In Partnership with Cengage Learning
“From Initial Design to Final Assessment: Increased Learning through Intentional Pedagogy”
Through engagement with experienced colleagues and with each other, keynotes, panels, discussions,
roundtables and networking are designed to provide an integrated learning experience grounded in
the scholarship of teaching and learning that will help participants use intentional pedagogical
choices to increase learning.
This special workshop will take place on the first day of the PSA conference, from 8 am to 5 pm. Anyone can participate, but must pre-register (no cost) here: http://www.cvent.com/events/akd-teaching-learning-workshop/event-summary-b8b0440642744a2389bf3ca4f75c4dfa.aspx Note that Cengage is offering to cover Tuesday night hotel costs for some attendees, and AKD offers some fellowships (http://www.alphakappadelta.org/).
Folks who attend the AKD workshop must pay any appropriate PSA fees in order to participate in the PSA conference!
Agenda Outline (see below for details):
8:00-8:10 Welcome, Jeffrey Chin, Le Moyne College and Secretary-Treasurer of Alpha
Kappa Delta
8:10-8:15 Welcome, Amy Orr, Linfield College, President, PSA
8:15-9:15 Breakfast and World Café, Michele Kozimor-King, President, AKD
9:15-9:30 Break
9:30-10:30 Concurrent Roundtables, round 1
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Concurrent Roundtables, round 2
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-1:00 Lunch and Keynote, Earl Babbie, Chapman University
1:00-1:15 Break
1:15-2:15 Concurrent Roundtables, round 3
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:30 Concurrent Roundtables, round 4
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-4:45 Concurrent Roundtables, round 5
4:45-5:00 Next Steps, More Resources, Assessment, Parting, Jeffrey Chin, Le Moyne
College and Secretary-Treasurer of AKD
AKD at PSA Teaching and Learning Workshop 2018 Detailed Agenda
Roundtable Topics:
Session 1/Table 1: “It’s the Little Things: Taking A Step Towards Building A More Inclusive
Learning Environment”, Celeste Atkins, Cochise College
Session 1/Table 2: “Internationalizing the Curriculum”, Christine Oakley, Washington State University
Session 1/Table 3: “Publishing your SoTL paper in Teaching Sociology and/or TRAILS”. Michele
Kozimor-King, Elizabethtown College, Julie Pelton, University of
Nebraska-Omaha
Session 1/Table 4: “What’s in it for me? The ASA’s New Report The Sociology Major in the Changing
Higher Education Landscape: Curriculum, Careers and Online Learning”, Margaret Vitullo, American
Sociological Association
Session 1/Table 5: “Pedagogy of Undergraduate Research”, Marie Butler, retired, Ventura County
Community College
Session 1/Table 6: “Making Sociology Personal, Local, and Global for Students”: Talk with Cengage’s
Sociology Team about how you connect students to Sociology on personal, local, and global levels.
Discuss the challenges you have, the way you engage your students, and review upcoming course
materials Cengage Learning is designing for sociology courses.
Mid-morning Break
Session 2/Table 1: “Using Simulation-Games”, Jeffrey Chin, Le Moyne College
Session 2/Table 2: “Taking Students Abroad: Global Learning at Home and Abroad”, Christine Oakley,
Washington State University
Session 2/Table 3: “Establishing or Revitalizing a Chapter of AKD”, Michele Kozimor-King,
President, Alpha Kappa Delta
Session 2/Table 4: “Teaching Sociology in Prison”, Stephen F. Steele, Emeritus, Anne Arundel
Community College
Session 2/Table 5: “Teaching with Strengths: Using the Clifton Strengths Inventory in the
Classroom”, Barbara Prince, Bowling Green State University
Session 2/Table 6: “Making Sociology Personal, Local, and Global for Students”: Talk with Cengage’s
Sociology Team about how you connect students to Sociology on personal, local, and global levels.
Discuss the challenges you have, the way you engage your students, and review upcoming course
materials Cengage Learning is designing for sociology courses.
12:00-1:00. Lunch and Keynote: “Cultural Transformations”, Earl Babbie, Chapman College
Session 3/Table 1: Chat with Earl Babbie
Session 3/Table 2: “Open Educational Resources”, Zendina Mostert, Salt Lake Community College
Session 3/Table 3: “A Little Bird Told Me: Using Twitter to Increase Student Engagement”.
Michele Kozimor-King, Elizabethtown College
Session 3/Table 4: “Community College Faculty Teaching Sociology: Findings and Recommendations from the ASA Task Force on Community College Faculty”, Margaret Vitullo, American Sociological
Association
Session 3/Table 5: open for networking or continuing conversation
Session 3/Table 6: “Making Sociology Personal, Local, and Global for Students”: Talk with Cengage’s
Sociology Team about how you connect students to Sociology on personal, local, and global levels.
Discuss the challenges you have, the way you engage your students, and review upcoming course
materials Cengage Learning is designing for sociology courses.
Mid-afternoon Break
Session 4/Table 1: “Active Learning: Teaching Culture with a Silent Card Game”, Daniel Poole, Salt
Lake Community College
Session 4/Table 2: “Professional Development for Graduate Students and Junior Faculty”, Jeffrey
Chin, Le Moyne College
Session 4/Table 3: “Publishing your SoTL paper in Teaching Sociology and/or TRAILS”. Michele
Kozimor-King, Elizabethtown College, Julie Pelton, University of
Nebraska-Omaha
Session 4/Table 4: “Applying Sociology: Career Path or Pathology”, Stephen F. Steele, Emeritus,
Anne Arundel Community College
Session 4/Table 5: open for networking or continuing conversation
Session 4/Table 6: “Making Sociology Personal, Local, and Global for Students”: Talk with Cengage’s
Sociology Team about how you connect students to Sociology on personal, local, and global levels.
Discuss the challenges you have, the way you engage your students, and review upcoming course
materials Cengage Learning is designing for sociology courses.
Session 5/Table 1: “Fostering Impactful Classroom Engagement Using Social Media”, Abby Fox, Cengage Learning
Session 5/Table 2: “Preparing for a Program Review”, Jeffrey Chin, Le Moyne College
Session 5/Table 3: “Establishing or Revitalizing a Chapter of AKD”, Michele Kozimor-King, President, Alpha Kappa Delta
Session 5/Table 4: open for networking or continuing conversation
Session 5/Table 5: “CBR: Integrating Classroom and Community through Research”, Barbara Prince,
Bowling Green State University
Session 5/Table 6: “Making Sociology Personal, Local, and Global for Students”: Talk with Cengage’s
Sociology Team about how you connect students to Sociology on personal, local, and global levels.
Discuss the challenges you have, the way you engage your students, and review upcoming course
materials Cengage Learning is designing for sociology courses.
