Re-envisioning Introductory Biology Labs with Inquiry-Based Learning Alex Fairfield and Valerie Lantz This workshop will explain our transition from “cookbook” biology labs where students were not intellectually engaged and knew the expected outcome before doing the experiment to Inquiry Based…
(Begin of language: English) Mind Full or Mindful? Contemplative Pedagogy and Student Success Joanne Bagshaw Contemplative pedagogy includes practices that teach students how to deepen their thinking, concentration, compassion, and insight. This workshop will offer a discussion on contemplative practices,…
Making Connections with Primary Sources Niyati Pandya Our students rely more on digital media than on traditional print re-sources. Analyzing and understanding information through a digital/visual medium is fast becoming a literacy skill. As instructors, you can tap into this…
Integrating Library Resources, Instruction, and Collaboration into your Classes Maisha Duncan From online videos and tutorials to library tours and workshops, the librarians at Montgomery College have designed a number of ways to introduce your students to library resources and…
Innovative and Effective Teaching and Learning in Business Courses Ali Alavi In this workshop, participants will learn about three active and collaborative learning techniques. These techniques include Think-Aloud-Pair Problem Solving (TAPPS), Round Robin, and Note-Taking Pairs. Although these techniques are…
Google at the Intersection of Culture and Technology Nancy Nyland Users of Google and other search engines believe in the accuracy of their results, and also in their fairness. The field of critical information studies examines the biases and stereotypes…
Creative Ways to Build and Maintain Classroom Community Getting to Know You Survey Ray Gonzales and Alla Webb In this workshop, participants will learn creative strategies to break the ice at the beginning of the semester, foster a comfortable learning…
Creating Community and Accountability with Group Me Susan Blumen Group Me is a mobile application that allows all students and the professor to communicate via text without disclosing their personal phone numbers. It is an app that allows "just-in-time" communication…
Create Brief Presentations with Pop and Style Using Pecha Kucha Michele Knight Pecha Kucha is a method for developing presentations that are brief, crisp, lively, and engaging. The format consists of twenty PowerPoint slides, and the presenter spends twenty seconds…
A Multidisciplinary Toolbox for Motivating Diverse Students Michael Berman Whether we like it or not, we teachers are in the business of motivating our students. In fact, the motivation level of our students is often what most determines their success…