Teaching with e-Portfolios

Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 11:30-1:00. LOOP (DePaul Center 8011)
Friday, April 13, 2012, 1:00-2:30. LPC (Munroe Hall 115)

Led by Michael Moore (WRD) and Rana Husseini (TLA). If you've heard the buzz about e-Portfolios around campus and wonder how you might use them in your teaching, come to this workshop to learn about the pedagogical value of e-Portfolios for facilitating reflection and integrating students' learning. In particular, you will hear how they have been implemented in one program's learning-outcomes-based pedagogy during the past year, the scholarship that informs that pedagogy, and learn concrete strategies for making them work. By the end of the session, you will have a better idea of whether this teaching tool is for you. Space is limited, so RSVP online to reserve your spot.

Connecting Your Class to the “Real World”

Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 10:00-11:30. LPC (Student Center 316)
Thursday, May 3, 2012, 3:00-4:30. LOOP (DePaul Center 11013)

Led by Susan Jacobs (MALS/IDS) and Bob Rotenberg (Anthropology). We have all heard students ask, “Why do I have to take this class anyway?” or “When will I ever use this in the 'real world'?” Although students are learning skills and knowledge that will serve them in their personal and professional lives all the time, sometimes it is not as obvious to them as it is to us. In this interactive session, we will hear from faculty in the humanities and the social sciences about strategies for making those connections explicit in your courses. We will also share ideas about how to enhance student buy-in without compromising the integrity of the course’s learning goals. Space is limited, so RSVP online to reserve your spot.

Building Your Teaching Portfolio in Digication

Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 10:00-12:00. LOOP (Lewis 1308)
Friday, May 11, 2012, 10:00-12:00. LPC (SAC 240)

Led by Rana Husseini (TLA), Alex Joppie (FITS), and Ian Hall (FITS). This workshop serves as an introduction to the Teaching & Learning Certificate Program and to the Digication e-Portfolio platform. As such, it is meant to be the first workshop taken by Certificate Program participants (although it can be completed later in the sequence if necessary). Faculty will begin creating a teaching portfolio in Digication, which serves as the program's culminating project and a means of reflecting on the content-based workshops throughout. Space is limited, so RSVP online to reserve your spot.

Election 2012: A Teachable Moment

Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 2:00-3:30. LOOP(DePaul Center 11013)
Friday, May 25, 2012, 11:00-1:00. LPC (Arts & Letters 415)

Led by Zachary Cook (Political Science). It can sometimes be difficult to motivate students to see politics as directly personal. Yet elections are also valuable tools for instructors to highlight the importance of issues across multiple disciplines. This workshop will focus on how faculty members can productively engage the upcoming election in their courses, both through class discussions and more substantive course assignments. Space is limited, so RSVP online to reserve your spot.

Lunch with Vincent

University Ministry
Wednesday, April 11, 2012: LPC Student Center 314A
Thursday, May 3, 2012: Loop DePaul Club
Tuesday, May 15, 2012: LPC Student Center 314A

Lunch with Vincent is a monthly lunch and dialogue program for Faculty and Staff that focuses on DePaul’s Mission and Vincentian spirituality and its relevance to our life and work at DePaul. Lunch is served beginning at 11:30 am with speaker input and discussion beginning at 11:50 am and ending no later than 1:00 pm. RSVP requested to Celeste Frontzak or via phone at x51184. For more information contact Mark Laboe at mlaboe@depaul.edu or x54004.

World Catholicism Week 2012

Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology
April 16-20, 2012

World Catholicism Week 2012, “Real Presences: Eucharist, Society, and Global Catholicism,” is a celebration of the globally interdependent dimensions of the Catholic experience of faith at DePaul, in Chicago, across the Americas, and around the world. The weeklong event is open to all DePaul faculty, staff, and students, as well as the general public. Visit the website for event details.

Literature & Music Series

DePaul Humanities Center
Monday, April 23, 2012: LPC Student Center 314

Join the DePaul Humanities Center for a lecture by Francesca Royster, Associate Professor in the Department of English and Chair of African and Black Diaspora Studies. The presentation is titled “Michael Jackson, Queer World Making, and the Trans Erotics of Voice, Gender and Age.” Reception at 5:30 PM, lecture at 6:00 PM. This event is free and open to the public.

Instructional Technology Training and Workshops

Faculty Instructional Technology Services (FITS)
Ongoing

During Spring Quarter 2012, FITS will be offering six D2L training workshops: D2L Quick Start; Fundamentals of D2L; Paperless Papers; Quizzes, Tests, and Surveys; Simplify Your Life with D2L's Instructor Tools; and Personalizing Your Courses. Faculty may choose one or all based on their needs. Visit the workshops page for a complete list of upcoming workshops and events.

Media Production & Training Faculty Training

Media Production & Training
Ongoing

Media Production & Training (MPT) offers faculty training sessions throughout the year to assist faculty in integrating technology into their courses. MPT group classes provide faculty with training and hands-on time for specific applications and learning strategies. MPT also works collaboratively with academic departments or individual faculty members to design training experiences specific to their unique needs.

See the full list of faculty training events.

Technology Tuesdays

James Moore, Director of Online Learning, College of Commerce
Last Tuesday of each month

Technology Tuesdays take place the last Tuesday of each month. These are informal, internal presentations focusing on educational technology and best practices for distance and blended learning. Previous sessions have included topics such as: Twitter, Second Life, Flip videos, and Blackboard.

Visit James’ Technology Tuesdays page to RSVP.

Studio Malick

DePaul Art Museum
March 29 - June 3

Malick Sidibé's exuberant photographs offer a unique look at a time of political transition and cultural liberation. As Mali gained independence from France in 1960, the youth culture of music, dancing and fashion exploded in this once-conservative West African nation and Sidibé's ubiquitous lens chronicled it all. Through the use of props, posing, and a deft attention to personality, he developed a distinct style, fulfilling his clients' aspirational self-presentation and achieving international recognition for these beautiful and nuanced studies of human character.

The Rivals

The Theatre School
April 13 - April 22, 2012 at Merle Reskin

In Sheridan's 18th century comedy of manners, deceit, and mistaken identities, two young lovers follow a misguided path to romance. When rival suitors, an overbearing father, and a busybody aunt complicate matters, only a proper duel can settle their questions of love and honor.

Internal Grants

Office of Faculty Development
University Research Council Grant: Proposals Due October 15, 2012
Quality of Instruction Council Grant: Proposals Due October 15, 2012