DAYTONA BEACH, FL (April 4, 2011) – Presented by the Office of Faculty Development at Daytona State College, the Third Annual Academic Excellence Symposium will be held Friday, April 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Designed to provide a forum for intellectual discussion and presentations that demonstrate how a dedication to rigor influences the classroom and scholarly thought, the symposium will also consider how an awareness of relevance enhances learning opportunities and increases student success. To conclude, the 2011 Academic Excellence Symposium will investigate our rhetoric - particularly, the ways we use language and images to communicate with students who are increasingly unaccustomed to the ways speakers and writers in academia communicate.
The keynote speaker is Dr. Linda Nilson, founding director of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson University and author of Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors.
Join us to hear highly-respected professors as they discuss research on history, education, and new technology. Presenters include:
Dr. Michelle Lee, Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Communication – “Slamming Poetry and YouTubing: The Seduction of Using Multi-media in the Classroom”
Dr. Theresa Moore, Associate Professor, School of Management – “Maintaining Rigor (and other challenges) in Online Courses”
Dr. Ram Nayar, Senior Professor, School of Physical, Biological, Marine and Environmental Sciences and Director, Academic Sponsored Research – “The Round-About: Did We Miss the Route to 3R in Science Education?”
Judith Westley, Adjunct Faculty, School of Humanities and Communication – “Teaching Misreading: A Pedagogical Approach to Poetic Interpretation”
Christel Saylor, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics – “Creating and Importing Images for Online Instruction Resources”
Kevin Duffy, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice Training, School of Emergency Services and Barbara Duffy, Adjunct Faculty, Institute for Health Services - “Training Online for Today’s Workforce: Technology Overload”
Dr. Rebecca Block, Faculty, School of Humanities and Communication and Director, College Writing Center, Jennifer Kranz, Associate Director, College Writing Center, Chris Gebhardt, Professional Tutor, College Writing Center, and Patrick Love, Professional Tutor, College Writing Center – “Rhetoric Under the Radar: The Relevance of Writing Center Across the Curriculum”
Dr. Ron Eaglin, Chair, School of Engineering Technology – “Using Assessment as a True Method for Course Improvement”
Dr. Theresa Myers, Senior Professor, School of Humanities and Communication - “Desirable Difficulty: Research in the Importance of Rigor in Learning”
The symposium will be held at Daytona State College, Mori Hosseini Center (bldg. 1200), 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, and is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and reservations are required by April 22. To make your reservation or for additional information visit www.DaytonaState.edu/od/2011symposium.html or call 386.506.3653.
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