Teaching & Learning Retreat 2015

What are you AFRAID of? Risk. Failure. Success.

Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory external link icon February 13-14, 2015

Image of the text, what are you afraid of? EvCC Teaching and Learning Retreat Friday, February 13th & 14th, 2015
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Friday, February 13th 
4:00 - 5:00PM Arrival / Registration
5:30 - 6:30PM Dinner
7:00PM Fright Night
Jeff Gentry - 
History of Triskaidekaphobia
Andrea Wells-Edwards - Scary Stories from the Field
Tony Williams - Fears in a Hat
Saturday, February 14th 
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 AM Arrival and Registration
9:00 - 9:30 AM Introduction and Welcome
9:30 - 10:30 AM Mythbuster Ignite Sessions
Subject Matter Experts share: don't be afraid of their discipline
Alec Campbell - Lies, Damned Lies and ?
Rob Abernathy - Fear of SOARRing?
Michael Griffin and Tim Dunn - Don't be afraid of the help desk!
Kristine Washburn - Fear of Physics
Cathy Fullerton & Jill Thornton - No need to be afraid of internships
Jeff Iannone - What do Instructional Designers do?
10:30 - 10:45 AM Break
10:45 - 12:00 PM Pass the Problem
Multiple approaches to challenging problems / tackling case studies that relate to our work.
12:15 - 1:15 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 PM Speed Geeking: I took a risk and it worked!
Nancy Jones - Is creativity a crap shoot?
Valerie Mosser - Dr. MathLove: How I learned to stop worrying and love significant numbers
Alys Lim - The Blair Witch Projector
John Bonner - Redesigning a business course for English language learners
Debbie Newberry - Facing the fear of the unknown, by simply opening the door
Gina Myers and Donna Olson - Tools for teaching students with mental health and substance abuse issues
2:30 - 3:30 PM Risky Business Panel Discussion
How can I learn to think, speak, and work in ways that challenge fear? Join us for a reflective session that will bring stories to challenge
our perceptions and fears.
3:30 - 3:45 The not so scary future!
4:00 - 5:00 No Fear mocktail reception

Retreat Center at Rosario Beach Resort
Rosario Beach Resort