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Spring 2024 Workshops

Course Clean Up: Thursday, Feb. 8, 3–4:30 p.m.

Start the new semester off right by refreshing old skills in Brightspace and learning new ones. Learn how to copy content between courses, edit your course homepage and navbar, use the Manage Dates tool, and clean up your grade book. Learn best practices for effective course design along the way.    
Facilitator: Alexandra Belanich, M.A.

Seeking Student Feedback: Wednesday, Feb. 21, 11 a.m.–noon

In this session, Kerry A. Carlson, MLIS, Associate Professor of Library Sciences at the Grant Campus, will share her efforts to get course feedback from her students for an online course. She will talk about her motivation to get student feedback, how she deploys a feedback survey, what she has learned about her own teaching consequently, and how she has applied what she has learned to improve her teaching practice.  
Facilitator: Carol Hernandez, Ed.D.

H.O.T. Discussions:Friday, Feb. 23, 11 a.m.–noon

Do you often find it difficult to engage students in discussions? We'll share techniques for creating dynamic questions that will help students engage with each other and with the course material. Learn how to use the concept of higher order thinking to formulate questions that students will be excited to answer, while supporting the course learning objectives.    
Facilitator: Alexandra Belanich, M.A.

What are other SUNYs doing about AI? Monday, Feb. 26, 1–2 p.m.

For this workshop, we will be joined by Jenny Zhang, senior instructional designer at the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) at Stony Brook University. This is a general conversation that looks at what strategies are being used regarding artificial intelligence.
Facilitator: Carol Hernandez, Ed.D.

AI in Digital Arts: Monday, March 4, 10-11 a.m.

This session will focus on what faculty members are doing to incorporate the use of AI as a tool in the profession of digital media creation. Ralph Masullo, MFA, Assistant Chair of Communication and Visual Arts/ Assistant Professor of Photography at the Eastern Campus together with faculty from the other campuses will discuss best practices and ethical applications of the technology.  
Facilitators: Carol Hernandez, Ed.D. and Robin Hill, Ph.D.

H.O.T. Discussions: Friday, March 8, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Do you often find it difficult to engage students in discussions? We'll share techniques for creating dynamic questions that will help students engage with each other and with the course material. Learn how to use the concept of higher order thinking to formulate questions that students will be excited to answer, while supporting the course learning objectives.    
Facilitators: Alexandra Belanich, M.A. and Robin Hill, Ph.D.

What's Wrong With My Gradebook? Tuesday, March 15, 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

We will look at two grade books to demonstrate best practices for using the grades tool in Brightspace: one that uses points and one that uses weights. You will learn how to associate an assessment with the grade book and investigate common issues encountered and how to correct them. Preview your student’s grades individually, and post feedback for an entire assessment or individual’s assessment.

Facilitator: Robin Hill, Ph.D.

Maximizing Learning Potential in an Online Course: Tuesday, March 19, 2:30–3:30 p.m.

Join Deb Krieg, M.A., Adjunct Assistant Professor in Mathematics at the Grant Campus for this session. Deb will focus on how to develop learning tools for an online course that will complement your existing ones. Learn how to create short, interactive videos and accessible learning material using PowerPoint and Word. 
Facilitator: Carol Hernandez, Ed.D.

Sufflex Certification Part 1

Tuesday, March 19, 3:30–4:45 p.m. 
Ammerman Campus, Islip Arts 206 

Thursday, March 21, 11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Grant Campus, Learning Resource Center, Rm. 224 

Friday, March 22, 11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Eastern Campus, Corchaug, Rm. 15 

The Sufflex learning environment is Suffolk’s interpretation of a Hyflex learning environment. This classroom combines real-time and face-2-face learning environments. To teach in Sufflex, one must learn to use the classroom equipment and software.

Part 1 of the Sufflex certification process focuses on the use of classroom equipment. Part 2 is fully online, and you work at your own pace. Participants complete the learning modules, take a quiz and then receive certification. All participants have until the end of the semester to complete part 2.
Facilitator: Robin Hill, Ph.D.

A.I. Community Meetings: April 9, 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Join your colleagues in a discussion on Gen AI and gain insights on how to use this tool for teaching and learning. The community offers participants a place to exchange ideas, experiences, and information about generative artificial intelligence in higher education. In the community, you may access articles meant to give you a foundation on where to begin with this massive tool. Join the community and participate in ongoing discussions with colleagues. Any faculty member may join this community.
Location: Ammerman Campus, Huntington Library, L10 (lower level) 
Facilitator: Robin Hill, PhD. 

Co-Creating Course Materials with Students: Friday, April 5, noon–1:00 p.m.

Join Danna Prather-Davis, M.A., Professor/Assistant Academic Chair in Communication at the Ammerman Campus. This session will focus on how to adapt your current assignments and assessments to increase student involvement in their own learning processes. Suggestions are quickly implementable and backed by inclusion research on improving student outcomes. 

Facilitator: Carol Hernandez, Ed.D.

Quality Matters: Applying the Quality Matters Rubric 7th, edition

This is a two-part, 6-hour workshop. Faculty certified in online teaching may attend. Quality Matters Rubric 7th edition is the tool we use to measure the quality of the design of our online courses. The rubric is based on national standards of best practice, research findings, and instructional design principles. It is designed to promote student learning and is part of an inter-institutional, faculty-driven, peer review process. Faculty who did not attend the rubric update workshop from versions 5, or 6 to 7 are no longer considered certified.  

Date and Time: Thursday, April 11, 10:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m. and Thursday, April 18, 10:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m. 
Location:Ammerman Campus, Huntington Library, L10 (lower level)
Facilitator: Robin Hill, Ph.D.

Avoiding the "Overwhelming" Prompt - How to Design Writing Assignments to Support Our Students' Success: Wednesday, April 17, 12:30 p.m.– 1:30 p.m.

This workshop will offer a window into the challenges many of our students face when given a writing prompt that requires knowledge of American culture, socio-political events and trends, and conventions of standard English. Christina Savarese, assistant professor of English, will demonstrate how to design writing assignments and assessments that aim to support and connect with students of all English language levels and abilities. 
Facilitator: Carol Hernandez, Ed.D

Crafting Measurable Learning Outcomes: Friday, April 19, 11 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to use Bloom’s Taxonomy to craft measurable weekly learning outcomes that align with your course learning outcomes.  
Facilitator: Alexandra Belanich, M.A.

 

Contact Us

Carol Hernandez, Ed.D.
Assistant Dean of CTL
hernaca@sunysuffolk.edu
631-451-4524

Robin A. Hill, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Instructional Design
hillro@sunysuffolk.edu
631-451-4677

Alexandra Belanich
Specialist I
belania@sunysuffolk.edu
631-451-4763

Karen DuBicki
Principal Office Assistant
dubickk@sunysuffolk.edu
631-451-4538

Ivy Truong
College Aide
truongi@sunysuffolk.edu
631-451-4804

Questions?
CTL@sunysuffolk.edu

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