About the FDC:

Faculty Development Center
109 Bruce T. Halle Library
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
Email: aavp_fdc@emich.edu
Ph: 734.487.0020 x2111

Donations are made through the EMU Foundation by specifying:
01429 - Bruce K Nelson Faculty Friends Development Fund

Workshops, Events

Upcoming FDC Events
External Conference Listing
Handouts and Links From Recent Workshops
FDC Monthly Calendar

Upcoming FDC Events:

SPSS I Summer I Workshop

May 16th (Halle G07B) or May 18th (Halle 110)
10:00am-12:00pm
Led by Professor Joe Scazzero

This "hands-on" workshop is for faculty and staff who have never used or feel out-of-date with the statistics package SPSS. The menu-driven system of the Windows version of SPSS 18 will be demonstrated for performing common tasks such as: entering data into SPSS, creating variable and value labels, computing new variables, recoding values, running selected statistical procedures, and saving data and output files. The SPSS I workshop will cover the basics of this package. To register click here.

SPSS II Summer I Workshop

May 23 (Halle G07B) or May 25 (Halle G07B)
10:00am-12:00pm
Led by Professor Joe Scazzero

This "hands-on" workshop is for faculty and staff who want to know how to create and use syntax files for the statistics package SPSS 18 for Windows. The SPSS II workshop will cover selected advanced features and syntax files. Syntax files are text files that allow the user to run programs on a SPSS data file. The advantages of using a syntax files rather than the menu-driven system will be discussed and demonstrating during the workshop. To register click here.

Creating Free Surveys Workshop

May 29, June 7 or June 11
110 Halle Library
Check registration form for times
Led by Kelly Frisch

Google forms are a useful tool to help you plan events, send a survey, give students a quiz, or collect other information in an easy, streamlined way. A Google form is automatically connected to a spreadsheet with the same title. When you send or share a form, recipients’ responses will anonymously be collected in that spreadsheet. This tool can automatically summarize your data into graphs/tables. To learn how to use Google as a survey tool simply register by clicking here for a 90 minute workshop.

For workshops on Grant Writing and Research check out EMU's Office of Research & Development.

HR's Training & Organizational Development newsletter lists many practical workshops of interest to faculty.

You may also want to check out the offerings on the IT training calendar, and support and training for eCollege (EMU-Online, eCompanion).

Upcoming External Conferences:

4th Annual SOTL Academy (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)

May 20-22, 2012
Grand Valley State University
Grand Rapids, MI

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Academy seeks to bring together all members of the academy engaging in or wanting to learn about the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Applications are encouraged from experts and novices in this field, at all career stages. This national conference will provide a forum for presenting new SoTL work, for sharing reflections on SoTL and its role within the academy, and networking with others engaged in this enterprise. For more information please visit the SoTL Academy website. Or click here to go directly to their registration page. The deadline for submitting proposals for this conference has passed.

Institute for Curriculum and Campus Internationalization (ICCI)

May 20-23, 2012
Bloomington, IN

The Indiana University Center for the Study of Global Change is proud to announce its Institute for Curriculum and Campus Internationalization (ICCI). This unique institute facilitates the internationalization of your campuses, curricula, and/or courses, to better prepare students to be effective scholars, practitioners, and citizens of the 21st century. This institute is open to all college and university faculty, staff, and administrators, so feel free to share with colleagues in and outside of your institution. See details & contact information here.

Reacting to the Past (RTTP) Annual Institute

June 7-10, 2012
New York, NY

The program features two cycles of game workshops that allow participants to experience two different "Reacting to the Past" games over the course of the institute. At registration, faculty participants should choose one game for Thursday-Friday and a second game on Saturday-Sunday. The program also includes a series of concurrent sessions focusing on the RTTP pedagogy, game management, and liberal education more generally. Find more information on this event, including program and registration details or to access the online registration form here.

Reacting to the Past (RTTP) Game Development Conference

July 19-21, 2012
Mt. Pleasant, MI

Sponsored by Central Michigan University, this will be the first conference devoted to designing games for the pedagogical method "Reacting to the Past." Participants will play two Reacting-style games that are currently in development, discuss game design principles and processes, and work to expand and explore ideas for new games. Call for proposals (deadline April 15).

Handouts and Links from Recent FDC Workshops

Webinars

Connections Learning, Webinar: The Many Uses of Online Learning After clicking on the link, to view you need to enter the register's email address. To access this webinar you will need to enter peggy.liggit@emich.edu. From April 17, 2012.
Embedding Universal Learning Design in the Classroom, Webinar: Low and No-Cost Strategies that work A word document with a link to a recording of the webinar, as well as to the handouts. From March 15, 2012.
Copyright and Fair Use: Codes of Best Practice in Higher Education From February 23, 2012.
To view the archive
- Go to the link above
- Enter the registrant's email address: asinger@emich.edu
- Enter the Event ID: 18612
- Enter the Order Number: 683800
Brian Smith's webinar "And We're Live: What You Need to Know About Live Webcasting and Lecture Capture"

Faculty Development Colloquium

Terry Doyle's "Follow Where the Research Leads"

FERPA

Handouts from Disability Resource center

T2R - August 2010

Setting the Tone

Setting the tone (Word document)

Teaching and Learning at EMU

EMU Lectures on iTunes U

View guest speaker Terry Doyle's "Follow Where the Research Leads" lecture from our Faculty Development Spring Colloquium, as well as other online videos of past lectures/presentations at the FDC, at iTunes U: Faculty Development Center. (because this is iTunes, this link may take a minute to load)

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