Tuesday, 08 Sep 2015
Seminar: Utilizing ThinkSpace Simulations in a Distance Dietetic Internship Program (Blended Learning Faculty/Staff Learning Community)
We will showcase various simulations that Dietetics Internship Program is using in a blended learning environment. We will showcase various ThinkSpace functions such as carry forward and team-based learning to enhance learning in a distance format. We'll share research gathered comparing ThinkSpace to Bb in terms of increasing knowledge, self-efficacy, and perception of self-assessment abilities.
Thursday, 10 Sep 2015
Teaching & Learning Circle: Team-Based Learning (Meets 5 consecutive Thursdays)
"The research-based flipped classroom and team-based learning," 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. The group meets five consecutive Thursdays.
Tuesday, 15 Sep 2015
Seminar: Game-based Learning (GBL) Overview (GBL Faculty/Staff Learning Community)
In this session, we will introduce what is game-based learning. Summarizing what topics have been discussed during prior meetings. And share the current status of game-based learning implementation in higher education and Iowa State University. This interactive discussion will help examine how game-based learning may guide our students' learning processes and enhance your curriculum.
Friday, 18 Sep 2015
Seminar: Lessons Learned Using a Learning Management System (Blackboard - Faculty/Support Learning Community)
Topic: Lessons Learned Using a Learning Management System (LMS) - During this meeting, instructional designers from ELO (Engineering LAS Online) and English department will share their lessons learned and tips of using an LMS to enhance teaching.
Tuesday, 22 Sep 2015
Webinar: A Decade of Lecture Capture's Impact on Student Success
While many schools are still testing the lecture capture waters, Penn State Hershey Medical Center was one of the pioneers. The center has relied on lecture capture technology as the core of its teaching and training for more than a decade, capturing all lectures for medical students, grand rounds, staff meetings and trainings.
Award-Winning Faculty Series: Harmonious Team Learning
How different would the team learning experience be in your classroom if each learner were willing to contribute fully? Teaching award-winning ISU Music professor Jacob Harrison noticed that weaker players in the symphony were allowing others to carry the load of playing on time, on key.
Friday, 25 Sep 2015
Webinar: Cyberlearning - Revealing knowledge bases of educational research
Educational research covers a diverse area of topics ranging from psychological principles of learning and the role of language in cognition to the history of educational institutions and education's economic impact. Such diversity presents integration challenges and questions how research can be connected so that collective knowledge may advance.
Teaching & Learning Circle: Critical Thinking
In this Teaching and Learning Circle we will review critical thinking: its meaning, essence, and some of the leading practices. Learning how to examine, assess, and critique critical thinking are essential skills for both students and their professors. The challenge of acquiring these skills has been documented for many decades starting with John Dewey's perspectives in the early 20th century.
Tuesday, 29 Sep 2015
Live Webinar: Assessment Strategies for Flipped Learning Experiences
Educators who want to ensure that their students are engaging fully with the course material need specialized assessment tools to evaluate their progress and make changes efficiently. This seminar aims to show educators in flipped learning classrooms the assessment options available and how to use them for the best results.
Seminar: Formative Assessment Helps My Students and Myself
Howard Shapiro, Professor Emeritus and Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, will model proven techniques that reveal the relationship between outcomes, assessments, and learning in ways that collect data for improvement and produce results.
Wednesday, 30 Sep 2015
Award-Winning Faculty Series: Preparing Students for the Real World
Award winning lecturer, advisor, learning community leader, and civil engineer Beth Hartmann teaches hundreds of students per semester, from freshmen to seniors. Learn how to implement her highly effective ways to connect to new students, scaffold and coach them through learning challenges that prepare them for later curriculum, and create capable seniors in powerful constructive teams working on practical, real-world projects.