TOPkit Past Events – Workshop 2022

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

12:50PM – 1:10PM[Prelude & Networking] Once upon a time in a kingdom far, far away . . .
1:10PM – 1:15PMWelcome from TOPkit Workshop 2022 Chair Willie Freeman!
1:15PM – 1:50PMKeynote Session “Shaping What’s Next”
1:50PM – 2:00PM10 minute break
2:00PM – 2:45PMFrom Reaction Plans to Action Plans – A Phased Approach to Faculty Development
2:00PM – 2:45PMBeyond Remote: A Simple Recipe for Sound Synchronous Online Learning
2:00PM – 2:45PMTwo Million Online Proctored Exams: What We Have Learned So Far
2:45PM – 3:00PM10 minute break
3:00PM – 3:15PMCreate, Implement, Investigate, Repeat: The Current State of Learning Engineering
3:00PM – 3:15PMLet Them Speak! Involving Students in Faculty Development
3:00PM – 3:15PMKnighted Faculty: Arise! Empower! Ignite!
3:15PM – 3:30PMAcademically Motivated: Best Practices for faculty to encourage students to succeed
3:15PM – 3:30PMFacilitating Cultural Connections Abroad through Virtual Exchange
3:15PM – 3:30PMHumanizing Communication with Online Students
3:30PM – 3:45PMDesigning for Regular and Substantive Interaction in Light of US-DOE’s Newest Regulations
3:30PM – 3:45PMFacilitating Transformative Experiences
3:30PM – 3:45PMBringing UDL Down to Earth: Creative Applications for S.T.E.M. Course Design
3:45PM – 4:00PMDay Wrap-up & Tomorrow Overview/QA

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

12:50PM – 1:00PMNetworking
1:00PM – 1:45PMEstablishing the Center: Journey to the Center for Teaching, Learning, & Mentoring at the University of Wisconsin Madison
2:00PM – 2:45PMTeachTalks: “Just-in-Time” Faculty Development at NYU
2:00PM – 2:45PMEmpowering through Design: Using Pressbooks to Navigate Accessibility, UDL and UDI
2:00PM – 2:45PMCourse Design Innovation, Iteration, Evaluation
3:00PM – 3:45PMLearning in a Wayfinding Environment: Some Loosely Connected Ideas
3:45PM – 4:00PMNetworking

Thursday, March 3, 2022

12:50PM – 1:00PMNetworking
1:00PM – 1:45PMIgnite Faculty Enthusiasm Toward Online Education Implementation
1:00PM – 1:45PMWelcome to the Family: Building Universal Class Shells for Intro Classes with transferability among faculty a goal!
1:00PM – 1:45PMAssessing and Incentivizing Faculty Development in Institutional DEI Work
1:45PM – 2:00PM15-Minute Break
2:00PM – 2:45PMAdapting to COVID: The Reconceptualization of an Online Instructor Certification Program
2:00PM – 2:45PMEmbodiment Theory, Trauma, and Pedagogy for Better Course Engagement
2:00PM – 2:45PMUsing Feedforward to Improve the Course Redesign-Relaunch Process
2:00PM – 2:45PMTime Management Matters: Implementing Effective Practices From Two Multi-Site Higher Education Institutions
2:00PM – 2:45PMCombat Contract Cheating…Finish with a Finale (not a Final)
2:00PM – 2:45PMDemocratizing Teaching and Learning through Open Educational Practices
2:00PM – 2:45PMWhat Did You Say? Effective Ways to Communicate in the Masked Age
3:00PM – 3:45PMSTEM Kits: The 3rd Way To Implement Labs for Remote Learners
3:00PM – 3:45PMMaslow Before Bloom
3:00PM – 3:45PMHigh Impact Practices in Online and Hybrid Courses: A Reflection of Faculty Experiences
3:45PM – 4:00PMReflections and Closing with TOPkit Chair Willie Freeman