Learning and the Brain By Dr. Richard Cerkovnik Director, iSTEM and Dr. Carol Moore Instructional Designer, ELITE There is growing interest across higher education in the complex topic of learning and the brain. “The neuroscience of learning,” “brain-based learning” and…
One can think of teaching and learning as two sides of a coin. No matter how skillfully you teach, that's only one side. The other side of the coin reflects how skillfully students learn. This pedagogical discussion will focus on…
Using Formative Assessment to Improve Student Performance Geetha Kada Formative assessment is a process evaluation in which the educator/faculty has the option to assess the student’s performance and still be able to make adjustments in an educational activity as soon…
Using Crafts to Promote Critical Inquiry Vanessa Nakoski This presentation looks at the place of multi-modal learning through arts and crafts in college-level critical inquiry, specifically as it relates to literature. In particular, the session will look at how to…
Transform Your Classroom with Augmented Reality Gloria Barron Attend this workshop to see how Augmented Reality (AR) extends the physical world with a virtual overlay through immersive and interactive experiences using mobile devices. Scanning trigger images with apps like Aurasma…
Teaching Linguistically Diverse Students Student Worksheet Henry Caballero and Caroline Toscano This workshop will provide participants with both the linguistic and pedagogical insights needed to effectively instruct linguistically diverse students at Montgomery College. Using institutional data and linguistically focused methodologies,…
Teaching in Honors Courses Christina Devlin, Lucy Laufe, and Effie Siegel This workshop will explore best practices in teaching honors students. Along with presenting desired learning outcomes for honors students, classroom practices, assignments and assessments appropriate for honors students will…
(Begin of language: English) Teaching in Global Classrooms Marcia Bronstein, Shelley Jones, Rita Kranidis, Carla Naranjo and Greg Wahl For the past two years, the Global Humanities Institute has worked with our academic partners at the University of El Salvador…
(Begin of language: English) (Begin of language: English) Supporting Students on the Autism Spectrum Sue Haddad Montgomery College is seeing an increase in the number of students who identify on the Autism Spectrum. Many times, students have the interest and…
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…