ABSTRACTS - Room 101

All sessions take place in Butler-Carlton Hall on the Missouri S&T campus

1-101 // Tiny Tweaks with Big Benefits: Transforming Your Syllabus

HANDS-ON WORKSHOP (1 hour 45 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Cathryn Friel - Sr. Instructional Designer and Quality Evaluation Team Lead; Missouri Online

Audience: Higher Education

Time and Location: 12:15 - 2:00 p.m.; Room 101

MODE: Face-to-face (Face-to-Face Presenter + Face-to-Face Attendees)

Your syllabus is often the first impression students have of you and your course; its tone can set the path for all subsequent course interactions. During this interactive workshop, you will collaboratively evaluate syllabi for areas that may convey unintended tones and brainstorm ideas that communicate a welcoming and supportive learning environment. After attending this workshop, you will leave with a more inviting, student-centric, and inclusive syllabus.

3-101 // "Know Thyself, Know Others": Intercultural Competence to Teach, Motivate our Students, and Help Develop the Whole Person

HANDS-ON WORKSHOP (1 hour 45 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Michel Gueldry - Professor of French and Intercultural Studies; Missouri S&T

Audience: Higher Education; K-12 Education

Time and Location: 2:15 - 4:00 p.m.; Room 101

MODE: Face-to-face (in person)

This interactive session will present 12+ prompts (visuals, sentences, adages, videos, self-evident "truths," etc.) to facilitate discussion and exploration of intercultural skills. We will tease out IC principles and explore how to apply them to all our classes regardless of students' majors, levels, ages, and history. Participants will practice IC skills, tricks and tips that are concise and immediately applicable in class, interpersonal relationships, and life.