Fall 2007 Speaker Series

Increasing Student Success

Gordon Hodge, Ph.D.

L. Dee Fink

Location:
Friday, November 2, 2007
1:00-2:30 PM
(Library, North Browsing Section)

About:
Gordon Hodge received his Ph.D. from UCLA and has been at University of New Mexico since 1976. Hodge is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a Past-President of the Southwestern Psychological Association. He has served as an Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences and the Chairperson of the university's Teaching Enhancement Committee.

Over the last 10 years his research has focused on ways of enhancing teaching and learning for which he has received national, regional, and university recognition. honors and awards include the National Institute for the Teaching of Psychology's Frank Costin Award, the University of New Mexico's College of Arts and Sciences Gunter Starkey Award for teaching, and UNM's Teacher of the Year Award.

For the last several years he has been implementing a redesign of the Intro Psychology course, which was funded by the Pew Grant for Course Redesign. Compared to traditional methods of teaching Intro Psych, the quiz-focused redesign has reduced the drop-failure-withdrawal rate from 42 percent to 18 percent.

Issues and Opportunities for Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning

Sally Johnstone, Ph.D.

Location:
Monday, November 26, 2007
1:00-2:30 PM
(Library, North Browsing Section)

About:
Sally Johnstone is currently the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Winona State University (Minnesota). She was the founding director of the WCET at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). In that role she was a resource for state governing boards, legislators, governors, as well as college and university administrators on higher education technology issues.

Johnstone has authored many articles on policy issues for educational telecommunications and she has directed evaluations of state, regional, and national projects. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in the field of experimental psychology.