, it is essential that educators model good practices in
their classrooms that are based on research and that students are provided with accurate
information. Exposing students to student success research will assist them in better understanding
what strategies will work and which ones are not effective. This interactive, informative workshop
will review several research studies on student success. Specifically, the topics of studying
behaviors, test-taking and note-taking skills will be addressed.
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| Cengage-Hosted WebTutor
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Facilitated by Travis Felshaw, Technology Service & Training Consultant
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Audience : New users preparing for the term.
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02/19/2010: 12:00 PM Eastern, 11:00 AM Central, 10:00 AM Mountain, 09:00 AM Pacific
02/25/2010: 10:00 AM Eastern, 09:00 AM Central, 08:00 AM Mountain, 07:00 AM Pacific
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If you're getting ready to use our Cengage-Hosted WebTutor for the first
time then this session is highly recommended. Participants will explore basic platform features
through an instructor perspective. During this session you will have the opportunity to learn how
to:
- Optimize your web browser to display your platform interface and content properly
- Add students to your course
- Navigate throughout the basic platform
- Locate online help files
- Hide or disable platform features
- Add your syllabus to your course
- Use basic functions of the platform for content presentation, assessment, communication,
course and content management
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| Constance Staley: Generation1: First in the Family and Proud of It, but...
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Facilitated by Constance Staley, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
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Audience : College Success Instructors
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02/23/2010: 01:00 PM Eastern, 12:00 PM Central, 11:00 AM Mountain, 10:00 AM Pacific
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“I’m in college because I want to make a better life for myself. My
parents never had this opportunity.” “I hope college will help me figure
things out, but I really don’t know what to expect.” First-generation
college students, who often fill our classrooms in increasing percentages today,
are capturing the attention of researchers, the media, administrators, and faculty.
What issues do they face? What kinds of instructional strategies can help them
achieve—not only the key academic skills they need, but also the “hardiness”
to stick with it? This eSeminar by author Constance Staley (a first-generation
college graduate herself) will provide specific insights and practical advice.
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| Dave Ellis: Increasing Student Involvement in the Classroom
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Facilitated by Dave Ellis, Author of The Master Student Series
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Audience : College Success Instructors
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02/25/2010: 01:00 PM Eastern, 12:00 PM Central, 11:00 AM Mountain, 10:00 AM Pacific
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Several strategies will be presented to assist teachers to increase student involvement in the
classroom. This interactive seminar will outline practical techniques and exercises that can be used
in any subject and are particularly well suited for college success courses.
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| Jennifer Hurd: Learning Styles: Teaching to the Four Corners
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Facilitated by Jennifer Hurd, TeamUP Faculty Programs Consultant, Cengage
Learning
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Audience : College Success Instructors
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03/02/2010: 01:00 PM Eastern, 12:00 PM Central, 11:00 AM Mountain, 10:00 AM Pacific
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While we all have some of every learning style as part of our perception of the world around us, we
all also have one style that is dominate. As instructors, we tend to develop a teaching style from
our predominant learning style. We tend to teach the way we learn the best. So what happens to the
students in our classes who do not share our learning and teaching styles? This session will help
you understand how to reach those students who have different learning styles than yours. It will
also help you to explain the dynamics of learning styles for students and how this effects their
relationships with others.
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| Constance Staley: Back by Popular Demand: Fired Up or Burned Out? Teaching
Strategies to Help First-Year Seminar Instructors Rekindle Their Enthusiasm
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Facilitated by Connie Staley, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
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Audience : College Success instructors
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04/06/2010: 01:00 PM Eastern, 12:00 PM Central, 11:00 AM Mountain, 10:00 AM Pacific
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Today’s students… We sometimes ask: are they busy, bored, or burned out? But what about
us? What can we do to stay invigorated? How can we re-energize? What teaching strategies can we use
that will keep us focused on the task at hand—helping
our students learn? This e-seminar—occurring at just the right point in the semester—will
generate some illuminating insights and activities to help us as teachers.
To download the presentation slide, click
here.
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| Dean Mancina: 10 Top Teaching Tips
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Facilitated by Dean Mancina, Golden West College
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Audience : College Success Instructors
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04/07/2010: 01:00 PM Eastern, 12:00 PM Central, 11:00 AM Mountain, 10:00 AM Pacific
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In this workshop, Dean Macina will share 10 of his favorite strategies for teaching student success
in the classroom. He learned and compiled these strategies over the last two decades of teaching
the student success course.
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| Jeffrey Kottler: Promoting Social Justice and Community Service: Inspiring
Freshman to Get Involved
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Facilitated by Jeffrey Kottler, California State University, Fullerton
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Audience : College Success Instructors
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04/14/2010: 01:00 PM Eastern, 12:00 PM Central, 11:00 AM Mountain, 10:00 AM Pacific
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One of the challenges working with first-year students is helping them to become actively involved
in projects that can make a difference in their communities or abroad. Based on research and several
service projects, this program discusses ways to incorporate social justice as a theme in freshman
seminars. One project is described in detail in which students have worked to provide scholarships
for at-risk girls in Nepal.
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