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News from the Center

Sheridan welcomes a new staff member:

Dr. Marc Lo, Assistant Director for Assessment and Evaluation

Congratulations:

to Head Teaching Consultant and Writing Associate Ali Mathwig (History of Art and Architecture), who was recognized by the 2017 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. Given by AAC&U, this honor recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education; who demonstrate a commitment to developing academic and civic responsibility in themselves and others; and whose work reflects a strong emphasis on teaching and learning. Ali was recognized for her work with the Sheridan Center and for the Brown graduate community.

Upcoming Events

All events are held at the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning (7th floor, Sci Li) unless noted. As space is limited, registration for events is required.

Junior Faculty Roundtable

The Junior Faculty Roundtable is a series of lunches designed to bring junior faculty together with campus leaders to explore a variety of faculty issues. Please join us for lunch with:

  • Provost Richard Locke on Thursday, February 16, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. Please register here.
  • President Christina Paxson on Friday, March 3, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. Please register here.

Inclusive Teaching Series

Supporting Students with Disabilities with Universal Design
Thursday, February 9, 12:00-1:20 p.m.
This workshop, led by SEAS Assistant Director Jonathan Corey, will explore the concept of universal design for teaching and learning. Participants will reflect on their own teaching methods and discuss opportunities to create inclusive classrooms and improve course accessibility for all students. Lunch will be provided starting at 11:45. Please register here.

Crises, Meltdowns and Everyday Angst: Supporting Students with Health or Personal Issues
Friday, February 17, 12:00-1:20 p.m.
Have you ever had a student stop attending class? Request extensions for health or mental health reasons? Recede from engagement in your course following a campus or national incident? This workshop will help teaching faculty navigate these difficult moments with students and become familiar with the resources Brown provides to support both you and them. This workshop will be most relevant for instructors of record. Workshop facilitators include Carol Cohen (DoC); Cindy Capra (Health Services), Timothy Shiner (Campus Life), and Allyson Braithwaite-Gardner (CAPS). Lunch will be provided starting at 11:45 a.m. Please register here.

Inclusive Feedback on Writing
Tuesday, February 21, 11:00-11:45 a.m.  and 1:30-2:45 p.m.
Offered through OIDI Professional Development Day.
Led by Sheridan staff Anne Kerkian (ELL), Sara Gramley (ELL), and Stacy Kastner (Writing), the goal of this workshop is to provide an opportunity for participants to consider how cultural lenses may affect the ways in which feedback on writing is given and received, especially with regards to multilingual writers. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with current research on writing response and assessment as well as to experiment with inclusive methods for responding to writers coming from diverse backgrounds and writing for a variety of purposes.

Effective and Inclusive Presentations
Thursday, March 2, 12:00-1:20 p.m.
Inclusive communication is an increasingly important consideration in higher education. This interactive workshop will focus on best practices for developing and delivering a presentation for a classroom of diverse learners. Participants will learn strategies for using the voice, designing visuals, and creating assignments that aim to include all members of an audience, especially one with multiple linguistic and cultural backgrounds. This workshop will be facilitated by Sara Gramley, Sheridan Center English Language Learning Specialist. Please register here.

Academic Job Search Series
Co-sponsored by CareerLAB

Planning a Teaching Demonstration
Wednesday, February 15, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Some academic interviews now require a teaching presentation or demonstration as an indicator of instructional effectiveness.  In this interactive session, we will discuss the range of formats a teaching demonstration can take, as well as questions to ask your interviewers beforehand.  Workshop activities will help participants to construct a plan for a teaching presentation, which can be tailored to different institutional and disciplinary settings. This workshop will be facilitated by Mary Wright, Director of the Sheridan Center. Please register here.

Save the Date: Sheridan Invited Speaker Derek Bruff
More Than Just Shiny Objects: Using Technology to Support Student Learning

Tuesday, April 4, 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Please mark your calendar for the 2017 Sheridan Teaching Consultants Invited Speaker, Dr. Derek Bruff.

An understanding of how learning works can help us make teaching choices that more effectively foster student learning. When new technologies enter the scene, however, it’s not always clear how they fit into this process. Educational technology can facilitate new avenues for student learning, but if we’re not careful to use that technology in ways consistent with principles of learning, the technology can become just a distracting shiny object. In this talk, we’ll explore a few of those principles of learning and how they can help us be more intentional and effective as we integrate technology in our teaching.

This is a BYOD talk—bring your own device. Audience participation with mobile devices (phones, tablets, laptops) will be encouraged.

Location: Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, 7th floor, Sciences Library

Derek is the Director of the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching where he is also a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics. He is the author of Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments and the blog, Agile Learning.