April 20, 2006--“Teaching with Teams: Dealing with Student Challenges within a Group Setting”

Roseanna Tufano, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences

Rowena Ortiz-Walters, Assistant Professor of Management, Lender School of Business

 
March 2, 2006--“Universal Design for Instruction: A Framework for Inclusive Teaching”

Joan M. McGuire Ph.D., Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Co-Director, Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability, University of Connecticut, Storrs

 
February 9, 2006--“Teaching with Teams: Pitfalls and Possibilities”

A Faculty/Student Panel Discussion

Roseanna Tufano, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy

Elizabeth McGann, Interim Associate Dean, Professor of Nursing, SHS

Robert Halliday, Assistant Professor of Management

Alicia Favicchio, Michael Holt, Catherine Furfaro, Star Team Consultants

 
January 26, 2006 –“Focus on Excellence in Education: NEASC as a partner”

Robert Froh, Ph.D., Associate Director of NEASC

 
November 15, 2005 – “Beyond Writing to Learn—Teaching Writing in the Disciplines”

A joint QUWAC-EESS seminar

Debbie Clark, Sue Hudd, Bob Smart, Sean Duffy, Bob Engle (in absentia), Liam O’Brien, Susan Dailey

 
November 9, 2005 – “Dealing with Cheating—Stories from the Trenches”

A Faculty Panel Discussion

Renee Gravois Lee, Kathy Cooke, Don Buckley, Dawn Colomb-Lippa, Quinnipiac University

 
October 20, 2005 – Discussion of a proposed Center for Faculty Development with members of EESS, TUG, QUWAC, AOFPC of the Faculty Senate, Learning Center, Academic Technology, Academic Affairs

 
September 29, 2005 – “Teaching for Successful Intelligence” and “A Theory of Hate”

Dr. Robert Sternberg

Yale University

 
August 23, 2005 – Faculty Development Day

Gloria Rogers, Director of ABET

9:00 am – Noon: Workshop with Deans, Directors and Chairs in Mancheski Seminar Room

3:00 pm: Seminar for Faculty in Echlin Science Center 101

4:30 pm: Reception for Faculty in the Echlin Science Center Courtyard

 
April 28, 2005 – “The Freshman Seminar in the New Core Curriculum: Status Report on Program Development and Evaluation”

Dr. Sean Duffy, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Core Curriculum, and

Mr. Walter Mullen, Coordinator of Assessment and Academic Research, both of Quinnipiac University

 
March 31, 2005 – “Beyond Grades: How Do You Know What Your Students Learned?”

Dr. Diane Goldsmith, Dean, Planning Research and Assessment,

The Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium

 
February 17, 2005 – “Raising the Bar: Supporting Students in More Challenging Work”

Dr. Christine Ross, Department of English and Director of the Freshman Writing Program, Quinnipiac University

 
January 27, 2005 – “Constructing Student-Centered Learning Environments”

Francis Rowe, QU Online, Quinnipiac University

 
November 30, 2004 – “Blended Teaching: Grounded, Online, and In Between”

Dr. Laurence Miners, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Academic Excellence, and Dr. Kathryn Nantz, Associate Professor of Economics, both of Fairfield University

 
September 28, 2004 – “Faculty Development Initiatives”

Dr. Debbie Clark (EESS), Dr. Mark Hoffman (TUG), Ms. Maureen Schorr (IDEA), Dr. Robert Smart (QUWAC), Dr. Sean Duffy (Core Curriculum), Mr. Walter Mullen (Academic Affairs)

 
September 28, 2004 – “Learner-Centered Teaching”

Dr. Maryellen Weimer

Professor of Teaching and Learning at Berks Lehigh Valley College of Penn State, and previously Associate Director of the National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning and Assessment )

 
April 20, 2004 - “Teaching and Learning in the Information Age”

Ed Klonoski

Executive Director of the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium

 
March 18, 2004 – “Multicultural Education: Who Needs It?”

Dr. Sonia Nieto

School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,

Renowned educator and author of Affirming Diversity:  The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education, The Light in Their Eyes:  Creating Multicultural Learning Communities, and What Keeps Teachers Going?

 
February 19, 2004 – “What Makes General Education So Important?”

Dr. John A. Jenkins

Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Music and Dance and Associate Director for Academic Programs, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 
January 20, 2004 - “Using Reasoning Problems in Class: Challenging Students to Motivate Learning”

Dr. Steve Brewer and Dr. Randy Phillis

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 
Sept. 25, 2003 – “Making the Most of College”

Dr. Richard J. Light, Harvard University

 
March 27, 2003—“Making the Most of Student Laptops”

Bill Clyde, Christine Ross, Kathy Simione, Allan Smits

 
Jan. 23, 2003—Discussion of Richard Light’s book (see Sept. 25, 2003)

Deborah Clark, Bob Smart and Sean Duffy

 
Nov. 15, 2002 –Breakfast with Excellence in Education, Discussion of Dr. Richard J. Light’s book (see Sept. 25, 2003)

 
Nov. 14, 2002 –Lunch with Excellence in Education, Discussion of Dr. Richard J. Light’s book (see Sept. 25, 2003)

 
April 24, 2002—“Mindful Teaching: Practical Strategies for Practical Teachers”

Dr. Peter Doolittle, Director of the Educational Psychology Program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

 
Oct. 25, 2001 –“Using Online Components to Enhance Student Learning: Constructivism and Blackboard”

Dr. Sylvie L. F. Richards, Multimedia Designer/Developer for Academic Information Technologies at CUNY, Brooklyn College

 
Sept. 10, 2001—“MITA Problem-Solving for a Bio-Tech Age”

Dr. Ellen Weber, Director of the MITA Center for Educational Renewal, Professor of Education, Houghton College

 
April 7, 2001 – “E-Media Symposium on Online Learning”

Featured Speakers include former Senator Robert Kerrey, president of the New School University in New York City and Ed Klonoski, Executive Director of the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium

 
April 4, 2001 -  “How People Learn”

Presented by Don Buckley, Director of Technology School of Health Sciences, Quinnipiac University

 
March 20, 2001 –   “Collaborative Learning”

Dr. John Bennett of the University of Connecticut

 
February 14, 2001 – “Active Learning Strategies for the Classroom”

Dr. Keith Barker, Associate Vice Provost/Director of the Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Connecticut

 
January 29, 2001 -  “Socrates and Spider Webs:  Uses of Technology in Chemical Education”

Dr. Andri Smith, Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, Quinnipiac University

 
November 15, 2000 –  “Curriculum Design for Asynchronous Learning”

Mr. Ed Klonoski, Executive Director,

Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium

 
November 8, 2000 – “Computer-Based Simulations and Tutors  in Chemical Education”

Dr. William J. Vining, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 
October 25, 2000 -  “Technology and Science Curriculum Theory and Practice: An Insurmountable Gulf?”

Dr. Kathleen Flickinger, Media Advisor, Prentice Hall