Category Faculty/Staff News & Events

Teaching Idea: Liven Up Class Using Real-time Polling

If you’ve ever wondered if students are grasping content in the classroom, try using polling. Polling allows all students to respond to a question (multi-choice or open-ended) and immediately aggregates responses. Some departments have clickers, but you can use a…

Wine, Cheese, and SIP Discussion on Jan. 27

Have you wrestled with how to convey expectations in Student Individualized Project (SIP) experiences? Do you have a reproducible way to evaluate student performances across experiences and years? Would you like to give more meaningful feedback to students about their…

Teaching Idea: Liven Up Class Using Real-time Polling

If you’ve ever wondered if students are grasping content in the classroom, try using polling. Polling allows all students to respond to a question (multi-choice or open-ended) and immediately aggregates responses. Some departments have clickers, but you can use a…

What’s New in Our Latest Blackboard Release? Jan. 28

On Jan. 28, Information Services Professional Development will be hosting a 12 p.m. workshop, led by David Soliday, Instructional Technologist. OWU Blackboard received an upgrade over break. It looks different–but everything is in the same place it was before–and there…

Free Lunch and Artist Talk for Faculty/Staff on Jan. 26

The Ross Art Museum is hosting a Chat & Chow session at 12 p.m. on Jan. 26. Art Department faculty member Kristina Bogdanov will be the featured speaker. The informal gathering will consist of a 30-minute walk through of the current…

IS Professional Development Workshops

Information Services is happy to present another semester of 12 p.m. workshops for faulty and staff. The full calendar is now available online. Topics include Video Conferencing Part 1 and 2, Blackboard Grade Center, Microsoft Publisher, and Office Mix. Lunch is…

Teaching Circle Spring 2016 to start Jan. 26 & 27

Teaching Circle will resume our lively discussions of all things pedagogy on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27. Meetings will take place at 12 p.m. in Merrick 201 (the “lounge” room). This month, we’ll discuss an article on teaching of metacognitive skills…

Free Lunch and Artist Talk for Faculty/Staff on Jan. 26

The Ross Art Museum is hosting a Chat & Chow session at 12 p.m. on Jan. 26. Art Department faculty member Kristina Bogdanov will be the featured speaker. The informal gathering will consist of a 30-minute walk through of the current…

What’s New in Our Latest Blackboard Release? Jan. 28

On Jan. 28, Information Services Professional Development will be hosting a 12 p.m. workshop, led by David Soliday, Instructional Technologist. OWU Blackboard received an upgrade over break. It looks different–but everything is in the same place it was before–and there…

Teaching Circle Spring 2016 to start Jan. 26 & 27

Teaching Circle will resume our lively discussions of all things pedagogy on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27. Meetings will take place at 12 p.m. in Merrick 201 (the “lounge” room). This month, we’ll discuss an article on teaching of metacognitive skills…