Course Design & Plannning
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Creative Course Design: Examples of Transformative and Experiential Learning in the Classroom
This session explores three distinct ways faculty infused experiential learning into their classrooms. We will explore topics such as telecollaboration, enthusiastic engagement, getting students to pa...
Allow Students to Author Their Own Learning Path
Giving students a voice in how their learning is structured can make their learning journey more relevant, meaningful and enjoyable. During this session, you’ll hear how student-designed lessons and a...
Adobe Spark for Creative and Engaging Assignments
Join us to discuss using Adobe Spark Pages to replace a more traditional research paper including the parameters and guidelines provided to the students in order to support the learning objectives. Al...
Active Learning Through Gameplay
Capturing and securing student attention can be a struggle for even the most seasoned instructors. As educators strive to create meaningful learning experiences for students, we will share two game-ba...
Enhancing STEM learning through 3-D Visualization and Digital Collaboration Tools
Enhance student learning in the Sciences with free or low cost tools for interactive and customizable 3-D visualizations then use these tools to create collaborative learning activities for the lab, c...
Designing Projects to Enhance Understanding and Engagement
Designing student projects to increase student engagement and understanding. We will discuss two types of student projects, 1) utilizing case studies to review theories and incorporating an incrementa...
Continuing the Conversation
How often do you have a chance to talk with other instructors who teach similar topics and/or courses as yourself? Join your colleagues in discipline-specific breakout rooms for round-table informal d...
Open Educational Resources (OER) as a Tool for Inclusivity
The cost of course materials greatly impacts our students and their opportunities for learning given their limited resources. This presentation will include the OER and Creative Commons as well as man...
Creative Assessments that Positively Affect Learning Outcomes
Joshua Parcha and Lori Reno discuss and share examples of successful implementation of creative assessments in their courses and its benefits to students achieving learning objectives.
Setting a Tone of Inclusivity
In order to ensure that we are teaching all of our students and not just the ones who are like us, it is critical that we learn about and account for their diverse backgrounds. In this session, you wi...
Engaging Students through Peer Review in Both Remote and Residential Courses
Allowing students to review each other’s work enhances student engagement in courses. They interact with each other and the content of the course. This session discusses two different techniques that...
Engaging Students in Hybrid Learning Classes
This session will share our ideas and experiences with the integration of online and physical audiences in hybrid classes utilizing tools such as Zoom and Nearpod, and we will discuss the challenges a...
Strategies for Effective Feedback
This session will explore the use of available communication channels to help students pinpoint the areas needed for improvement. It will discuss the use of rubrics and pre-crafted responses rather th...
Student Wellness: An Interdisciplinary Course Approach
Student mental health is an increasing concern for college campuses to grapple with, especially post-COVID. Join this session to learn how two professors spearheaded the creation of a course called “B...
Teaching and Learning in the Real World: Client & Project Based Instruction
This session will highlight two projects designed to enhance student learning through real-world, workplace-applicable project-based instruction.
Promoting Active Learning through Flipped Classroom Techniques
In this session, Dr. Petko and Dr. Powless will share their experiences using flipped classroom techniques to promote active learning in their courses.
Grading Effort and Process: How Rethinking What to Emphasize in Grading Impacts Student Learning Outcomes
This session will outline how two instructors revamped their grading processes for better student learning outcomes and more efficient grading by the instructors.
Effective Group Integration/Team Based Projects: Best Practices
The presenters will share the formation of groups in diverse courses (one is capstone) and provide steps to help faculty from group formation, to assigning tasks, to individual and peer assessment, as...
Meeting Students Where They Are
Adapting our classrooms to the needs of our students is an important aspect of good teaching and learning. In this session, you will hear about strategies to address the dynamic needs of students comi...
Game On!: Using Game-based Elements to Enhance Student Learning Outcomes
Join us to learn how instructors enliven their course content by adopting elements of gamification (game-based learning) and other strategies to their course design.