Monday Morning Mentor Program

Monday Morning Mentor - Delivering fast, focused, high-quality training for faculty
every week of the academic year.

The Monday Morning Mentor program empowers faculty to start each week with a fast, dynamic and convenient professional development program that addresses some of today’s most important academic issues. The University Teaching Center is excited to provide faculty with this unique and efficient professional development opportunity.

Every Monday, faculty will receive an email with a link to a Monday Morning Mentor program. Each webinar is a focused, fact-filled, 20-minute on-demand video mentoring session and includes supplemental materials, the PowerPoint slides and transcript. The on-demand video will be available for viewing throughout the week, Monday morning through Sunday night. The supplemental materials and the PowerPoint slides can also be downloaded during this time.

After the on-demand webinar closes the following week, the PowerPoint slides and resource materials may be requested from the University Teaching Center. You may contact us by email universityteachingcenter@utoledo.edu or by calling 419.530.4508. Materials for all past events are available for your review.

Monday Morning Mentor Schedule and Topics

The topics that will be presented during the current semester as well as those from prior semesters are listed below.

Watch your email every Monday morning for the link and sign-on instructions for the week’s webinar!

UT faculty members may request copies of the transcripts, PowerPoint presentations and supplemental materials from past topics by emailing universityteachingcenter@utoledo.edu.
SPRING, 2019	TOPIC OF 20-MINUTE MENTOR PROGRAM
January 28, 2019	What Can I Do to Manage and Reduce Academic Job Stress?
February 4, 2019	What Behavioral Changes Can I Make to Inspire Enthusiasm in My Classroom?
February 11, 2019	What Brain-Based Techniques Can I Use to Engage Students During Class?
February 18, 2019	How Can I Effectively Supervise Teaching and Research Assistants?
February 25, 2019	What are 10 Tips to Collaborate with Colleagues?
March 4, 2019	Why is Intercultural Competence Important and How Can it Improve my Teaching?
March 11, 2019	What are Five Methods that Help Students Become More Effective Learners?
March 18, 2019	How Can Improving Student Feedback Improve the Quality of Each Educational Encounter?
March 25, 2019	How Can I Leverage Force Multipliers in the Classroom?
April 1, 2019	How Do I Promote Civil and Thoughtful Engagement in the Classroom?
April 8, 2019	How Can I Most Effectively Fulfill My Citizenship Requirements?
April 15, 2019	What 5 Play-based Activities Can I Use to Create an Active, Learning-centered Class?
April 22, 2019	Copyright Crash Course: How Can I Stay on the Right Side of the Law?
April 29, 2019	Why Should I Migrate from Traditional Resources to OER in My Courses?
May 6, 2019	How Can Preparing to Teach Online Improve My Face-to-face Teaching?
May 13, 2019	How Can I Plan (or Revise) My Courses More Efficiently?

UT faculty members may request copies of the transcripts, PowerPoint presentations and supplemental materials from past topics by emailing universityteachingcenter@utoledo.edu.
FALL, 2018	TOPIC OF 20-MINUTE MENTOR PROGRAM
September 3, 2018	How Can I Promote Enrollment and Retention in Challenging Courses that Motivate Instead of Frustrate?
September 10, 2018	What are Five Tips for Creating Videos that Promote Knowledge and Expand My Reach?
September 17, 2018	How Will OER Benefit the 21st Century Student?
September 24, 2018	How Can Livestreaming Bring New Life to My Teaching?
October 1, 2018	What is Gamification and How Can it Promote a Growth Mindset?
October 8, 2018	How Can the Three C's of Course Design Enhance Students' Online Performance?
October 15, 2018	How Can I Use Simple Gamification Strategies to Engage my Students?
October 22, 2018	How Can I Get Students to Engage with Course Content Before Class?
October 29, 2018	How Can I Resolve Difficult Situations in the Classroom?
November 5, 2018	How Should I Manage My Online Course?
November 12, 2018	How Can I Engage the Emotions of My Students to Maximize Learning?
November 19, 2018	How Can I Gain Valuable Insight from Course Evaluations?
November 26, 2018	How Can I Encourage Students to Stay Connected with Course Content After Class?
December 3, 2018	How Can Talking through Course Evaluations Improve my Teaching?
December 10, 2018	How Can Promoting Academic Integrity Improve Learning Outcomes for Students?

UT faculty members may request copies of the transcripts, PowerPoint presentations and supplemental materials from past topics by emailing universityteachingcenter@utoledo.edu.
SPRING, 2018	TOPIC OF 20-MINUTE MENTOR PROGRAM
January 29, 2018	How Do I Create the Ideal Learning Environment for Modern Learners?
February 5, 2018	How Can I Teach Routine Courses with Energy and Enthusiasm?
February 12, 2018	How Can I Use Controversial Issues to Build Cognitive Skills in My Students?
February 19, 2018	How Can I Leverage Force Multipliers in the Classroom?
February 26, 2018	How Do I Create Social Presence in my Online Classes?
March 5, 2018	How Do I Effectively Review Online Courses and Programs for Quality?
March 12, 2018	How Can I Make My Multiple Choice Tests More Effective?
March 19, 2018	How Can I Be an Effective Mentor?
March 26, 2018	How Can I Engage Generation C?
April 2, 2018	How Can I Revitalize My Classroom with Workforce Development Concepts?
April 9, 2018	How Do I Earn Swift Trust in my Online Classes?
April 16, 2018	How Do Mini-lectures Improve Student Engagement?
April 23, 2018	How Can I Move my Teaching Forward at Midcareer?
April 30, 2018	How Can I Attract and Retain Adjunct Online Faculty?
May 7, 2018	How Can I Write Better Letters of Recommendation?
May 14, 2018	Copyright Crash Course: How Can I Stay on the Right Side of the Law?

UT faculty members may request copies of the transcripts, PowerPoint presentations and supplemental materials from past topics by emailing universityteachingcenter@utoledo.edu.
Fall, 2017	TOPIC OF 20-MINUTE MENTOR PROGRAM
September 4, 2017	What are the Secrets to Providing Highly Effective Feedback to Students?
September 11, 2017	How Can I Lay the Groundwork for Positive Technology Change?
September 18, 2017	How Do I Design Innovative Assignments to Foster Learning in the Online Classroom?
September 25, 2017	How Can I Implement UDL in the Next 20 Minutes?
October 2, 2017	How Do I Create a Lively, Yet Functional, Online Classroom?
October 9, 2017	How Should I Manage Conflict Within My Department?
October 16, 2017	How Can I Build Momentum for Change with Short-term Wins?
October 23, 2017	What Are the Secrets to Making Highly Effective Educational Videos?
October 30, 2017	How Do I Align Learning Objectives with Technology Using Backward Design?
November 6, 2017	How Do I Overcome Faculty Barriers to Online Teaching?
November 13, 2017	How Can I Make My Exams More Accessible?
November 27, 2017	How Do I Establish an Engaging Atmosphere in My Online Classroom?
December 4, 2017	How Can I Make My Exams More About Learning, Less About Grades?
December 11, 2017	What Do Adjunct Faculty Need to Be Successful in the Online Classroom?

UT faculty members may request copies of the transcripts, PowerPoint presentations and supplemental materials from past topics by emailing universityteachingcenter@utoledo.edu. When sending a request, please include the date(s) and topic(s) listed below.
January 23, 2017	What Is the Role of Communication In Teaching Excellence?
January 30, 2017	How Can I Keep Students Engaged With Online Instructor Presence?
February 6, 2017	Is There a Solution to Students Multitasking in Class?
February 13, 2017	What Do Adjunct Faculty Need to Be Successful in the Online Classroom?
February 20, 2017	How Do I Create and Implement Microlectures?
February 27, 2017	How Can I Align Technology with My Pedagogical Goals?
March 6, 2017	How Can I Assess Critical Thinking with Student-Created Work?
March 20, 2017	How Can Grading Policies Influence Student Learning?
March 27, 2017	How Can I Evaluate Online Teaching If I Haven’t Taught Online?
April 3, 2017	How Can I Design Copyright-Compliant Courses?
April 10, 2017	How Can I Get Useful Feedback to Improve My Online Teaching?
April 17, 2017	How Do I Monitor and Support Online Faculty?
April 24, 2017	How Do I Adapt an Online Faculty Peer Review Tool?
May 1, 2017	How Can I Identify and Overcome Obstacles to Change?
May 8, 2017	How Can Student Learning Begin Before the First Day of Class?

October 3, 2016	How Can I Design Critical Thinking Into My Courses?
October 10, 2016	How Can I Use Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS's) Online?
October 17, 2016	How Can Course Design Help Prevent Online Cheating?
October 24, 2016	How Can I Assess Critical Thinking with Objective Items?
October 31, 2016	Beyond the Discussion Board: How Can I Engage Online Students?
November 7, 2016	How Can I Make Online Group Projects More Effective?
November 14, 2016	What Ethical Issues Lurk in My Grading Policy?
November 21, 2016	What Activities and Assignments Promote Critical Thinking?
November 28, 2016	How Can I Design Academic Integrity into My Online Programs?
December 5, 2016	How Can I Use Peer Monitoring to Improve Online Teaching?
January 25, 2016	How Do Master Teachers Create a Positive Classroom?
February 1, 2016	How Do I Assign Students to Groups?
February 8, 2016	How Do I Get Students to Come to Class Prepared?
February 15, 2016	What Key Concepts Improve Student Learning and Memory?
February 22, 2016	How Do I Create Engaging Threaded Discussion Questions?
February 29, 2016	How Can I Effectively Use Class Preparation Assignments?
March 7, 2016	How Can I Make the Activities in My Course More Inclusive?
March 14, 2016	How Do I Build Community in My Classroom?
March 21, 2016	How Do I Give Feedback that Improves Student Writing?
March 28, 2016	How Can I Enhance Class Using Story, Popular Media and Objects?
April 4, 2016	How Do I Prepare a SoTL Article for Publication?
April 11, 2016	What Key Factors Influence Test Performance?
April 18, 2016	How Do Prepared Students Change the Way I Teach?
April 25, 2016	Is Your Syllabus Sending the Wrong Message?
Aug. 24, 2015	How Do I Use VoiceThread for Online Student Discussions?
Aug. 31, 2015	What If a Student Asks a Question I Can't Answer?
Sept. 7, 2015	What Should I Do When a Student Cheats?
Sept. 14, 2015	How Can I Measure My Faculty Development Center's Impact?
Sept. 21, 2015	What is the Best Way to Grade Participation?
Sept. 28, 2015	How Can I Use Technology to Improve Learning?
Oct. 5, 2015	How Do I Create a Climate for Learning in My Classroom?
Oct. 12, 2015	Can Service-Learning Work in My Discipline?
Oct. 19, 2015	What Can I Learn From Student Ratings?
Oct. 26, 2015	How Can I Reduce Apathy and Increase Motivation?
Nov. 2, 2015	How Do I Get Started with Service-Learning?
Nov. 9, 2015	How Can I Connect Students' Interests to Course Content?
Nov. 16, 2015	How Can I Better Manage Difficult Conversations with Faculty?
Nov. 23, 2015	How Can I Build a Successful Faculty Development Program?
Nov. 30, 2015	In Blended Courses, What Should Students Do Online?
Dec. 7, 2015	How Do I Design Courses to Enhance Student Veterans' Success?
March 2, 2015	How Do I Develop a High-Impact Capstone Course?
March 9, 2015	How Can I Use Twitter to Improve Teaching and Learning?
March 16, 2015	Are Group Exams a Viable Testing Option?
March 23, 2015	I’m Teaching Online Next Term. What Do I Have to Know?
March 30, 2015	How Can I Help Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills?
April 6, 2015	How Can I Use Student Feedback to Improve My Teaching?
April 13, 2015	How Can I Incorporate a Group Poster Session into my Class?
April 20, 2015	What Should I Do When a Student Challenges My Authority?
April 27, 2015	How Can I Improve Lessons with a 4-step Plan?
May 4, 2015	What Works and What Doesn't When Teaching Large Classes?
May 11, 2015	How Can Google Docs Help Foster Productive Collaboration?