Special Events
Guest Presentations
OTL hosts a variety of teaching-related presentations each semester by WSU faculty as well as by invited guests. See our calendar for specific dates and times that speakers are scheduled to present. The Office for Teaching and Learning encourages WSU faculty to present on their uses of technology in teaching as well as on instructional applications in the classroom. If you would like to give a presentation for your colleagues, please call 577-6448, and we will be happy to arrange a speaking date for you.
Teleconferences Sponsored by OTL
During the year the OTL may provide the opportunity for faculty to engage in a live teleconference, usually sponsored by PBS. Topics selected are varied; past broadcasts include Intellectual Property in Online Education, Using Information Technology in a Traditional Classroom, Copyright Issues Online, Cheating and Plagiarism, and Assessment and Evaluation of Distance Learners. Please check the OTL calendar for listings of current teleconferences being offered.
All teleconferences are videotaped, and the tapes are available for viewing at the OTL Library. These videos are non-circulating, and you may stop by the OTL anytime to view them. Some teleconferences are also available as streaming video after the conference date. Special arrangements can be made to show the videotapes within your department or you may arrange to bring a group to the OTL and view videos in a TRC conference room. For information or to arrange a private showing, please call 313.577.1980 or e-mail otl@wayne.edu
Throughout the academic year the Office for Teaching and Learning schedules special events on areas of interest in teaching and learning. Our recent events are:
- Engaging Students in LARGE Classes (Archived Video) (November 20, 2009)
- New Faculty Luncheon and Open House (October 30, 2009)
- OTL Book Club: The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life (October 28, 2009)
- Xtreme! Week Kick-Off Event—Blogging, Video, Podcasting: Student-Generated Content and Video Solutions (May 6, 2009)
- OTL Book Club: Generation Me (April 1, 2009)
- Digitizing Humanities: Mapping the Field (February 27, 2009)
- Teaching the Wired Generation (February 18, 2009)
- Wikidelica: Open-Author Technologies And Just-In-Time Pedagogies (January 30, 2009)
- OTL Book Club: Racing Odysseus (December 4, 2008)
- Faculty Conference: Three Things We Need to Talk About (October 31, 2008)
- New Faculty Open House & Luncheon (October 3, 2008)
- New Faculty Orientation (Aug 22, 25 & 26, 2008)
2008-2009: Book Club
- OTL Book Club: The Last Lecture (July 28, 2009)
- OTL Book Club: Generation Me (March 4, 2009)
- OTL Book Club: Racing Odysseus (December 4, 2008)
Special presentations and speakers
2008-2009 Digital Collaboratory Series
- September 19, 2008, Workshop at the DIA: New Paradigms for Teaching and Learning in Museums
- October 31, 2008: InterDIGITAL Disciplinarity: Why It's Right for Everyone
- November 14, 2008: An Evolutionary Approach to Teaching Language and Culture with Technology
- December 5, 2008: Social Networks for Service Learning: Creating the Detroit Network for Engaged Service Learning (DESL)
- January 30, 2009: Wikidelica: Open-Author Technologies And Just-In-Time Pedagogies
- Digitizing Humanities: Mapping the Field (February 27, 2009)
2009 Faculty Speakers
- February 18, 2009: Teaching the Wired Generation
- Xtreme! Week Kick-Off Event—Blogging, Video, Podcasting: Student-Generated Content and Video Solutions (May 6, 2009)
2008 Faculty Speakers
- February 5, 2008, Mame Jackson: Opening the Doors Between the Classroom and Community
Listen to a recording of this session - February 19, 2008, Heather Dillaway: Thoughts on How to be Both Rigorous and Flexible in the Classroom
Listen to a recording of this session - March 21, 2008: Abigail Butler, Motivating Students with Student-Centered Teaching
- April 4, 2008, Tim Spannaus: Simulations for Classroom Use
- April 8, 2008, Michael Barbour: Today's Student: Deciphering What's Real
- April 11, 2008, Tara Gray: Publish and Flourish: Quadruple Your Productivity in Just 15-30 Minutes a Day
- April 18, 2008, Beth Coleman: Hello Avatar!: Virtual Communities and Networked Subjects
- April 23, 2008, Bill Warters: Empowering Educational Resources: Moving from a Culture of Control and Containment to One of Sharing and Reuse
2007 Faculty Speakers
- February 9 , 2007, Mary Lieh-Lai, Winner of the WSU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
- March 23 , 2007, Larry Lemke: The Pleasures and Perils of Team Teaching, Winner of the WSU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
2006 Faculty Speakers
- May 25, 2006, Patti Clayton, The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- September 15, 2006, Gwen Gorzelsky, Winner of the WSU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
- November 7 , 2006, John Corvino, Winner of the WSU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
- December 1 , 2006, Jack Bernard, Univ. of Michigan, Google Book Search in a Nutshell
The Innovative Instructional Technology Faculty Grant Awards Speaker Series
- January 3, 2008 Presenters
- March 20, 2007 Presenters
- September 26, 2006 Presenters
- May 4, 2006 Presenters
- November 30, 2005 Presenters
- September 14, 2005 Presenters
The Emerging Technology for Scholars Lunchtime Discussion Series
- October 19, 2006, Social Book and Article Finding Tools for Scholars
- November 9, 2006, Automated Information Gathering Using Free "WebScraping", News Harvesting and Tag Searching Tools
- November 30, 2006, Make Your Own "Mash-ups"
- December 14, 2006, News Flash: High Quality and Free Teaching Materials Found Hidden in Learning Object Repositories