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The Center for Teaching Excellence sponsors engaging events that support continuous improvement in teaching practices. Through these events we share good teaching practices and support a campus culture that rewards and values teaching. Upcoming events are listed below. Past events are video archived.

October 15, 2008
Teaching Excellence Seminar: Effective Multiple Choice Testing
4:00-5:30 p.m., Close Hipp Moore School of Business, BA 203

October 16, 2008
Teaching Excellence Workshop: Teaching and Evaluating Critical Thinking
8:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

October 23, 2008
Promoting Academic Integrity in the USC Classroom

October 23, 2008, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

October 29, 2008
Teaching Excellence Seminar "Peer Review: One Feature of a Balanced Approach to Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness
1:25-2:15 p.m. This seminar is broadcast from USC-Aiken.
USC-Columbia Viewing Location and Talkback: Swearingen 2A11

November 3, 2008
Vice Provost's Teaching Lunch: Balancing Teaching and Research in Tenure and Promotion
12:15-1:15 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

November 12, 2008
Maintaining A Positive Relationship with Your Faculty Co-Instructor/Supervisor

November 12, 2008, 12:20 p.m. – 1:10 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

November 14, 2008
Vice Provost's Teaching Lunch: Balancing Teaching and Research in Tenure and Promotion
12:15-1:15 p.m.
, Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Room 511)

December 2, 2008
Vice Provost's Teaching Lunch: Balancing Teaching and Research in Tenure and Promotion
12:30-1:30 p.m.
, Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Room 511)

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Past Events

2008-2009 Events

October 6, 2008
Balancing Your Teaching Assistantship with Other Academic Responsibilities

October 6, 2008, 11:15 a.m. – 12:05 noon, Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

October 2, 2008
Cross-Cultural Workshop: American Values in the Classroom
3:30-5:00 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

September 25, 2008
Teaching Excellence Workshop: Creating Learning Outcomes
12:30-1:20 p.m. OR 2:00-2:50 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

Session on Putting your Class On-line
2:30-3:30 p.m., Wardlaw (College of Education) - Room 116

September 26, 2008
Teaching Excellence Workshop: Creating Learning Outcomes
1:25-2:15 p.m. OR 2:30-3:20 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

September 24, 2008
Active Shooter and Behavior Intervention Seminar
3:30 p.m., Law School Auditorium

September 15, 2008
Mistaken Assumptions That Mislead Beginning Teachers
3:35-4:25 p.m., College of Nursing Room 409

September 11, 2008
Workshop and Lunch: Linked Course Learning Communities Pedagogy
12:15-1:30 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Room 511)
Seminar: Strategies for Helping First Generation and Low-income Students Succeed in College
3:30-5:00 p.m., Russell House Ballroom

September 10, 2008
Teaching Assistant Presentation and Breakfast: Every Graduate Teaching Assistant has the Power to be an Excellent Teacher
8:00-8:50 a.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Room 511)

September 2, 2008
Seminar: Getting Good Student Teaching Evaluations
3:30-4:45 p.m., Williams Brice College of Nursing, Room 409

August 28, 2008
Teaching Excellence Breakfast: Student-Centered Learning Outcomes
8:00-9:15 a.m., Harper College Gressette Room

August 20, 2008
BEST Institute: Teaching Online Assessment
3:30-5:00 pm, Coliseum 2015
BEST Institute: Connect with Connect
8:30-10:00 am, Coliseum 2015

August 19, 2008
BEST Institute: Online Teaching Engagement
3:30-5:00 pm, Coliseum 2015
BEST Institute: Technology for T.A.s
1:30-3:00 pm, University Technology Services Auditorium

August 18, 2008
BEST Institute: On-line Teaching: Beginner

1:30-3:00 pm, Coliseum 2015

2007-2008 Events

July 8, 2008
Seminar: Warming the Classroom Climate (PDF)
3:30-4:30 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

April 22, 2008
Workshop and Lunch: Service Learning Pedagogy and Resources
12:15-1:30, Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

April 15, 2008
Teaching Excellence Breakfast: Undergraduate Education Outside the Classroom
8:00-9:00 a.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

April 11, 2008
Faculty Forum: Preparing a Course
12:00-1:00 p.m.,
Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

April 3, 2008
Hands-on Workshop: Using iClicker™ Effectively
2:00-3:30, Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)
Colloquium: Benefits of Classroom Response Systems for Peer Instruction and Assessment

9:30-11:00 a.m., Williams Brice College of Nursing, Room 409

March 24, 2008
Faculty Forum: Research Supervision
12:00-1:00 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

March 19, 2008
Faculty Seminar on Active Shooter
4:00-5:00 p.m., Close/Hipp Building (Moore School of Business), Room 204

March 6, 2008
Faculty Forum: Motivating Students
12:00-1:00 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)
Faculty Seminar on Active Shooter
4:00-5:00 p.m., Close/Hipp Building (Moore School of Business), Room 204

January 29, 2008
Faculty Forum: Grading

12:00-1:00 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

February 26, 2008
Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasting
2:00-3:15 p.m., Close/Hipp Building (Moore School of Business), Room 203

February 22, 2008
Vice Provost's Lunch for New Tenure-Track Faculty: “The Balancing Act: Teaching and Research in Tenure and Promotion”
12:00-1:00 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

February 13, 2008
Faculty Forum: Student Feedback
12:00-1:00 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

January 14, 2008
Vice Provost's Lunch for New Tenure-Track Faculty: “The Balancing Act: Teaching and Research in Tenure and Promotion”
12:00-1:00 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

January 10, 2008
Writing Beyond Writing Classes: A Busy Professor’s Primer on Current Research and Teaching Strategies
10:00-11:30 a.m., Close/Hipp Building (Moore School of Business), Room 204

November 15, 2007
Vice Provost's Lunch for New Tenure-Track Faculty: “The Balancing Act: Teaching and Research in Tenure and Promotion”
12:00-1:00 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

November 8, 2007
Writing Across the Curriculum: "Developing a Culture of Student Engagement"
9:30-10:45 am, College of Nursing, Williams Brice Building, Room 209

November 5, 2007
Vice Provost's Lunch for New Tenure-Track Faculty: “The Balancing Act: Teaching and Research in Tenure and Promotion”
12:00-1:00 p.m., Center for Teaching Excellence (Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room 511)

October 23, 2007
Faculty Panel and Reception: Fundamentals of Inquiry
2:00-4:00, Harper College, 3rd Floor, Gressette Room

October 4, 2007
Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, and Lifelong Learning: Bringing it All Together for Student Success
8:15 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Capstone Campus Room

September 28, 2007
Paths to Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring
2:00-3:30 p.m., Close/Hipp Building (Moore School of Business), Room 203

September 14, 2007
Cheating Culture on College Campuses
8:00-10:00 a.m., Russell House University Union Theater

2006-2007 Events

May 1, 2007
Crisis Response In and Outside the Classroom
2:00-3:15 p.m., Close/Hipp Building (Moore School of Business), Room 203

April 20, 2007
Out of the Classroom and Onto the Site: Active Observation of Complex Systems
2:00-3:30 p.m., Close/Hipp Building (Moore School of Business), Room 203

March 23, 2007
Motivational Techniques for Interactive Classes: What Works
2:00-3:30 p.m., Close/Hipp Building (Moore School of Business), Room 203

February 9, 2007
Using Breeze for Assessment and Research Collaboration

2:00-3:30, Close/Hipp Building (Moore School of Business), Room 203

January 11, 2007
Linking Academic and Civic Engagement : A National Imperative

9:30-11:00 a.m., Close/Hipp Building (Moore School of Business), Room 203

November 17, 2006
The Net Generation, Learning Styles and Technology-Enhanced Education
10:30-12:00, Close/Hipp Building (Moore School of Business), Room 203

 

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