May Symposium

Conference Day is this Wednesday.

Walk-in registration is welcome for most sessions.

Pre-registration has closed.

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CFI Program Areas
Teaching      Scholarship  Academic Culture Career Planning Cross Area   

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8:15 - 9:00 AM

Welcome & Networking Breakfast 

9:15 - 10:45 AM

CANCELLED  Green Zone Training: Working with Student Veterans

9:15 - 10:45 AM

When Is Too Much Not Enough? Using Cognitive Theories of Learning to Shape Instructional Choices

9:15 - 10:45 AM

I See Your Point: Visual Facilitation

9:15 - 10:45 AM

Clarity in Career Purpose

9:15 - 10:45 AM

How Instructors Can Excel with Excel (★laptop recommended)

9:15 - 10:45 AM

Student Engagement via Active Learning: Simple Ways to Involve Students in the Learning Process (★laptop recommended)

9:15 - 10:45 AM

Enhancing Learning by Embracing Dissonance

9:15 - 10:45 AM

A Model for Teaching Large Classes: Facilitating a “Small Class Feel” 

9:15 - 10:45 AM

Madison as Mentor: Incorporating Madison’s Legacy

11 AM - 12 PM

Explore Your Community Engagement Roadmap with IIHHS

11 AM - 12 PM

Making Headlines: Getting Your Scholarship in the News

11 AM - 12 PM

Learning Creative Confidence: The X-Labs Experience

 11 AM - 12 PM Partnering with Procurement
11 AM - 12 PM

Teaching in EPIC: What’s In It for Faculty?

11 AM - 12 PM

Open Conversations and Consultations 

11 AM - 12 PM

Gen Ed and Beyond: Effective Practices for Large Classes

11 AM - 12 PM

Teaching News Literacy and Information Literacy in the Age of “Fake News” and “Post Truth”

11 AM - 12 PM

Scholarship of Engagement: How JMU Faculty are Turning Work in the Community into Research

12:15  PM  -  1:30 PM

Lunch and Keynote 

Dr. Tasha Souza “Inclusive Excellence at JMU: Creating an Environment that Values and Supports All Learners” Dr. Tasha Souza, Associate Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning, and Professor of Communication, at Boise State University

 

1:45 - 3:15 PM

FULL  Using Low-Stakes Writing Activities to Enhance Learning and Critical Thinking

1:45 - 3:15 PM

Moving the Needle: Insights on Ethical Reasoning in the Classroom

1:45 - 3:15 PM Graphic Design 101 for Faculty
1:45 - 3:15 PM

JMUke: Engaging the Community in Making and Learning

1:45 - 3:15 PM

Facilitating Difficult Dialogues and Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom

1:45 - 3:15 PM

Facts Matter: Helping Students (and Faculty) Identify and Analyze Sources

1:45 - 3:15 PM

United We Serve: A JMU Partnership to Enhance Grant Support for Faculty

1:45 - 3:15 PM

Essential Ingredients to Creating and Sustaining a Service-Learning Course

3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:30 PM

The Experience of Being Mid-Career 

3:30 - 4:30 PM Studying Motivation Across the Disciplines
3:30 - 4:30 PM

Lead Thoughtful and Enriching K-12 STEM Outreach

3:30 - 4:30 PM

JMU and the Harrisonburg Community: Take the Lessons Outside the Classroom

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Exploring Open Access Scholarship and the Promotion and Tenure Process

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Is It Real or Is It Fake? Teaching to Evaluate and Authenticate Visual Information

3:30 - 4:30 PM

What’s Happening in Gen Ed? Lightning Talks

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Making Engagement Work: Benefits, Barriers and Strategies for Engaged Faculty

3:30 - 4:30 PM    IMPACT 3 Community Service Project in Rural West Virginia
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All sessions are scheduled for JMU's Festival Conference & Student Center.  Parking is available in JMU lots C11, C12 and D3 Lots between the hours of 7:45 AM and 5:00 PM.   Click here for a parking map.

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