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09/08/2015

ECA Convention - 2016 CALL FOR SHORT COURSES

 

 
107th Annual Eastern Communication Association Convention

“[R]evolution”

March 30 – April 3, 2016

Baltimore, Maryland

ECA will offer seven short courses for 2016. 
There is no fee to participate, however, registration is required.

1) Thursday 12:00-2:45, Camden Room “The Impact Of Sexual And Relationship Violence On [R]Evolutionizing College Campuses: How Academia Can Create Social Change”

Sponsor:              Short Courses

Facilitator 1:       Rowena L. Briones, Virginia Commonwealth University
Facilitator 2:       Tremayne D. Robertson, Virginia Commonwealth University
Facilitator 3:       Leah Gregory, Virginia Commonwealth University
Facilitator 4:       Caroline Orr, Virginia Commonwealth University
Facilitator 5:       Candace Parrish, Virginia Commonwealth University
Facilitator 6:       Alyssa Glace, Virginia Commonwealth University

According to the Department of Justice, 20-25% of women and 4-6% of men are victims of rape while in college. The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education have recently responded to these incidences by calling for schools to take immediate and effective steps to prevent sexual violence, as required by Title IX mandates. With this said, this short course will focus on how different campus stakeholders can play a role with these regulations. Open discussions and activities will engage participants in determining how to optimize their stakeholders for best communicating policy and procedures to the campus community.


 2) Thursday 3:00-5:45, Camden Room “A Revolution In The Job Market Area: Changing The Focus From Print To Online Portfolios”

Sponsor:              Short Courses

Facilitator 1:       Christine Courtade Hirsch, SUNY Oswego

Important pedagogical concepts have been teased out over the last few years and applied to the teaching of communication courses, from basic course to senior seminars. This short course will provide rationale, examples, and participant takeaways from three important and intersecting streams of literature and thought, focusing on Ken Bain’s 2004 What the Best College Teachers Do, moving through simple steps to determine when and if “flipping the classroom” is appropriate for the individual participants, and finishing with a very practical way of lessening the time spent grading papers while exponentially increasing the capacity for a discursive/discussion based classroom.


3) Friday 9:00-11:45, Camden Room “A Nice, Slow (R)Evolution: How To Make Big Changes From Little Ones”

Sponsor:          Short Courses

Facilitator 1:    Christine Courtade Hirsch, SUNY Oswego

Important pedagogical concepts have been teased out over the last few years and applied to the teaching of communication courses, from basic course to senior seminars. This short course will provide rationale, examples, and participant takeaways from three important and intersecting streams of literature and thought, focusing on Ken Bain’s 2004 What the Best College Teachers Do, moving through simple steps to determine when and if “flipping the classroom” is appropriate for the individual participants, and finishing with a very practical way of lessening the time spent grading papers while exponentially increasing the capacity for a discursive/discussion based classroom.


4) Friday 12:00-2:55, Camden Room “A Revolution In The Introductory Mass Media Course:  Shifting The Focus To Media Convergence And The Web”

Sponsor:              Short Courses

Facilitator 1:       Nancy A. Wiencek, Rider University

This workshop offers a plan for creating a consulting practice at your own college. Step by step instructions based on an actual case are offered to provide practical insights into the process of creating workshops and training experiences available to the public using your own department, college, or university facilities. Where to begin, acquiring school approval, gaining financial support, and implementing your ideas are all part of this highly interactive experience.


 5) Friday 3:00-5:20, Camden Room  “Assessing Oral Communication Across Courses:  Lesson Learned, Rubrics Ruined And Outcomes Obliterated”

Sponsor:            Short Courses

Facilitator 1:       Laura K. Davis, Harrisburg Area Community College
Facilitator 2:       Cheryl Wilson, Harrisburg Area Community College

This short course will examine the difficulty of assessing the basic public speaking course under the pressure of accreditation warning. From developing the assessment process to finding a sustainable cycle of assessment, attendees will learn the challenges of using technology, how to develop effective rubrics and how to improve student learning by adapting outdated outcomes.


6) Saturday 9:00-11:45, Camden Room “Revolutionizing Our Emphasis On “Life After College”: Preparing Communication Undergraduates For Graduation And Beyond”

Sponsor:              Short Courses

Facilitator 1:       Candice Thomas-Maddox, Ohio University-Lancaster
Facilitator 2:       Andrea Weber, West Virginia University

While most campuses provide career services for undergraduates, communication departments can take the initiative and begin preparing students as early as their freshman year for success after graduation.  This short course provides faculty, administrators, advisors, and students with strategies to revolutionize the approach to integrating “life after college” as an integral part of the ongoing curricular plan.  Inviting alumni to be part of these plans provides an added “bonus” by strengthening a strong departmental network.  Topics to be discussed in this course include the development of: alumni mentoring programs, speed networking events, electronic portfolios to archive student work, social media to connect students and alumni, capstone course options, an applied discussion of chaos theory of careers as part of advising…and more!


7) Saturday 1:30-4:15, Camden Room “Teaching The Introductory Communication Theory Course”

Sponsor:              Short Courses

Facilitator 1:       Richard West, Emerson College
Facilitator 2:       Lynn Turner, Marquette University         

This course is for teachers who have little/no experience in teaching the introductory course in communication theory.  It is aimed at helping teachers prepare or reinvigorate their theory class.  As the field of communication continues to expand, communication theory has fast become an integral part of communication curricula across the country.  The “Intro” course has evolved from an elective to a required course in large numbers of communication departments.  With so much information available from the growth of communication research, a limited teaching repertoire in communication theory, and inevitable student uneasiness about enrolling in the course, a model of how to teach the course seems both timely and relevant.

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