9:00a-9:50a

The First Amendment in a Global Pandemic: What Educators Need to Know

by Dr. Robert N. Diotalevi, Esq., LL.M.

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/88551681767 

The session will focus upon First Amendment rights in our Covid age. A PowerPoint presentation will occur and Q&A will follow. Participants will gain valuable information about their Constitutionally-protected rights and will be able to pass along this to students.

Engaging Students Through Cooperative Learning

by Rachel Cooke, Education & Arts Librarian & Crystal King, Music Therapy Professor

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/86867690601 

Join us for a discussion on incorporating cooperative learning, online or in the classroom.  Discussion leaders, a music therapy professor and a librarian, will start off the discussion by sharing how they used zoom break out rooms, which resulted in 100% participation and all of the students successfully identifying a  high-quality research study on their topic. Attendees will be invited to discuss how they have used cooperative learning in the classroom as well.

A Negotiated Curriculum: Giving Students Choice & Voice

by Brenda L. Thomas

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/82006039401 

A negotiated curriculum is a relational pedagogy that builds an inclusive community within the classroom by inviting students to participate in curricular decision-making. In this session, participants will consider the results of a research project that examined the experiences of students who took part in curriculum negotiation. Results affirm that partnering with students to design their learning experience breaks down classroom power structures, increases student agency and engagement, enhances inclusion and belonging, models democratic dialogue, and can be transformational for all involved.

“The [Class]room where it happens”: Using Universal Design for Learning to Reinvigorate Teaching & Re-Engage Students

by Elizabeth Weatherford

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/88012156959 

This presentation offers an introduction to Universal Design for Learning while also providing concrete methods of implementing that framework. Participants will be presented with information, but will also be asked to bring ideas and content/assignments to which they can apply the UDL framework and work on during a workshop. Participants will then leave with at least one revised piece of content or an assignment, as well as the steps and basic knowledge to apply the UDL framework to other content and assignments in their courses.

Study Space: Make Space for Academic Success!

by Dr. Jackie Beard, Sr. Coordinator of Student Engagement, Anna Haney-Withrow, M.A, Instructional Designer, Leslie Camacho & Mayra Moreno (FSW Students)

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/82201706959 

Study Space is a 2022 FSW initiative created to address the four barriers to academic success that students most reported in a 2021 survey: motivation, time management, clarity of instructions, and mental health. This session will give the audience an overview of the Study Space initiative and an opportunity to discuss related challenges, successes, and questions. Study Space can be recreated for individual classes, or departments, or as a college-wide initiative to provide flexible spaces where students can co-work to build strong study habits that support academic success.

10:00a-10:50a

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) in Courses: How to Get Started & What Do We Really Gain?

by Tunde Szecsi, Ph.D., Debra Giambo, Ph.D., Marianela Rivera, Ph.D.

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/89074744004 

The presenters will share their experiences with developing and implementing COIL components in two education courses, including one at the undergraduate level and another at the graduate level. The attendees will learn about the outcomes which students achieved while collaborating with students at universities in Italy and France. Through the interactive activities in this session, attendees will enhance their understanding and skills about effective infusion of COIL experiences in courses.

Courageous & Dynamic Teaching & Learning: Building Resilience, Giving Grace

by Dr. Dawn Kirby & Dr. Michele Yovanovich

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/86547640794 

Kirby (FGCU) and Yovanovich (FSW) will highlight key insights for teaching and learning by reflecting on lessons learned from COVID and Hurricane Ian, inviting participants to do the same. Then, we will summarize our collective insights, emphasizing what we have all learned about resilience, courageous teaching, and bringing caring to our teaching and professional interactions. By giving grace to ourselves and others, we foster a more dynamic teaching and learning environment.

How to Utilize Your School Campus as a Living Laboratory

by Dr. Jessie Marcolini & Chad Evers

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/89129865113 

A Living Lab is any educational use of the campus or the surrounding community to engage students in multidisciplinary learning and applied research projects. This session provides a pre-recorded field demonstration of how the FGCU campus is utilized as a living laboratory, followed by a discussion/workshop on how participants can utilize their campus or other surroundings as part of their curriculum.

Jook Joints, Killing Floors, & Ontological Difference, or: What the Country Blues Taught Me About the Contemporary Humanities Classroom

by Elijah Pritchett, Ph.D.

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/86211200767 

This session will explore ways of achieving pedagogical “authenticity” through techniques of play and improvisation.  Session participants will be introduced to musical techniques of improvisation and philosophical theories of play and presence as ways of engendering an environment of active learning.  The session strives to inspire participants to rethink today’s active classroom as a space of collaborative creativity through mutual vulnerability shared between students and professors.

Employing Unconditional Positive Regard to Create Quality Interactions with Students

by Gail Mishler Murray, M.S. Ed, Academic Success Coach

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/83477829456 

Building Student Rapport with Unconditional Positive Regard

Gail Mishler Murray, M.S. Ed, Academic Success Coach, Center for Academic Achievement. Attendees will discuss the importance of building rapport with students (and peers), will define UPR and practice empathetic listening. Presenter will share how she is able to treat every student with unconditional positive regard, even in times of conflict.

11:00a-11:50a

Courageous & Dynamic Teaching & Learning: Building Resilience, Giving Grace

by Dr. Dawn Kirby & Dr. Michele Yovanovich

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/81896804278 

Kirby (FGCU) and Yovanovich (FSW) will highlight key insights for teaching and learning by reflecting on lessons learned from COVID and Hurricane Ian, inviting participants to do the same. Then, we will summarize our collective insights, emphasizing what we have all learned about resilience, courageous teaching, and bringing caring to our teaching and professional interactions. By giving grace to ourselves and others, we foster a more dynamic teaching and learning environment.

Centering Relationships In Our Teaching & Learning Practices

by Nate Turcotte, Ph.D. & Melissa Rodriguez-Meehan, Ed.D.

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/83892820939 

This session will explore the practice of ungrading, namely as an approach to assessment that minimizes the role of grades and quantitative measurement in exchange for narrative feedback and deep conversations about learning. During the session, we will share our experiences implementing ungrading with our undergraduate and graduate students, and the attendees will consider how ungrading can affect their students' learning. Additionally, during the session, attendees will brainstorm opportunities to ungrade in their own courses and create assignments for their courses that will be ungraded.

High Touch & High Tech: Augmenting Development of Assessment Skills Through Play

by Christina Dzioba, Ph.D, APRN, FNP-BC, WHNP-BC, BC-ADM

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/84682652065 

Play using new hands-on technology and solving problems as a group provides a nurturing and safe environment for students to develop critical thinking. In this session, participants will be able to see technology and tools used in the classroom to increase play and participate in a brief demonstration. This session is designed to challenge educators to consider ways to incorporate play and technology in innovative ways.

The Death of Traditional MCQs & Experimental Findings of a Novel Way to Assess Student Learning

by Vera Verga, Ph.D & Melanie Ulrich, Ph.D.

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/82295427054 

Are you tired of analyzing scantron questions that students “Christmas tree“ or end up with lucky guesses to get correct answers? Do you want to assess how much they really understand and retain about the content you have been teaching them? We will present our findings and ideas after enhancing traditional MCQs and T/F questions for two semesters, Summer and Fall 2022. We will explain what we learned about student misconceptions and understanding as well as how to move forward with improved questions. The modifications have helped our students demonstrate higher order and critical thinking skills. The benefit is these minor adjustments can be applied to all courses.

12:00p-12:50p

Self-Assessment of Homework Assignments in Civil Engineering Design Courses

by Ashraf Badir, Ph.D., PE

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/89334316309 

The use of in-class self-grading as a formative assessment tool in topics where unique solutions are not frequently the case will be presented. The audience will exchange ideas about implementation of the in-class activity in different disciplines. Lessons learned will be shared, including students' perception about self-grading.

Teaching in the Age of Bots

by Robert W. Cappetta, Ph.D.

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/83450725209 

Students have an increasing number of internet-based resources that could be used to complete assignments.  Participants will share their experiences with these "bots" and strategies for managing students who will seek to use them.  One major goal of active learning is student collaboration, and this presentation will include discussions regarding how these resources can often hinder and occasionally assist that process.

Student Engagement Activities in the World Language Classroom

by Alessandro Cesarano, Ph.D.

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/83715874965 

This presentation will demonstrate how language learning can be facilitated with the help of student engagement activities. Examples and tips will be shared and discussed with the participants. Participants will be interactively involved and a comprehensive handout will be provided.

Enhancing Simulation By Using Students as Patients

by Melissa Lynn, Ph.D., RN, CMSRN, CHSE

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/85692264829 

This presentation will describe the experience of having students who have already completed the course to volunteer as the patients for student simulations. The participants will learn about enhancing the learning environment for students through simulation volunteers. The simulation session created more flexibility for learning communication and interactions with patients.

1:00p-1:50p

Engaging Students to Learn & Practice Via Their Real-World Projects

by Jingshun Zhang, Carla Huck, Rasool Shahid, Christa Reyes & Stephanie Cho

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/81608146520 

Engage students to learn and practice critical skills via projects exploring issues of interest to them in their current workplace or academic experience. Join us to discuss how to apply problem-based learning and team-based learning, and encourage our students to apply knowledge and concepts learned from our course curricula to authentic learning tasks.

Creating an Escape Room for Nursing Students

by Dr. Sharon Y. Wright, Ph.D., RN, CNE, CHSE & Dr. Melissa Lynn, Ph.D., RN, CMSRN, CHSE

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/84839673977 

The escape room activity engages groups of nursing students in several clinical activities and/or patient issues that they need to solve using critical thinking. The participants attending this presentation will participate in a few of the escape room activities. The participants should be able to create their own escape room at the end of the presentation.

Just Showing Up: Getting Students to Class

by Anne-Marie Bouché, Ph.D.

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/85297139880 

Good attendance is crucial for classroom success, as well as for University retention and graduation rates. In this participatory round table, we will share rationales and strategies for achieving better attendance in our classes, and for helping our students develop (and value) this basic behavioral on-ramp to academic success.

Collaboration, Experimentation & Writing-As-Process

by Dr. Michael Barach & Dr. Brandi George

Zoom Link: https://fsw.zoom.us/j/89245757392 

Writing teachers are well aware that in order for students to produce quality pieces of writing, they will first have to focus on their writing process, but in this session, we will push the question of process to certain extremes in order to reveal how students might generate writing by thinking about creativity as relationship and connection as opposed to an act done in solitude.  The audience will be asked to participate in our discussion about collaborative writing and artistic processes and to share their own experiences.  Participants will leave the session having gained insight into immersive, process-based writing prompts, collaborations with others, and experiments with multi-genre and multi-medium work.