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2023 Faculty Retreat Schedule

The 2023 Sullivan University Faculty Retreat--Reimagining Teaching: Keys of Success, Pearls of Wisdom 

Friday, November 3 

Main Campus, Louisville, Kentucky

 

This year’s retreat will be highlighting innovative techniques, strategies, and resources which faculty can implement to help bring face-to-face and online classes to life for students.  Join us as we reimagine what teaching is…and can be!  

 

Dress is business casual, but attendees who bring a can of food for the food drive or make a $2 donation may wear jeans.  

 

Please scroll down to see session abstracts.  

 

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2023 Faculty Retreat Schedule

Time

Session/Presenters

Location

Session Description

Remote Access

8:00

Registration Opens

8:30

Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Keynote Address
Dr. Kimberly Daugherty

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Concurrent Sessions

Various (Please See Below)

9:30, 11:00, & 2:00

Session A: “You Mean That’s Possible?”: Utilizing Digital Resources in the LMS

Presentations:

Time Travel:  Transforming History Instruction with Digital Resources—Nicky Gotschall

 

Making Publisher Resources Work for You—Jennifer Gaither

 

Embedded Textbooks—Chris Ernst

 

Room 118/120

Session A Document

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9:30, 11:00, & 2:00

Session B: Giving Students a Reason to Show Up: Strategies for Creating Dynamic Face-to-Face Classroom Experiences

 

Presentations:

 

Reviving Engagement: Crafting Vibrant Face-to-Face Classroom Experiences—Erin Snyder

 

Are the Students Physically and Mentally Present in the Classroom?— Tom Javarinis

 

Escaping Death by PowerPoint: Engaging Students in Non-Traditional Instruction—Erin Chalmers

 

Room 152/154

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9:30, 11:00, & 2:00

Session C: Breathing New Life into Online Classes: Novel Approaches to What Teaching Online Is (and Can Be)

 

Presentations:

These Are Not Your Mother’s Pearls—LaVena Wilkin

 

Synchronous Learning: Bringing the Classroom to the Home—Tiffany Evans

 

Dated Assignments?  Introducing the Blackboard Calendar in Ultra—Josh Simpson

 

Room 148

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9:30, 11:00, & 2:00

Session D: Ready, Set, Record: Strategies for Creating Transformative Audio-Visual Content for Students

 

Presentations:

 

The Effective Use of “Short” Videos in Online Learning—Richard Routt

Spicing Up Your Feedback and Grading—Tonnie Renfro

 

Sound Advice: Enhancing Online Learning with Embedded Audio—Jeff Stone

 

Room 150

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9:30, 11:00, & 2:00

Session E: Ask the IST!

Room 141

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12:30

Lunch Program

 

State of the University 

President, Dr. Tim Swenson

 

Faculty of the Year Presentation

Chancellor, Glenn Sullivan

 

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3:30

Closing Session

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