Tuesday, 27 Jan 2015
Webinar: Scientific Writing in STEM Classes as a Cognitive Apprenticeship (CIRTL Network)
Scientists learn how to write scientifically, but how do you teach students to do this? In contrast to lab techniques, where there is often an apprenticeship aspect in which students learn by watching others and then practicing, there isn't much to watch while a scientist writes. This needs to be a cognitive apprenticeship instead of a physical one.
Thursday, 29 Jan 2015
Teaching and Learning Circle: The research-based flipped classroom and team-based learning
TBL is an increasingly-popular form of flipped-classroom where small-group learning that can be implemented effectively in small or large classes. Facilitator: Holly Bender, CELT Associate Director