Click to listen to the podcast with Dr. Mirari Elcoro<\/a><\/p>\n In this podcast,\u00a0Dr. Mirari Elcoro<\/a>, our featured speaker from Framingham State University, will discuss her scholarship of teaching and learning. She will narrate her development and motivation for evaluating and disseminating the effects of bringing the laboratory (live or virtual) into the classroom. Lastly, she will highlight her current project aimed at identifying best practices for facilitating effective studying habits for students.<\/p>\n Dr. Mirari Elcoro is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Philosophy at Framingham State University. She obtained a doctorate degree in Psychology, with focus in Behavior Analysis, from West Virginia University. She is a Governor\u2019s Teaching Fellow from the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia, and has been nominated to the Georgia Regents\u2019 Excellence in Teaching Award by Armstrong State University (Savannah, GA) where she taught for nine years. She is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D). Dr. Elcoro serves in the editorial board of the Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis.<\/p>\n As a teacher scholar, Dr. Elcoro is passionate and invested in the scholarship of teaching and learning. She studies teaching as one of her scholarship interests. Her interest in not only in the behavior of teaching, but also in the academic and professional behaviors of her students (e.g., studying). Several of her projects focus on improving engagement in the classroom. One recent project, titled Bringing the Laboratory into the Classroom, is aimed at improving the understanding and appreciation of scientific concepts in the psychology classroom. She is also currently involved in examining the use of guided notes in undergraduate education.<\/p>\n Within the experimental analysis of behavior Dr. Elcoro is interested in the study of temporal control, delay of reinforcement, behavioral pharmacology, and resurgence of operant behavior. Dr. Elcoro is also interested in the intersections between behavior analysis and neuroscience. She co-founded the minor in Neuroscience at Armstrong State University and currently teaches in the Minor in Neuroscience at Framingham State University.<\/p>\n Publications in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning:<\/strong><\/p>\n Elcoro, M., Broughton, K., & Hebert, L. Guided notes in undergraduate instruction. International Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Under Revision (Revise & Resubmit). Working on Revisions.<\/p>\n Elcoro, M. & McCarley, N. (2015). This old thing? Using old laboratory equipment to enhance psychology courses. Teaching of Psychology, 42(1), 69-72. doi:10.1177\/0098628314562681<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/celt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2020\/09\/thumbnail_dsc_8704-2.jpg\")
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Please sign up to attend this webinar session on Friday, February 5, 2021, 10:30am – 12pm<\/strong> via WebEx (link provided Questions? Contact Aura Lippincott (lippincotta@wcsu.edu)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Faculty Training Sessions \u2013 Fall 2020<\/p>\n Please note that session meeting links will be emailed to you prior to the session dates. Please choose the option at the end of the survey to receive a copy of your workshop sign ups.<\/p>\n Blackboard Basics:<\/strong>\u00a0Learn the basics of building your course in Blackboard Blackboard Collaborate Ultra:<\/strong>\u00a0learn about synchronous online meeting using Blackboard\u2019s integrated meeting tool. Blackboard Tests:<\/strong>\u00a0learn how to create online quizzes and tests in Blackboard Blackboard Grade Center:<\/strong>\u00a0learn how to set up and navigate your course gradebook Dear Faculty,<\/p>\n You are invited to register for training sessions taking place June 15-26 and July 13-24. There are a wide variety of times and dates to fit your summer schedules. Workshop descriptions and sign up links are available via the CELT\u00a0Summer 2020 Workshops<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n 6\/23\/20 update: Click to listen to the podcast with Dr. Veronica Howard<\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Veronica Howard teaches Intro to Behavioral Analysis (PSY A200) in UAA’s Social Sciences Building.<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n In this podcast,\u00a0Dr. Veronica Howard<\/a>, our featured speaker from University of Alaska Anchorage, will discuss open educational resources.<\/p>\n Dr.\u00a0Veronica\u00a0Howard\u00a0is an assistant professor of Psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage, chair of the UAA textbook affordability committee, and founding member of the Association for Behavior Analysis International\u2019s Open Educational Resources (OER) special interest group. As a first-generation college student, working to find ways to make higher education affordable for all students is a deeply\u00a0personal mission for\u00a0Veronica.\u00a0Veronica\u2019s background is in organizational behavior management and sustainable behavior change, and uses these skills to promote wide-spread adoption and creation of OER materials.<\/p>\n References<\/strong><\/p>\n Howard, V. J. (2019). Open educational resources in behavior analysis.\u00a0Behavior Analysis in Practice<\/em>,\u00a012<\/em>(4), 839-853.<\/a><\/p>\n Special thanks to Peter Puccio for recording this podcast.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Click\u00a0<\/a>to listen to the podcast with Dr. Sharon Yamen.<\/a><\/p>\n Sharon\u00a0Yamen, Esq. is an assistant professor in the division of justice and law at the Ancell School of Business, Western Connecticut State University. She received her J.D. at Hofstra University School of Law. Professor\u00a0Yamen\u00a0holds\u00a0her own practice assisting small business start-ups and has ten plus years of teaching experience. Her research is vast and varied, often pointing out disparities in the law. When not teaching, researching or practicing she can be found exploring the great outdoors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Session recording<\/a>\u00a0(requires WCSU login)<\/p>\n You are invited to\u00a0CELT\u00a0online faculty panel\u00a0discussion\u2026\u00a0Friday,\u00a0May 8, 12pm-1pm,\u00a0via WebEx\u00a0(WCSU Login required to access\u00a0WebEx\u00a0meeting link)<\/p>\n Please join your colleagues for another thought-provoking conversation about the digital pedagogy of teaching online hosted by the Center for Excellence in Learning\u00a0and Teaching.<\/p>\n This session will focus on fostering online student engagement and learning through fostering community and rapport in the class.\u00a0 We will discuss a variety of techniques, such as group work, discussion, peer to peer learning and other online course community building techniques. Faculty panelists will share their experience, tips, techniques, and lessons learned on this important and challenging aspect of online learning.<\/p>\n Hosted by\u00a0Adam Brewer<\/strong>, CELT Director Panelists:<\/p>\n Click to listen to the podcast with Dr. Neeta Connally<\/a><\/p>\n Neeta Pardanani Connally<\/a>\u00a0is an associate professor in the Dept. of Biological & Environmental Sciences at Western Connecticut State University (WCSU), where she oversees the WCSU Tickborne Disease Prevention Laboratory. Trained as a medical entomologist, her research focuses upon backyard ecology and prevention of Lyme and other tick-associated diseases in the northeastern United States. Some of Neeta\u2019s recent projects have evaluated integrated tick management tactics for preventing tick bites, assessed the effectiveness of tick-repellent clothing, and investigated the role of human behavior in peridomestic tickborne disease risk.<\/p>\n Neeta\u2019s research<\/a>\u00a0has been funded by federal grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and she has been a CDC TickNET project contributor in partnership with the Connecticut Emerging Infections Program since 2007. Neeta served on the U.S. Health and Human Services Tick-Borne Disease Working Group as a member of the Tick Biology, Ecology, and Control Subcommittee in 2019, and as a member of the Disease Vectors, Surveillance, and Prevention subcommittee in 2018. She was also appointed Neeta has been recognized for her research and outreach efforts, receiving the Connecticut State University Board of Regents system-wide Faculty Research Award in 2020, the Connecticut Campus Compact Community Engaged Scholar Award in 2015, and the Connecticut State University Board of Regents Faculty Research Award for WCSU in 2014. She holds a B.S. in animal biology from Louisiana Tech University, a Master of Science in Public Health from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and a Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island. Prior to joining the WCSU faculty, Neeta was an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale School of Public Health.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Watch the recording<\/a>\u00a0(requires WCSU login)<\/p>\n 4\/17\/2020 With four weeks of emergency remote teaching behind you, are you looking to take your online teaching to the next level? Are you new to online, or have some experience, but want to learn \u201chow others are doing it?\u201d As we have all moved to remote teaching, what are some lessons learned that we can apply to the rest of the semester and beyond? During this session, faculty panelists \u2013 from brand new to experienced practitioners \u2013 will share their experiences, lessons learned, \u201caha\u201d moments, and the challenges and rewards of online teaching. Learn about what is involved in planning, preparing and facilitating an online course. Gain insights on how this modality is different from (and the same) as on-ground teaching. Learn valuable lessons, tips and tricks from those who have already tried (with or without success).<\/p>\n Hosted by Adam Brewer, Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Moderated by Aura Lippincott, Instructional Designer<\/p>\n Panelists:<\/p>\n Click to listen to the podcast with Dr. Caitlin Faas<\/a><\/p>\n Caitlin Faas is an associate professor and department chair of psychology at Mount St. Mary\u2019s University in Emmitsburg, MD. She earned her Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Science from Virginia Tech with a specialization in child and adolescent development. Her research has focused on emerging adulthood and educational outcomes. She is also a certified life and weight coach through The Life Coach School. Follow her work at\u00a0http:\/\/www.drcaitlinfaas.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>
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