Current Events
May 18, 12-1 p.m. - Jeff Karp, DMD, MS - Google Workspace: 20 Tips, Tactics and Techniques to Supercharge Your Efficiency. Google Workspace is a powerful suite of communication, organization, and collaboration tools available to faculty, staff, and students at the University of Minnesota. If you use Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Forms, Sites, and more as part of your daily work, you are using Google Workspace. Despite the ubiquity of these products at the University, few of us have received training, resources, and support to use the applications, tools, and features within Google Workspace effectively. This presentation will show and explain 20 Google Workspace tips, tactics, and techniques I use routinely as a residency program director, course director, and full time faculty at the University of Minnesota to stay organized, communicate effectively, provide resources to my learners, and save time on repetitive tasks and projects.
Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate Google workspace tools that reduce distractions and promote focus
- Discuss Google workspace tools that support efficiency for repetitive tasks and projects
- Review ways to use Google workspace tools for personal organization and task management
- Discuss workflows for communication and collaboration across Google workspace applications
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June 14, 12-1 p.m. - Cracking the Gen Z Code; Teaching Dentistry in the 21st Century. Generation Z, the cohort after millennials, has grown up with unparalleled technological influences like smartphones and social media. Traditional teaching tools such as classroom lectures and textbooks do not appeal to them. As we look toward the future, we need to foster new ways to teach a new cohort of students entering dental schools. This program will discuss strategies and course design of two independent courses using a hybrid course format. They will discuss ways to follow a more “learner-centric” model, which will help to cultivate equity and inclusiveness in the Generation Z classroom.
Speakers: Sonali A. Rathore, D.D.S., M.S., James B Edwards College of Dental Medicine, MUSC
Shravan Kumar Renapurkar, D.M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry
Learning Objectives:
- Identify modern tools to enhance the education of students in both didactic and clinical settings in the post-COVID era.
- Outline the various successes and failures in designing coursework to teach the Generation Z students.
- Discuss the use of several techniques to make the learning environment inclusive and equitable focused on the Generation Z learner.
- Identify modern tools to enhance the education of students in both didactic and clinical settings in the post-COVID era.
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All courses require registration. All faculty development programs are recorded and housed in a Canvas Course (link to the faculty development program recordings below). Continuing education credit is awarded for attendance and for viewing the program recordings.
