TLC Bi-Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Good morning, K-State!

The end of the semester is almost here! Here is an update about what is going on in the Teaching & Learning Center (TLC):

Check out our TLC Professional Development Series!

Do you want to earn a TLC Professional Development Certificate or be selected as a TLC Fellow? You can, by participating in our series!

We have offered twelve events to date, and over 415 people have attended the events in person! We have explored many domains of teaching and learning and will explore many more. Zoom participation is available by request if you can’t attend in person.

It is not too late to participate! All of the events will be cataloged on our TLC Canvas page, and you can catch up at your convenience.

Please email us (teachingandlearning@k-state.edu) if you would like an invitation to our TLC Professional Development Series Canvas Page. This will provide access to the videos of our professional development events, information about our Professional Development Series, and provide a forum for discussing topics related to teaching and learning.

Recent Event on Effective Pedagogy and Student Anxiety!

This past Monday Drs. Karin Goldberg (Geology), Michele Janette (English), Don Kurtz (Social Work), and Kodee Walls (Counseling Center) offered an informative and thought-provoking workshop on dealing with issues related to student anxiety in our teaching. This event went so well, we are planning to offer it again toward the end of the Spring semester. Stay tuned!

Get Ready for Finals with the Academic Achievement Center!

Our friends at the Academic Achievement Center are holding workshops at which their academic coaches will discuss tools to help students prepare for final exams! Their first workshop was yesterday (we hope you saw it announced on our social media!) The next workshops are:

December 2^nd at 10:30AM in Union 209

December 2^nd at 2:00PM in Union 209

Video Resources to Help You Get the Most from Your Teaching Evaluations!

It is teaching evaluation time! This is an exciting time for our students to offer us feedback on our teaching so that we can improve. The K-State Student Governing Association has produced a video to help students understand the purpose of teaching evaluations and how to provide effective feedback on them. Check it out!

Dr. Don Saucier (Professor of Psychological Sciences and TLC Associate Director) also offers a video about how to approach your teaching evaluations, including how to explain the process to your students to help them understand the importance of teaching evaluations so that you get helpful feedback.

The Office of Assessment Is Partnering with the TLC to Offer an Assessment Series

We will be offering, with Fred Burrack and Dorothy Thompson from the Office of Assessment, a series of workshops in a partnership with the Teaching & Learning Center to discuss the all-important topic of assessment. Teaching, learning, and assessment are three core components of the K-State educational mission, and together we will be offering workshops on:

Using Qualtrics for Assessment

Tuesday, December 3rd 1:30-2:30PM in CBA 4061

Register HERE

Designing Assessments for Diversity and Cultural Competence

TBD in the Spring

Using Canvas for Assessment in Courses

TBD in the Spring

Assessing Undergraduate Learning Outcomes (Critical Thinking, Communication, Diversity)

TBD in the Spring

Power BI Training

TBD in the Spring

We look forward to you joining us in this exciting series!

TLC Canvas Discussion of the Week

Our discussion question of the week is:

What is the most creative thing you have done in your classes this semester?

Let us know if you have other questions you would like us to post.

TLC Highlighted Teacher November 2019

In each newsletter we will feature a K-Stater who is doing something special related to teaching and learning. This time, our TLC Highlighted Teacher is Kodee Walls.

I'm Kodee Walls and the Assistant Director of Training at Counseling Services. As a therapist, I enjoy the opportunity to engage with students and become a catalyst for change in their lives. Collaborating with my clients gives me great satisfaction because I'm empowering them to cultivate resilience in the face of adversity. As a Training Director, I relish the opportunity to foster the metacompetence, self-assessment, and self-reflection essential for competence in clinical work. I also teach the online Stress Management course (EDCEP 502), which helps flex my technological pedagogical skills. Reaching students via Global campus truly makes the world feel personally accessible.

Click HERE to view a video on Kodee and her teaching.

Call for TLC Twitter Teachers of November

Each month we will collect nominations for TLC Twitter Teachers of the Month. Please click here to nominate someone you would like us to recognize for their contributions to teaching and learning at K-State this month.

We look forward to continuing this exciting year! #IteachatKState

Sincerely,

Brian Niehoff

Director, Teaching & Learning Center

Don Saucier

Associate Director, Teaching & Learning Center

Like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram and Twitter! We will be using this hashtag to identify our posts – please use it as well when you post about your teaching, mentoring, and advising activities:

#IteachatKState

Upcoming Events Hosted by the TLC:

• TLC Assessment Series
• "Using Qualtrics for Assessment"
  • The Teaching and Learning Center and Office of Assessment have teamed up to develop a new professional development series focusing on assessment. This event will focus on Qualtrics. Qualtrics, a survey tool available to all K-State faculty and staff, has many uses for assessment. The session details several ways Qualtrics can facilitate direct and indirect assessment across a variety of situations, including: Gathering data from internships, Transitioning evaluation processes from paper forms to electronic means, and Facilitating project and dissertation defense processes.
  • Tuesday, December 3rd from 1:30-2:30pm in room 4061 within the College of Business Administration
  • Click HERE to register for this event.

Preview of Our Spring 2020 Events:

(More information coming soon!)

• Need to Know Series
• “Dealing with Student Issues and Concerns”
  • Presented by Presented by Jason Maseberg Tomlinson (Director of the Student Access Center), Heather Reed (Director of Student Life), & Camilla Roberts (Director, Honor and Integrity System)
  • Exact Date TBD

• TLC Professional Development Series
• “Bring Your ‘A’ Game: Leveling Up Class Discussion”
  • Presented by Traci Brimhall (English)
  • Exact Date TBD

• TLC Professional Development Series
• “The Point of PowerPoint is to Use All of Its Power”
  • Presented by Mick Charney (Architecture)
  • Exact Date TBD

• TLC Professional Development Series
• “Equitable Practices”
  • Presented by Ellie Sayre (Physics)
  • Exact Date TBD

• Need to Know Series
• “Assessing Undergraduate Learning Outcomes (Critical Thinking, Communication, Diversity)”
  • Presented by Presented by Fred Burrack (Director of the Office of Assessment)
  • Exact Date TBD

Other Upcoming Events Related to Teaching and Learning:

Our friends at the Academic Achievement Center are holding workshops at which their academic coaches will discuss tools to help students prepare for final exams! Their first workshop was yesterday (we hope you saw it announced on our social media!) The next workshops are:

• December 2^nd at 10:30AM in Union 209

• December 2^nd at 2:00PM in Union 209

Upcoming Award Deadlines:

• Nominations for TLC Twitter Teachers of the Month for November are due by 11:59PM on November 30^th!