Faculty, it can be quite time-consuming to develop effective active learning activities for your classroom, especially if you are teaching a course for the first time. The goal of this session is to provide you with two or three concrete examples of effective active learning templates that can be quickly adapted to your course. By … Continue reading "Introduction to Active Learning: Concrete Ideas for your Classroom"

Come learn how to employ some new features as well as time-tested tools in Moodle to amplify your virtual presence and create a welcoming online environment that communicates your learning goals and presents content and activities in an easy-to-navigate format.We will cover:time-saving strategies for building and/or updating a coursehow to leverage auto-linking to streamline course … Continue reading "Up Your Game with Moodle (Valuable Tips)"

Whether you have never used the Moodle gradebook and want to learn the basics OR have been using the gradebook but would like us to do a “pre-semester check-up” this is the workshop for you. The E-Learning team will be on hand to offer some essential gradebook tips as well as individual help with making … Continue reading "Providing Feedback with the Moodle Gradebook"

In June, a team from Augsburg attended the Council of Independent Colleges Diversity, Civility, and the Liberal Arts Institute. This session will include a discussion of the insights and lessons gained from participation in the institute as well as specific action steps we can implement across campus. Specifically, participants will learn the importance of providing … Continue reading "Providing WISE Feedback to Students"

This workshop makes use of the Intercultural Conflict Style (ICS) Inventory, which describes an individual’s preferred approach or style for resolving conflict by reflecting the individual’s culturally learned patterns for dealing with disagreements and expressing emotions. Additionally, this workshop will not only teach individuals about their own preferred approach and style, but also about the … Continue reading "Intercultural Communication and Conflict Styles Workshop"

Professors Beckman (Biology), Lehmann (Social Work), and Lowe (Religion) will describe how trauma is currently understood in their disciplines and highlight the points of tension and coherence among these disciplinary approaches to trauma.

Wednesday, October 2 | Speaking of Scholarship with Dr. Z. Vivian Feng | 3:10 pm - 4:20 pm, Hagfors 150 A "Life at the Nano-bio interface -- an Analytical Chemist's journey towards an environmentally sustainable future"

Wednesday, October 2 | Speaking of Scholarship with Dr. Z. Vivian Feng | 3:10 pm - 4:20 pm, Hagfors 150 A"Life at the Nano-bio interface -- an Analytical Chemist's journey towards an environmentally sustainable future"RSVP for Speaking of Scholarship with Dr. Z. Vivian Feng

This interactive workshop allows participants to explore the concept of ableism and other various models of disability. Additionally, participants will examine disability through the lens of diversity and identify underlying sources of prejudice and discrimination commonly experienced by people with disabilities. Finally, this workshop will share tips and resources for creating spaces at Augsburg and … Continue reading "Disability as Diversity: Building Bridges to Full Inclusion Workshop"

This workshop provides participants with the tools, skills, knowledge, and resources to be intentionally supportive to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) communities. Additionally, this workshop will cover definitions and terminology, tackle current issues and challenges facing LGBTQIA+ students, and practice skill-building scenarios. Finally, this workshop will help faculty and staff to … Continue reading "Ally Training I"