This event was quite successful, and we plan to offer a similar workshops in the near future to assist faculty in preparing their Sophomore Seminars.  If you have suggestions about this or other faculty workshops, email the HILLgroup.

You can read about this workshop in the article "Back to the Classroom" from the July/August edition of Around The Hill.

Detailed schedule of the May 2002 workshop...

Designing Rigorous Interdisciplinary Student-Centered Courses/Clusters Using Oral, and Mediated Communication

In this two-day hands-on workshop faculty will work with their colleagues to design, develop, and/or fine-tune the core elements and pedagogy for their Sophomore Seminar courses/clusters.  Sessions will draw on:

• a keynote address from Tamara Burk – Director of the Mt. Holyoke Center for Writing, Speaking, and Argumentation and former Hamilton College Emerson Scholar;
• demonstrations of successful course designs and activities;
• brief presentations and panels from faculty, students and development partners;
• small group consultations designed to assist in the selection of instructional methods that will achieve specific learning goals.

Along with Tamara Burk, academic development partners from the Oral Communication and HILLgroup  (Library and ITS learning liaisons) will be available throughout the two days to give ideas and insights on design and instructional questions.

When:  May 22-23, 2002

Time:  8:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Where:  Burke Library and Classrooms

Stipend:  Faculty will receive a $150 stipend for two-day participation

Coffee breaks and lunch included

Sponsored by the V.P.'s of Academic Affairs and Information Technology, Burke Library, the HILLgroup and Oral Communication

For more information and to register please email HILLgroup@hamilton.edu by May 17^th

Sophomore Seminar Design
Faculty Development Workshop Schedule

Day 1 (Wednesday, May 22, 2002)
  
8:30-9:00  Arrive, Coffee, Pastries, Chat, and Pre-Workshop Survey

9:00 Welcoming remarks from
David Paris, Randy Ericson, and David Smallen
Susan Mason, Oral Communications
Janet Simons, HILLgroup

9:15 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Tamara Burk, Mt. Holyoke College  

"Meeting the Challenge:  Designing Rigorous Interdisciplinary Student Centered Courses Using Oral and Mediated Communication"

10:30  Break

10:40  Tamara Burk continues the exploration of interdisciplinary course design.

Noon:  Lunch (Bristol Campus Center, Hub)

1:15 Sophomore Seminar Faculty Experiences:
Gillian Gane and Lisa Trivedi

1:45 Breakout sessions: faculty will work within their sophomore seminar teams along with Academic Development Partners when needed.  Today's emphasis is on conceptual course design.

4:00 End Day One

Day 2 (Thursday, May 23, 2002)

8:30-9:00  Arrive, Coffee, Pastries, Chat

9:00 Welcoming remarks from
Tamara Burk, Mt. Holyoke College
Janet Simons, HILLgroup
Susan Mason, Oral Communication

9:10  Presentations by Academic Development Partners

· Writing Center - Sharon Williams, Director
· Oral Communications - Susan Mason, Director & Faculty
· Library Reference Department - Julia E. Schult, Reference Librarian
· Instructional Technology Services - Nikki Reynolds, Team Leader
· Coordinated Support for Students-Development Partners

10:30 Break

10:40 Sophomore Seminar Faculty Experiences: 
Ernest Williams & Onno Oerlemans;
Alfred Kelly and  Dan Chambliss

11:30 Sophomore Seminar Student Experiences: 
Student presentations & discussion with students

Noon  Lunch (Bristol Campus Center, Hub)

1:15 pm  Breakout sessions - faculty, with Academic Development Partners, will work on developing objectives and assignments for their courses.   

2:30  Break

3:00 Report-Backs - Discussion of materials and activities developed by faculty teams during the workshop - shared critique and feedback.

3:50  Closing and Post-Workshop Survey. 
We will be doing more Sophomore Seminar Faculty Workshops in the future.  Your feedback is important so that these events can be as useful as possible.

4:00 End Day Two

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