Wednesday, April 26 – Hartness Pavilion With options to connect from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Register here and print your prize ticket here. At an institution like Furman dedicated to holistic student success, we are all educators--each of us has consulted our own experiences and evidence to evolve as our students, our roles, and […]
If you’ve read Grading for Equity or been experimenting with (and perhaps frustrated by!) flexible deadlines and assignment alternatives in your classes, this series is for you! Specs Grading offers practical guidelines for amplifying student agency while maintaining high standards in your courses. Participants will receive a copy of Specifications Grading and revise an existing […]
In this course redesign opportunity participants will use a backward design process popularized by Dee Fink to re-envision the goals, assessments, and activities of an existing course to satisfy IEJ GER credit. Courses redesigned and submitted to the proper approving committee for IEJ GER credit by August will be available to students for Spring 2024 […]
If you are working with summer research students to learn qualitative coding analysis—especially for data related to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)--and would like to join a cohort of faculty and student researchers learning the same methodology, the Summer SoTL Scholars program may be beneficial to you and your students. For more intel […]
Developing a consistent writing practice can be challenging given the many roles and responsibilities we take up as faculty and academic staff. In this Learning By Design video, based on Helen Sword’s Writing with Pleasure, we will unlock novel ways to positively reframe your relativity to writing and tap into its joys. We’ll review research […]
Artificial intelligence is all the rage of late but should educators be afraid, excited, or both about the implications for our profession and for the classroom? Can educators embrace AI’s potential while ensuring their students still learn the value of creating original work? How might we use the power of AI responsibly in our own […]
Do you have a writing project you are invested in this fall? Would you like to connect with other Furman colleagues to achieve your goals? Research shows that scholars engaged in writing groups write more often and are more productive. The Faculty Development Center and the Furman Humanities Center are collaborating to organize a peer-led […]
Do you need a resource that you can pull out of your pocket to liven up class sessions, field experiences, study away activities, or meetings? The fifty easily applied techniques in The Discussion Book are designed to spur creativity, stimulate energy, keep groups focused, and increase participation. Faculty and staff are encouraged to join our […]
Collecting mid-semester student feedback allows you to build upon the strengths of your course and address potential areas for improvement in real time before the end of the term. Even the most talented instructors can gain insights from carefully elicited student feedback. In this session, we will highlight support resources available at Furman to help […]
Collecting mid-semester student feedback allows you to build upon the strengths of your course and address potential areas for improvement in real time before the end of the term. Even the most talented instructors can gain insights from carefully elicited student feedback. In this session, we will highlight support resources available at Furman to help […]
Making the grading load manageable for writing assignments begins with designing writing assignments that convey clear writing goals to students. This Learning by Design (LBD) Studio outlines assignment and assessment design steps geared toward reducing the overall time spent grading writing so that you can increase time spent on other pedagogical endeavors. All LBD Studios […]
Most academics have a lot of questions about how academic publishing works. You might be looking for a Press or working on a book proposal and want to know what a university press wants in a book project. You might have an academic conference on your schedule and want to talk to an editor, but […]
