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Educational Research
and Teaching Innovation
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Active-Learning Faculty Learning Community
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About
The Active Learning Faculty Learning Community (FLC) meets on a monthly basis during the semester. The group's goal is to get more faculty members involved with using active-learning strategies in their classrooms.
This is an ongoing activity that focuses on faculty learning and sharing and is moderated by professionals who use these instructional strategies in their academic life.
Topics covered
• Learning Expectations in a Course
• Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education – General Overview
• Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education – How you use them in your course
• Student-Faculty Contact
Moderators
• Dr. Harvest Collier, Vice Provost Undergraduate Studies and Chemistry Professor
• Dr. Scott Miller, Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Adv Matls Character
• Dr. Klaus Woelk, Associate Professor of Chemistry Science
• Dr. Dan Cernusca, Instructional Design Specialist
Workshops for Spring 2010 semester to be announced soon.
Technology Faculty Learning Community
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About
The Technology Faculty Learning Community (FLC) meets on a monthly basis during the semester. The group was formed with the goal of understanding how faculty members use various forms of technology, such as clickers, Blackboard, Wimba and wikis, in their classrooms.
Topics covered
• Clicker question development
• Building questions for your presentation
• XR clickers and Turning Point software updates
• How to introduce clickers to students
• Respondus test/quiz/survey management software and preparation for final exams
• Using wikis with Blackboard
• Wimba (live classroom and voice boards)
Moderators
• Dr. Jeffrey King, Assistant Professor of Mining & Nuclear Engineering
• Dr. Ron Frank, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
• Dr. Klaus Woelk, Associate Professor of Chemistry Science
• Dr. Dan Cernusca, Instructional Design Specialist
• Angela Hammons, Education Technology Specialist
• Dr. John Hogan, Associate Professor of Geology
• Dr. Matt Insall, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
• Malcolm Hays, Content Specialist