First Friday Roundtable series scheduled Sept. 11 in Gore Hall

1:06 p.m., Sept. 8, 2015--The First Friday Roundtable series will hold its first event of the fall semester on Friday, Sept. 11. These monthly discussion sessions provide an opportunity for University of Delaware faculty members and graduate students to examine teaching, learning and assessment practices and issues.

The first offering for this fall, “Teaching at UD: Workshop for New Faculty,” will be held from 3:30-5 p.m. in 208 Gore Hall. New faculty — and all those curious about teaching resources — are encouraged to attend to find out about the latest teaching resources on campus.

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Guests for this interactive session include Lynn Okagaki, deputy vice provost, and Chris Lucier, vice president for enrollment management. Participants can look forward to learning about UD students and touring teaching spaces and library resources. The session will close with a UDairy Creamery ice cream treat. Registration for this event can be found online.

The First Friday Roundtable series will continue this fall with the theme of student motivation. The remaining sessions will focus on motivating students through community engagement, using classroom response tools, and by evaluating teaching fairly.

Future sessions

Oct. 2 – Spark learning with community engagement. Register. 

Nov. 6 – Create teachable moments with the help of student response tools. Register.

Dec. 4 – Considering the right things: Motivate students to evaluate teaching fairly. Register.

For more information about future First Friday Roundtable session topics and dates, visit the Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning’s website. 

The First Friday roundtables are designed and sponsored through a collaboration of IT Academic Technology Services, the Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, Library Services and the Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning.