Session 1 - How Students Learn: Effective Assessment
When: Thursday February 10th, 2:30-4:00
Where: EWFM 379 (Media Center Classroom)
Topics: How does one effectively assess student learning? What are the roles of quizzes, tests, essays and other forms of assessment in the learning process? How can effective assessment help improve teaching?
Who: Greg Reihman (Faculty Development/CAS-Philosophy).
Session 2 – How Teachers Teach: Writing to Learn
When: Thursday February 24th, 2:30-4:00
Where: EWFM 379 (Media Center Classroom)
Topics: How can teachers use shorter, informal, easy-to-grade writing assignments to facilitate learning?
Who: Gregory Skutches (Writing Across the Curriculum/CAS-English)
Session 3 - How Teachers Teach: Using Technology to Enhance Learning
When: Thursday March 3rd, 2:30-4:00
Where: EWFM 379 (Media Center Classroom)
Topics: Why use instructional technologies to enhance learning? How should such technologies be integrated into classes so they are used most effectively? What instructional technologies are available and how are they being used?
Who: Ilena Key and Judd Hark (LTS-Instructional Technology Team)
Session 4 - How Teachers Teach: Developing a Syllabus
When: Thursday 3/24 2:30-4:00
Where: EWFM 379 (Media Center Classroom)
Topics: What is the purpose of a syllabus? What should be included? How can an effective syllabus help both instructors and students?
Who: Greg Reihman (Faculty Development/CAS-Philosophy)
Session 5 - How Students Learn: The Role of Cognition in Instructional Design
When: Thursday 4/7 2:30-4:00
Where: EWFM 379 (Media Center Classroom)
Topics: What are our best theories about how people receive and process information? How should teachers take these theories into account when teaching undergraduates?
Who: M.J. Bishop (COE-Teaching, Learning, Technology)
Session 6- How Teachers Teach: Explanations and Investigations
When: Thursday 4/21 2:30-4:00
Where: EWFM 379 (Media Center Classroom)
Topics: How do effective faculty explain difficult concepts? How do they help students learn which questions to ask and how to find good answers?
Who: Kristen Jellison (RCEAS - Civil & Environmental Engineering)
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