USG Faculty Development Monthly Series — Academic Year 2008-2009
Most events will be held at the Global Learning Center at Georgia Tech. Registration for events will begin in July 2008. If you are interested in registering for more than two workshops or for additional information, please contact Linda Noble in the Office of Faculty Affairs:
Linda Noble
Office of Faculty Affairs
Phone: 404-656-0763 or 404-656-0764
Email: Linda.noble@usg.edu
NOTE: Workshops will be webcast live on the day of the event and digitally recorded for later viewing. Please see the information below each individual workshop to find out how you can view the live webcast prior to the date of the event. After the event you will also find the links to the recorded sessions below each workshop.
- Sep 12, 2008
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Alan Thomas, University of Chicago Press
Publishing Fundamentals: A Workshop for Authors of a First Scholarly Book
Target Audience: Junior Faculty in the Humanities
Global Learning Center, Georgia TechRegistration is closed
- Sep 26, 2008
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Connie Schroeder, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Positioning Teaching & Learning Centers for Institutional Leadership, Collaboration, and Change
Target Audience: CTL Directors and Campus Representatives
Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Kennesaw State UniversityRegister online (password protected) — Contact Linda Noble for password information
- Oct 17, 2008
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Chris Randall, Kennesaw State University
Going the Distance: Designing and Delivering Quality Online Courses and Degree Programs
Target Audience: USG Faculty
Global Learning Center, Georgia TechRegistration is closed
Recorded versions of this session can be found at the following links. Due to the length of the workshop the entire workshop has been divided into three recorded sessions.
- Nov 14, 2008
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Gail Gunnells, General Counsel for TRX
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Copyright & Fair Use In the University System of Georgia
Target Audience: USG Faculty & LibrariansRegistration is closed
Recorded versions of this session can be found at the following links. Due to the length of the workshop the entire workshop has been divided into three recorded sessions.
- Jan 23, 2009
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Susan Herbst & Linda Noble, University System of Georgia
Developing Research & Teaching Portfolios
Target Audience: Tenure-track Faculty
Global Learning Center, Georgia TechRecorded versions of these two sessions can be found at the following links:
- Developing Research Portfolios – Susan Hebst, Ph.D.
- Developing Teaching Portfolios – Linda M. Noble, Ph.D.
- Feb 13, 2009
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Tina Straley, Executive Director, The Mathematical Association of America
Successful Grant Writing
Description: The workshop will cover all elements of successful grant writing. Although the focus will be on writing proposals for the National Science Foundation, much of the workshop information will be transferable to other funding agencies or foundations. As part of the workshop, participants will serve as mock review panelists for a funding agency.
Target Audience: All USG Faculty
Global Learning Center, Georgia TechA recorded version of this session can be found at
If you have trouble viewing the session please contact IT support.
- Mar 6, 2009
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Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Network Information
Scholarly Communication
Target Audience: USG Faculty & Librarians
Global Learning Center, Georgia TechRecorded versions of this session can be found at the following links. Due to the length of the workshop the entire workshop has been divided into three recorded sessions.
- Apr 23 -24, 2009
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Institutional Effectiveness & Student Learning Assessment
Recorded versions of the presenters at this session can be found at the following links.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 (webcast technical support)
Student Learning: Forces, Issues and Expectations
Tom Benberg, Vice President & Chief of Staff, SACS, Commission on CollegesNew Directions for the Regent’s Advisory Committee on Institutional Effectiveness
Bob Boehmer, Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness, University of GeorgiaA Lifecycle Approach to Institutional Effectiveness
Susan Paraska, Director, Program Review and Accreditation, Georgia Institute of TechnologyStrategies for Aligning Institutional Assessment with Student Learning
Thomas P. Pusateri, Associate Director for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Kennesaw State University
Friday, April 24th, 2009 (webcast technical support)
Writing and Assessing Student Learning Outcomes to Improve Classroom and Program Effectiveness – Part 1 | Part 2
Tristan Utschig, Assistant Director of CETL for the Scholarship and Assessment of Teaching & Learning & Jonathan Gordon, Director of the Office of Assessment, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAssessing General Education From Multiple Perspectives
Kristina Cragg, Assistant to the President for Strategic Research & Analysis, Sherri Gravett, Assistant VP for Academic Affairs, Jane Kinney, Professor of English and Director of Accreditation Compliance, Byron Brown, Professor of English, Valdosta State University