Come have fun speaking Spanish with us! We will be discussing Latin American cultures, current events, play games, and more. All levels are welcome from beginners to native speakers. We're excited to see you at la mesa.

Attend this session to learn specific techniques you can use to improve your in and out-of-class student groups. This is a Zoom session. Group work can be affected by student personality type, energy and tasks assigned. Specific strategies to improve group discussion will be presented, including pre-reading, brief in-class preparation work, timing, and more. Additionally, longer-term group work will be addressed with the goal of improving student work over time in groups. Faculty members who attend the Zoom session will…

In this Zoom session, Jason Gildner will demonstrate new features of Echo360, including: *the ability to embed polls in videos, not just slides *edit videos by adding in clips from other sources *change the thumbnails of your videos as shown in your library *work with Collections (formerly Groups) and other new analytics and student engagement features in Echo360. These new features will benefit you and your students. Jason will be glad to take your questions during the session. Don't miss…

In this Zoom session, Jason Gildner will demonstrate new features of Echo360, including: *the ability to embed polls in videos, not just slides *edit videos by adding in clips from other sources *change the thumbnails of your videos as shown in your library *work with Collections (formerly Groups) and other new analytics and student engagement features in Echo360. These new features will benefit you and your students. Jason will be glad to take your questions during the session. Don't miss…

Drop in reception to honor Rhonda Lidstone's retirement from Mercer's Human Resources office. Reception will be located in the Lofts at Mercer Landing Leasing Office, next door to Human Resources.

The best questions enable and encourage students to participate in class. The best questions focus the students' attention and draw out either their misconceptions or their accurate grasp of concepts. This session will present 10 categories of questions that faculty members can use to improve student participation. Faculty members who attend the Zoom session will receive a Tips handout and their attendance will be added to Activity Insight.

Join Dr. Robbie Marsh, Assistant Professor of Special Education in the Tift College of Education at Mercer University, to learn how faculty members can work with student accommodations to improve student success. Dr. Marsh will discuss what accommodations mean and how to approach them using the Universal Design for Learning framework. About Dr. Marsh: Dr. Robert Marsh currently holds three degrees and one professional certification including: a Ph.D. in special education in the areas of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and…

Faculty/Staff

Faculty/Staff

Responding to students reflectively can create a habit of speaking back to students so that they, in turn, will participate more. Rewarding learner participation in ways that are not contrived or specifically praise-oriented and that foster personal reflection on the part of the student will help support emerging student initiative and further participation. This session will focus on responding to students in ways that generate and reward their participation. Faculty members who attend the Zoom session will receive a Tips…