2023-2024 PRESENTATIONS
Faculty Development 2023-2024
Sessions for faculty development to promote the exploration and experimentation with research-based practices that foster student academic engagement, learning, and success.
Sessions for faculty development with a focus on incorporating biblical foundations of faith and learning and an Adventist Biblical Christian worldview.
Sessions for faculty with a focus on enhancing technology skills.
Sessions for faculty development in worldview to facilitate the examination of worldviews and how they affect every thought and action.
Video of Professional Development
As Christians we are called to have a worldview that is different and distinctive
from the society that surrounds us. What are the key components of a biblical worldview?
How are they expressed in your academic life? This week, we examine two foundational
elements of a biblical worldview and three subtle steps that can lead us out of a
biblical worldview without fully realizing it.
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There are two mindsets that have been shown to contribute to success: fixed mindset and growth mindset. Research shows that growth mindset leads to higher success in every area of life, especially academics. This session will demonstrate an activity that can be used to help students discuss, identify, and change the mindset they have. If we can help students change their mindset, then perhaps we can help them gain the self-efficacy they need to succeed at higher levels, both here at Southern and in their future calling.
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A "relationship-rich" approach goes beyond traditional
teaching methods, advocating for a holistic view of education that recognizes the
importance of relationships in shaping a
positive and effective learning experience. It encourages student-professor and/or
colleague relationships to go beyond the curriculum and actively cultivate an environment
where meaningful connections can be created and thrive. In this session, the presentation
will emphasize this pivotal role of building meaningful relationships in the realm
of education.
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Think before you click! Be a human firewall! Cybersecurity takes no rest and neither
should you! Join us this week to learn how to identify risks and increase your cyber
safety.
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Some of our students arrive on campus with a prior understanding of degrees and majors,
advisors and minors, prerequisites and electives. They have parents and grandparents
who have often shared their own Southern or other college stories around the dinner
table. Other students, however, may be the first in their family to attend college
and lack the same understanding of the college path - yet they come to us with courage,
aspirations, academic skills, talents, determination, and faith.
The label “First Generation College Student” is often characterized by what FirstGen
may lack. Using an asset-based approach, we can redefine the label and instead characterize
FirstGen by what they bring to our campus.
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Optimize Your Brain (OYB) is an elective course available to all students since 2018.
This presentation will focus on student lifestyle choices and characteristics that
impact mental health, academic performance, and social interactions. Data from student
tests and course evaluations will be shared. Come find out what this course can do
to help your students achieve better wellbeing.
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(Note: Due to technological difficulty, this video does not have audio recording.)
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Here are the resources from the final page of the slides:
5 Easy Tips for Safeguarding Good Writing Practices https://www.turnitin.com/blog/5-easy-tips-for-safeguarding-good-writing-practices-and-navigating-ai-misuse
The Homework Apocalypse https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-homework-apocalypse
Teaching Asynchronous Online Courses https://philosopherscocoon.typepad.com/blog/2023/05/teaching-asynchronous-online-in-the-chatgpt-era.html
Academic Integrity Assessment Strategies https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/teaching-and-learning/building/generative-ai-in-teaching-and-learning.html#assessment
Project Zero Thinking Strategies: I Used to Think… Now I Think https://pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/I%20Used%20to%20Think%20-%20Now%20I%20Think_2.pdf
Prompt Library for Teachers https://www.aiforeducation.io/prompt-library?fbclid=IwAR2Wkp-FM4HFi7bfHQOX2o_EM4-klwR6O9WnKG_b-w9zKtg_jTCDFt_lbEU
Teaching with ChatGPT: Assignment Design Tips & Ideas ttps://www.montclair.edu/faculty-excellence/teaching-resources/clear-course-design/practical-responses-to-chat-gpt/teaching-with-chatgpt-assignment-design-tips-ideas/
Bloom's Taxonomy Revisited https://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/faculty/artificial-intelligence-tools/meaningful-learning/
How is Adventist higher education different from that of a secular institution? How
do principles found in the Bible and Ellen White’s writing shape our view of relationship-rich
education? In this interactive presentation, Alan Parker, School of Religion professor,
will present practical strategies for discipling students in and outside of the classroom.
Dr. Parker will discuss how to engage in person-centered education that is holistic,
biblical, and transformative. Come prepared to challenge traditional concepts of education
and to engage in a lively discussion. Join us for the last session of the year!
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