CNDLS offers workshops for faculty and graduate students on new ways of teaching, integrating technology into teaching, and assessment of students and classroom practices.

Workshop Registration Information

Graduate students must register for workshops through our online registration system. Please follow the "Register" link below each workshop announcement. Please note, these workshops are listed in the registrar's system as non-credit courses. Regardless of the notice of a fee, you will not be charged for this workshop. If a particular workshop that you would like to attend is full, you must email atprogram@georgetown.edu in order to be placed on the waitlist.

Faculty and staff should NOT register using the online system. Instead, to reserve a space in any upcoming workshop, please email Joselyn Schultz. Our workshops fill quickly; please email your request as early as possible.

PLEASE NOTE: Before registering for a workshop, be certain that you are able to attend the entire session.

In addition to workshops below, participants in the Apprenticeship in Teaching (AT) Program should also register for the required introductory session: Introduction to Teaching Resources.

CNDLS mailing list and registration issues:
To receive notice of future workshops or for issues regarding workshop registration please email atprogram@georgetown.edu.

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Fall 2008 Schedule of Workshops:

Learning Styles

Both students and instructors have preferred ways of taking in and processing information. Research on learning styles has indicated that undergraduate students and university faculty often have different learning style preferences, suggesting that developing flexibility in our approaches to teaching and learning could benefit both students and professors. This workshop will introduce you to a variety of frameworks for assessing learning styles. We will discuss how an awareness of different learning styles can influence your teaching and increase your ability to reach a wider variety of students in your classes whose learning preferences may differ from your own.

Monday, September 15, 12:15 PM-2:05 PM (Lauinger 156)
Instructors: Barbara Craig (CNDLS) and Joselyn Schultz (CNDLS)
Register for Learning Styles workshop.

Effective Classroom Interaction
(AT Program-Core)

This workshop covers various types of classroom interaction including lecture, discussion, and other activities that can be used in both small and large classes. Possible additional topics include the use of online communication environments to enhance class interactions both in and outside the classroom.

Wednesday, Sept. 24, 3:15 PM - 5:05 PM (Lauinger 540)
Instructors: John Rakestraw (CNDLS) & Janet Russell (CNDLS)
Register for Sept. 24th Effective Classroom Interaction workshop.

Monday, November 17, 10:15 AM - 12:05 PM (Lauinger 158)
Instructors: John Rakestraw (CNDLS) & Janet Russell (CNDLS)
Register for Nov. 17th Effective Classroom Interaction workshop.

Articulating Instructional Goals

How do you know if your students are learning what you want them to learn?

Every instructor asks this question, but you can't answer it until you define what knowledge, skills, and understandings you want your students to take away from the course. What outcomes do you desire? These outcomes -- your instructional goals -- must be phrased in active terms that clearly tell students what is expected. A clear and complete set of learning goals also helps you develop authentic assessments by targeting those aspects of your students' learning that you most value.

In this workshop, we will discuss how to establish and frame a set of learning goals that represent the learning outcomes you most desire and explicitly communicate these to your students.
Participants interested in bringing teaching/learning goals with them to refine at the workshop are encouraged to do so.

Friday, October 3, 10:15 AM - 12:05 PM (Lauinger 156)
Instructors: Janet Russell (CNDLS)
Register for Articulating Instructional Goals workshop.

Assessment and Grading
(AT Program-Core)

In this workshop, we explore a variety of ways to understand what and how students are learning. Why wait until the end of the semester to find out that your students didn't 'get it'? We will introduce a number of techniques to use early in and midway through the semester to assess your students' true understanding of material. We will also discuss topics such as rubrics and taxonomies for easy and effective grading, and accounting for prior knowledge and possible misconceptions on the part of students.

Monday, October 6, 2:15 PM-4:05 PM (Lauinger 158)
Instructors: Daryl Nardick (CNDLS) and Barbara Craig (CNDLS)
Register for the October 6th Assessment and Grading workshop.

Wednesday, Nov. 5, 10:15 AM-12:05 PM (Lauinger 158)
Instructors: Daryl Nardick (CNDLS) and Barbara Craig (CNDLS)
Register for the November 5th Assessment and Grading workshop.

Syllabus Design
(AT Program-Core)

In this workshop we will discuss the fundamental components of a good syllabus as well as organizational approaches to designing them. In light of these components and approaches, we will discuss best practices of syllabus design through past examples. Participants should bring a syllabus or ideas for a syllabus to the workshop to receive informal feedback from the group.

Thursday, October 16, 12:15 PM - 2:05 PM (McShain Lounge)
Instructors: John Rakestraw (CNDLS) & Chandra Manning (History)
Register for Syllabus Design workshop.

Boosting Large-Class Student Participation: Considering the Technology

While many instructors may want to augment lecture with active student learning strategies, obstacles such as large-class size and ill-prepared students can be discouraging to innovation. With many available alternatives, this session will concentrate on three technologically-facilitated methods that may offer relief -- small, daily quizzes that are auto-implemented and graded, "clickers" that are handheld student response devices, and SMARTboard use. Evidence from the literature as well as the experience of our own GU facullty will be cited.

Wednesday, October 22, 12:15 PM - 2:05 PM (Car Barn 314)
Instructor: Janet Russell (CNDLS)
Register for Boosting Large-Class Student Participation workshop.

The Teaching Portfolio
(AT Program-Core)

When beginning the job search, applicants for teaching positions are often asked to provide a teaching portfolio, a philosophy statement or some other documentation from their teaching experience. How do you best demonstrate the depth and scope of your teaching skills and experiences? In this workshop, we will examine and discuss how you might document and reflect on the knowledge and skills gained from your teaching experience through developing a professional teaching portfolio. We will illustrate the iterative and continuing nature of portfolio construction. Participants will leave the workshop with a template for building their own teaching portfolios, as well as examples to support them in writing their own teaching philosophy statement.

Tuesday, October 28, 10:15 AM - 12:05 PM (Lauinger 158)
Instructors: John Rakestraw (CNDLS) & Joselyn Schultz (CNDLS)
Register for the Teaching Portfolio workshop.