Enhancing the Teaching of Psychology Conference - 2012
Materials that were presented are linked below
(when available) :

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -  Centennial Hall  - Hall of Nations (PDFagenda)

Time

Event

Presenter(s)

8:30-8:45

Registration

Coffee & Breakfast Breads 

8:45 -9:00 

Welcome

Betsy Morgan  UW- La Crosse

9:00 -11:00

TEACHING KEYNOTE
Active Learning in Lecture-Based Courses

 Jim Eison
U.
of South Florida 

11:00-11:45

Teaching Activity/Lesson Share

Attendees should be ready to provide 2-3 minute overview of a class activity that has “worked” for them  

1:45 - 12:15

Teaching Psychology Internationally Opportunities & Practicalities   

Rik Seefeldt & Travis Tubre UW-River Falls

12:15 - 12:45

LUNCH – Embarrassing moments share (prizes)             

Assigned tables

12:45 -1:15

Break & Technology “Show and Tell”

     Mendeley& Zotero -  Citation Management Software: Rachel Slough & Jen Holman (UW-L Murphy Library) 
     Social Media in the Classroom: Jim Jorstad  (UW-L Academic Tech. Services)
        
http://politico-mediaman.blogspot.com/2012/05/psychology-of-social-media-and-politics.html &     
            http://jjorstad.blogspot.com/

     Beyond the A, B, C’s of iClickers: Ryan McKelley (UW-L Psychology)  - Turning Point
   

1:15 - 2:15

CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH KEYNOTE
 Understanding Socio-Cultural Grounding of Cognition

Yuri Miyamoto       UW-Madison

2:15 - 3:45   

Authentic and Effective Classroom Assessments

Iconic Sensory Memory Demonstration: John Holden (Winona State, MN)   - contact presenter

Catch 'em in class: Applying behavioral principles to classroom attendance policies (Ryan McKelley - UW-L Psychology)      

Assessment of metacognition (Bianca Basten - UW-L & Deb Corley OLLUSA)

Facebook in the classroom: Effects of social networking use on student engagement (Ryan McKelley - UW-L Psychology)      
 
Qualitative Software for Assessment (Betsy Morgan - UW-L Psychology) 
 

3:45 - 4:00

Tips for getting SoTL work published
Four recommended outlets:
Teaching of Psychology

Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
International Journal of SoTL
Psychology Learning and Teaching PLAT

Regan Gurung                    
UW-Green Bay

4:00 - 4:10

Wrap-Up                             

Betsy Morgan  
UW- La Crosse

Sponsored by the UW System Office of Professional and Instructional Development, UW-L’s College of Liberal Studies & Department of Psychology, and APA’s Board of Educational Affairs

The 13th ANNUAL – 2013 – will be held at UW STEVEN’S POINT!