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Robert Talbert is an associate professor in the Mathematics Department at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. Prior to coming to GVSU, he was a faculty at Bethel College (Indiana) and Franklin College. He is an active speaker and consultant in the areas of flipped learning, teaching with technology, self-regulated learning, and others. Talbert is a pioneer in the use of flipped learning in university-level courses in mathematics and computer science and shares his innovative teaching ideas with an international audience through his blog, Casting Out Nines, hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education. He is a proud recipient of the B.F. Bryant Prize for Excellence in Teaching and the Pew Teaching with Technology Award from Grand Valley State University in 2015. His latest book, Flipped Learning: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty was published by Stylus Publications in 2017.
Talbert holds a PhD in mathematics from Vanderbilt University, where he was a Master Teaching Fellow at University's Center for Teaching.
Updated 01-17-18
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Assessment Strategies for Flipped Learning Experiences
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- Educators who want to ensure that their students are engaging fully with the course material need specialized assessment tools to evaluate their progress and make changes efficiently. This seminar aims to show educators in flipped learning classrooms the assessment options available and how to use them for the best results.
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Improve Participation in College Classrooms: How to Create a Discussion Strategy that Will Increase Student Learning and Engagement
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- Gain insights into what keeps students from participating in a discussion—and how to overcome those barriers. Explore strategies you can use to better structure each discussion for increased student involvement.
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Legal Issues in Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure: How Colleges and Universities Can Hire the Right Faculty and Reduce the Risk of Costly Litigation
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- Explore details of the key laws that everyone handling academic personnel matters should know, as well as key strategies for hiring the right faculty from the start. Learn about best practices that can reduce the risk of costly and time-consuming litigation and disputes.
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Overcoming Implicit Bias in Higher Education
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- Gain strategies you can use to recruit, hire, and sustain a more diverse team of academic faculty and staff. Learn about results from the latest research on implicit bias, and get proven strategies you can use to anticipate and reduce its effects on the three key stages of the search process: recruiting, hiring, and managing.
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How to Create a Transformative Learning Experience for Students by Managing Hot Moments and Difficult Discussions in the Classroom
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- Gain proven strategies for managing difficult dialogue and responding to hot moments in the classroom. Learn how to prepare for a challenging discussion and make it more productive, as well as how to assess the outcomes of the experience and the impact it had on your students.
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Documentation of Disability: What Is Good Practice and What Can Be Legally Required?
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- Learn to distinguish between the two major types of accommodations, identify instances when documentation is required, and interpret the statutes and laws to guide decisions at your school.
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Customized Course Review Rubrics: How to Take the Quality of Your Online Courses to the Next Level
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- Learn who to involve in the planning, how to decide on the questions included, and the steps to creating a course review rubric that makes sense for your online programs.
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How to Design and Facilitate Online Discussions that Improve Student Learning and Engagement
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- Learn several design and facilitation ideas to help you create a better learning experience for your students. You'll see examples of online discussion activities, including student posts and instructor feedback to those posts as well as an assessment rubric template you can use to evaluate the quality of your online discussions and help you adapt what you learn in this webinar to your own online courses.
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Learning Assessment Techniques: How to Integrate New Activities that Gauge What and How Well Students Learn
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- Learn techniques that will help improve your teaching and your students' ability to learn more effectively. Develop a framework you can use to better identify goals for your students, along with strategies to help them achieve those goals.
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The Flipped Classroom: Strategies to Overcome Student Resistance and Increase Student Engagement
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- Explore strategies you can use to create a successful flipped learning experience for you and your students. Find out how to identify the reasons that some students resist the flipped classroom model and how you can address those challenges to increase the likelihood that they will come to class prepared.
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Teaching Critical Thinking to Students: How to Design Courses That Include Applicable Learning Experiences, Outcomes, and Assessments
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- You'll learn the importance of building CT outcomes, assessments, and activities into your courses. Discover the likely misconceptions your students will have about critical thinking, what you can do to dispel them as quickly as possible, and why tying CT to a specific discipline can help students better understand the concept.
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Universal Design for Learning: How to Improve Satisfaction and Retention for Students at All Learning Levels
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- You'll learn how UDL helps improve the interactions you have with students and how those improvements can increase student retention, persistence, and satisfaction across all kinds of learners.
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