111D DeVos Center 
Note: Parking is in the DeVos lot. For those of you without a parking sticker please park in the Fulton Street lot. Click here for a map of the downtown construction.

Join us for a pre-Academy Blackboard Workshop
11:30 - 12:15pm   - 111D DEV
Getting Started with Blackboard 
Sherry Barricklow
Register separately at http://www.gvsu.edu/seminar

Academy Schedule

12:45 - 1pm - Registration    111D DEV

1 - 1:10pm  - Welcome
   
1:10 - 2:00pm - Keynote Presentation
Community Engaged Teaching and Learning     
Ruth Stegeman, Assistant Dean, Director for Community Engagemeent

What is community engagement, and how does one navigate the challenges and benefits of this high-impact teaching practice? This session will provide an informational orientation to community-based teaching and learning, including its relationship to other civic involvement at GVSU. We will explore how to access networks of like-minded faculty, employ online tools, and locate financial and other resources to support an engaged pedagogy.

Breakouts in 111D, 117E, 119E
2:10 - 3:00
Getting Started in Service Learning - Patty Stow Bolea

Increasing Student Engagement with Classrooms Response Systems at GVSU - Jayne Dissette

Engaging Students through Writing Activities and Assignments  - Lindsay Ellis

3:10 - 4:00
Engaging Students in Large Classes - Christine Rener

Interactive Techniques and Technology that Foster Engagement - Glenna Decker, Kim Kenward, and Matt Roberts

Engaging Students in Learning using Library Resources - Hazel McClure

4:10 - 4:30pm
Open forum, wrap up and evaluation  

4:30 - 6pm
Networking Reception in UClub  - 107C DEV