Hybrid Course Design Workshop

Facilitated  by the Faculty Development Center and Instructional Technology

Friday, June 7, 2013, 10:00 am -3:30 pm, Engineering
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Are you rethinking a course you’ll be teaching this next year? Or are you planning a new course soon? Or are you interested in finding more efficient ways to think about student assignments? Then join this discussion on ways to think about course design to be more efficient and effective in accomplishing the goals for your courses. During the session participants will 1) set expectations for student learning, 2) plan assignments and class activities that help students achieve the goals for their learning, and 3) design assessments (exams, projects, papers) that measure students’ achievement of course goals. Participants should bring a course syllabus or ideas for new courses to the session.

Lunch will be provided, and participants will hear from a panel of experience hybrid faculty about their experiences with their courses.

The afternoon session allows participants to apply the principles of good course design from the morning session to planning a hybrid course (part-online, part face-to-face). In this part of the workshop faculty will: 1) map out their course activities as in-class and on-line activities through the semester and 2) gain experience with some of the technology tools that are effective in on-line teaching.

This workshop will also help meet the requirementsfor a one-time
course-redesign stipend through the Alternate Delivery Program (ADP), which is
sponsored by both the Office of the Provost and the Office of Summer, Winter,
and Special Programs (OSWSP).

Please sign up by May 31, 2013. This session is limited to 14 participants. 

• New users to PeopleSoft;
• Employees who will be responsible for using either the Financial system or the HR system at UMBC;

Note: You must have a PeopleSoft login ID and password in order to participate in the class.

If you do not have a login ID or password, please work with
your manager to request one. Website and/or form is below.

This program is facilitated by Dr. Mark Serva, University of Delaware, Department of Management and Information Systems, with Dr. Deborah Allen, University of Delaware, Department of Biological Sciences.

Problem-based learning (PBL) is a pedagogical approach in which students engage complex, challenging problems and collaboratively work toward their resolution. PBL is about students connecting disciplinary knowledge to real-world problems, an extremely effective way to motivate learning. This hands-on workshop will introduce PBL concepts and methods. Attendees will learn the components of an effective PBL problem by first tackling a PBL problem and then applying these ideas in writing their own problem. During the working lunch, attendees will discuss how TBL, PBL, and flipping the classroom complement each other and can be combined to create a powerful environment for student learning. The afternoon will dedicate time for problem-writing, as well as for examining the problems that others have written. Continental breakfast,  lunch and afternoon refreshments will be provided. Participants should register no later than July 15^th.

The primary workshop leader is Dr. Mark Serva from the University of Delaware Department of Management and Information Systems. Mark is a member of the board of leaders for the University of Delaware’s Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education and its former associate director. He has conducted dozens of workshops both nationally and internationally and has received a number of teaching awards. Helping facilitate the workshop will be Dr. Deborah Allen from the Department of Biological Sciences. She is a founding leader of the Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education and the current Director of the Center for Educational Effectiveness. She is a former program director for NSF, a recipient of the University of Delaware excellence in teaching award, and author of numerous books and articles about PBL and other active learning strategies.

T-REX (Transactional REX) is the
reporting tool of the future for UMBC.  The purpose of this course is to
provide basic T-REX knowledge, specifically to navigate to and in the standard
financial information for departments in funds 1111 and 1112.

After completing this course, the user will be able to:

- Access T-REX financial reports
- Run T-REX financial reports for varying departments
- Drill to detail in the T-REX financial reports
- Save, print, export to Excel and email reports.

Hands-on practice will be combined along with the demonstration of different
activities performed in T-REX.

Training documents will be distributed at the session. 

T-REX (Transactional REX) is the
reporting tool of the future for UMBC.  The purpose of this course is to
provide basic T-REX knowledge, specifically to navigate to and in the standard
financial information for departments in funds 1111 and 1112.

After completing this course, the user will be able to:

- Access T-REX financial reports
- Run T-REX financial reports for varying departments
- Drill to detail in the T-REX financial reports
- Save, print, export to Excel and email reports.

Hands-on practice will be combined along with the demonstration of different
activities performed in T-REX.

Training documents will be distributed at the session.