Teleconferences

The Professional Development Committee will be offering the following online teleconference workshop on Thursday, 11/29. If you are interested in attending, please respond by Friday, 11/23.

From Grades to Grads: Teaching Strategies to Motivate Today’s First-Year Seminar Students Constance Staley, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs Date : 11/29/2007 Time : 01:00pm-2:00Session Description: According to the New York Times, only 28 percent of today’s U.S. adult population holds a college degree. Instructors know that becoming truly educated is a meaningful and irrevocable investment students make in their own futures. Yet in today’s multi-tasking, high-speed environment, many students see college as simply earning grades, checking off requirements, and working their way through "the system." Experts warn that increasingly today’s students are extrinsically, rather than intrinsically, motivated. For them, college is about performing, rather than about learning, and they see their college experience as a product rather than a process. Join this e-seminar with author Constance Staley and gain insights and strategies on the in’s and out’s of motivation to use with your own students.

**Teaching for Learning and Retention in College Success and Other Introductory Courses
John N. Gardner, Policy Center for the First Year of College
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 11:00 AM Pacific, 12:00 PM Mountain, 1:00 PM Central, 2:00 PM Eastern

In this session, Professor Gardner will share pedagogies for classroom use that are based on research which correlates best practices with improved student learning and retention. This session would constitute a useful additional training session for seminar and other introductory course teachers early in the new term.

Additional eSeminars this Semester:

**Strategies and Good Counsel for Administrators of First-Year Seminars: Effective Leadership for New Student Success and Retention
John N. Gardner, Policy Center for the First Year of College
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 - 11:00 AM Pacific, 12:00 PM Mountain, 1:00 PM Central, 2:00 PM Eastern

**Teaching to Improve Retention-Back by Popular Demand
Betsy O. Barefoot, Brevard College, Policy Center on the First Year of College
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 10:00 AM Pacific, 11:00 AM Mountain, 12:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM Eastern
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 10:00 AM Pacific, 11:00 AM Mountain, 12:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM Eastern

Putting Light on the Path: The Christian Perspective on College Success
John A. Beck, Concordia University, and Marmy A. Clason, Trinity International University
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 10:00 AM Pacific, 11:00 AM Mountain, 12:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM Eastern

Looking Past the Horizon: Technology and Student Engagement
Rey Junco, Lockhaven College
Monday, October 29, 2007 - 10:00 AM Pacific, 11:00 AM Mountain, 12:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM Eastern
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 10:00 AM Pacific, 11:00 AM Mountain, 12:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM Eastern

**How Students Learn vs. How Faculty Teach: Using VARK to Bridge the Gap-Back by Popular Demand
Connie Staley, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
Monday, November 5, 2007 - 10:00 AM Pacific, 11:00 AM Mountain, 12:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM Eastern

FYE Courses for Research Universities
Britt Andreatta, University of California - Santa Barbara
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 10:00 AM Pacific, 11:00 AM Mountain, 12:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM Eastern

From Grades to Grads: Teaching Strategies to Motivate Today's First-Year Seminar Students
Connie Staley, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 10:00 AM Pacific, 11:00 AM Mountain, 12:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM.