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Videos and Resources from Previous Sessions


Teaching & Advising


Copyright law and today’s technologies: Implications for teaching and research (10/29/10).
See session materials and information on media resources and works in the public domain.


Crafting Effective Exam Questions (2/1/12). Video of this session.


Designing and managing online discussions (9/22/10).
Helpful tips from this session. 


Engaging students using media (2/16/11).  Video of this session.


A Faculty Member’s Role and Responsibilities in Addressing the Problem of Sexual Violence at UM (9/14/12).  Video of this session.


Getting to the Heart of Revision (11/2/12).
Three sessions co-sponsored by the ASCRC Writing Committee and the Pedagogy Project.

  • How Rubrics Help Students and Teachers Video of this session.
  • Providing Productive Feedback in a Reasonable Amount of Time Video of this session.
  • Revision Strategies that Work Video of this session.


Inclusive syllabi roundtable (1/20/11).
  Video of this session.


Innovation by design: Unique methods for student engagement (11/12/10).
  Video of this session (edited due to sound-quality issues).


Love of learning vs. fear of failing: Student motivation (10/22/10). 
A Pedagogy Project conversation.  Video of this session.


Maximizing Classroom Interaction by Presenting Course Content through Podcasts (2/23/12).
Video of this session.


Meeting the Needs of Displaced Workers (2/11/11). 
Video of this session.


Mind Mapping Techniques: Tools for Graphically Organizing Course Topics, Projects, Proposals, and Presentations (11/8/12). Video of this session.


My Parents Were Not Griz: Working with First Generation College Students (10/24/12).
A Pedagogy Project conversation. Video of this session.


Navigating the Classroom Generation Gap (10/28/2011).
A Pedagogy Project conversation. Video of this session.


Please Clarify: Student Insights on Effective Feedback on Writing (10/17/12).
A Pedagogy Project conversation. Video of this session.


Prevention is the Best Cure...Even in the University Classroom (9/30/2011).
Session on preventing and resolving conflicts with students in the classroom. Video of this session.


Reaching Every Student: How Universal Design for Learning Increases Student Motivation and Engagement (10/20/2011).
 Video of this session.


Responding to Student Writing: Strategies for Giving Meaningful Feedback (2/9/11). 
 See a handout from this session. 


Student advising: Resources to help you maximize your advising sessions (10/6/10). 
 Video of this session.


Teaching naked vs. digitally adorned: The promise and pitfalls of presentation technology in the classroom (10/1/10). 
 A Pedagogy Project conversation.  Video of this session (edited due to sound-quality issues).


Tell Me What You Want (What You Really, Really Want): Communicating Assignment Expectations Before It’s Too Late (11/2/2011).
Video of this session.


Where’s Waldo? Personalizing Large Lecture Classes (9/16/2011).
  Video of this session.


Career Development


Deans’ roundtable on succeeding in academe (11/19/10).  
  Video of this session.


Tenure and promotion at UM (9/15/10).
  Video of this session.


Tenure and Promotion at UM (9/14/11).
  Video of this session.


Research, Scholarly & Creative Activity

Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (9/19/12). A session with Dr. Deborah Olster, Deputy Director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) at the NIH. Click here for slides from this session.


The Changing Landscape of Funding from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) (9/9/2011). 
   Video of this session.


Conceptual and Practical Issues in Funding through the National Institutes of Health: The Example of Cancer Control (4/20/12).
Video and slides from this presentation.


Funding Mechanisms of the National Endowment for the Arts (2/10/12). Video of this session.


Funding Opportunities from the National Endowment for the Humanities (2/29/12).
Video of this session.


Getting published: A session for faculty in the arts and humanities (11/5/10
). Video of this session.


Interdisciplinary Research Projects from Start to Finish (2/16/12).  Video of this session.


An introduction to grants and fellowships in the humanities (3/16/11).
Video of this session. 


Jumpstarting Research Projects in the Health Sciences Using NIH Grants (2/9/12): Tips on Applying for R15s or Academic Research Enhancement Awards.
Video of this session.


Jumpstarting Research Projects in the Health Sciences Using NIH Grants (2/9/12): Tips on Applying for R03, R21, and R34 Awards.
Video of this session.


NSF Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students (3/25/11). Video of this session.


An Overview of Proposal Budgeting (2/25/11).  Video of this session.   


Pedagogy of the Published: Thoughts on How to Publish on Teaching (9/28/12).
Video of this session.


Recent Changes in NSF Proposal Criteria (3/25/11).
Video of this session.


Strategies for Writing the Components of a Successful Grant Proposal (9/23/2011).
  Video of this session.


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