Resource Exchange

Professional Development Videos
Submitted by: Central Piedmont Community College
Contact: Scarlett Hollingsworth

Central Piedmont Community College is pleased to share with the NC-NET community the following video recordings of nationally renowned speakers who have visited their institution to address faculty on current teaching and learning topics.

Stephen Brookfield
Since beginning his teaching career in 1970, Stephen Brookfield has worked in England, Canada, Australia, and the United States, teaching in a variety of college settings.  In the following five videos, Stephen Brookfield defines critical thinking and discusses how to infuse thinking critically into classes and individual assignments.

Critical Thinking presentations by Dr. Stephen Brookfield:

Part I

What is Critical Thinking?

Part II

Types of Assignments

Part III

When is it Appropriate to Teach Critical Thinking?

Part IV

Guidelines to Developing Critical Thinking

Part V

Further Resources (http://www.stephenbrookfield.com)

Assessments for Parts I-V (Microsoft Word format)

Jonathan Vehar
Jonathan Vehar is a Senior Partner at New & Improved where he works with organizations to create teams who can work together productively to create innovation.  Investor’s Business Daily calls him an “Innovation Guru,” and his quick wit, piercing insights, and commitment to excellence create powerful programs in the areas of creative thinking, new product ideation, strategic planning, creative problem solving, and group meeting facilitation. The following video reveals the essence of how to Foster “Teams that Work” in your department or organization.

http://people.cpcc.edu/~bdt4635e/Jonathan%20Vehar/Desktop%20Flash/

Assessment for “Teams that Work” (Microsoft Word format)

Dr. Kathleen Turner
In the following three videos, Dr. Kathleen Turner, Director of Oral Communication at Davidson College, discusses Oral Communication in the Classroom.

Part I

Small Way to Incorporate Oral Communication in the Classroom

Part II

Medium Way to Incorporate Oral Communication in the Classroom

Part III

Large Way to Incorporate Oral Communication in the Classroom

Assessment for Incorporating Oral Communication in the Classroom (Microsoft Word format)

Dr. Don Locke
Don Locke, UNC Asheville’s Director of Diversity and Multiculturalism, takes an opportunity in this discussion to highlight the importance of Multicultural Teaching.

http://people.cpcc.edu/~bdt4635e/Multicultural/Flash/

Assessment for Multicultural Teaching (Microsoft Word format)

Deann Leoni
As the original coordinator of the MAC3 project, Mathematics Across the Curriculum, Deann Leoni encourages faculty of all disciplines to integrate mathematics and quantitative reasoning into their courses. The MAC3 project builds upon the successful four-year National Science Foundation-funded Mathematics Across the Curriculum Project at Edmonds Commmunity College in Washington led by Deann Leoni and Rebecca Hartzler.

Part I

Mathematics Across the Curriculum

Part II

Mathematics Across the Curriculum

Assessment for Mathematics Across the Curriculum (Microsoft Word format)

John Wear is the Catawba College Center for the Environment’s founding director.  In this video he discusses how we can integrate Sustainability into the Core Competencies including Personal Growth and Responsibility.

http://people.cpcc.edu/~BDT4635e/John%20Wear/SupportingFiles/ViewerWM64Lite.html 

Assessment for Sustainability in the Core Competencies (Microsoft Word format)

Patsy Camp
A 35-year higher education veteran, Patsy Camp is the coordinator of the Freshman Academy at Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU). The Freshman Academy is a program which ALL incoming freshmen participate in Learning Communities. Patsy, an English Professor at JCSU, has been involved in LC’s for 10 years. Patsy delivers a speech on one of CPCC’s core competencies, Critical Thinking. She shares her experience and observations on how indicators of critical thinking competency can be observed and fostered in students.

http://people.cpcc.edu/~BDT4635E/Learning%20Communities/Indicators%20for%20Critical%20Thinking%20Competency/LaunchPresentation.html

Assessment for Critical Thinking (Microsoft Word format)

Kandace Harris
Kandace is a professor of Communications at Johnson C. Smith University and serves as the advisor for the Communication Arts Student Association. In this video, she outlines the process of creating a cross course collaboration plan, complete with a theme, activities, and learning goals and objectives.

Cross Course Integrated Assignment Plan: http://people.cpcc.edu/~BDT4635E/Learning%20Communities/CCIA%20Plan/LaunchPresentation.html

Assessment for Cross Course Collaboration (Microsoft Word format)

Ron Baker discusses Connecting the Dots: Aligning Practice with Intentions.
http://people.cpcc.edu/~BDT4635e/Connecting%20the%20Dots_%20Aligning%20Practice%20with%20Intentions%20by%20Ron%20Baker/SupportingFiles/Viewer.html

Assessment for Connecting the Dots (Microsoft Word format)

Tom Lombardo is a futurist discussing Personal Growth and Responsibility. http://people.cpcc.edu/~BDT4635E/Tom_Lombardo/SupportingFiles/Viewer.html

Assessment for Ethical Character Development and Personal and Academic Excellence (Microsoft Word format)