2016 AEE 530 Professional Development Workshop Line up!

Inaugural #AEE530- Teaching & Learning Professional Development Series

What? A series of five workshops designed and delivered by participants of the PSU College of Agricultural Sciences AEE 530: Teaching and Learning in Agriscience course. All are invited!

When? Wednesdays on dates indicated below from 4:15pm-5:15pm

Where? Ferguson Building Room 202 (Alternative location of Ferguson 205)

Date	Description	Facilitators
March 23rd	Does diversity matter? Maximizing multicultural competency for teaching success. This instructional and interactive workshop will give educators and students specific techniques and tips to deliver instructional strategies that enhance teaching among multicultural and diversified audiences. Participants will gain a greater awareness of current and global issues, and strengthen intercultural awareness.	·   Ms. Leslie Pillen, PSU Sustainable Student Farm Design Coordinator ·   Mr. Maurice Smith, Graduate Student, Agr Extension & Education ·   Dr. Ivan Sopushynskyy, Forestry visiting scholar from Ukraine
March 30th	Beyond classroom walls: Effectively engaging in experiential learning. Constructivism is the intersection of a student’s experiences and ideas.  This learning theory can be effectively enhanced through experiential learning.  Instructors may create opportunities for students to “try out” what they have learned through active experimentation during classroom and field experiences. This workshop will explore Kolb’s Theory of Experiential Learning and ways to integrate this into one’s own teaching.	·   Ms. Sara Mueller, Graduate Student, Wildlife & Fisheries Science ·   Mr. Dang Nguyen, Graduate Student, Horticulture
April 6th	Spinning the classroom web: Social media in your class. How can social media and other related tactics help maximize the interaction between the instructor and student, particularly when the class consists of 50 or more students?	·   Ms. Karly Regan, Graduate Student, Entomology ·   Mr. Bill Zimmerman, PSU Social Media Manager
April 13th	Teaching with your mouth shut: Active learning strategies to transform teaching. Teaching and learning in the classroom and in informal settings can be so much more than lecture and PowerPoint slides. Actively engaging learners with lesson content makes for more interesting lessons and better recall. With so many activities to fill your class time, how do you choose and effectively incorporate the right one?	·   Ms. Rita Graef, Curator- Pasto Ag Museum ·   Dr. Tetiana Popova, Agri. Econ. visiting scholar from Ukraine
April 20th	Utilizing scholarly inquiry in your own classroom: Conducting scholarship of teaching and learning. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is a way in which teachers can formally investigate a certain aspect of teaching in their own classrooms.  This peer-reviewed research strategy allows teachers to be more involved in the teaching and learning process and improve their own and their colleague’s teaching methods.  This workshop will provide an introduction to SoTL and provide tools to get SoTL started in your own classroom.	·   Ms. Meghan Tanner, Graduate Student, Agr Extension & Education ·   Ms. Jenna Reeger, Graduate Student, Plant Biology ·   Ms. Yu Wang, Edu Technology visiting scholar from China