Friday, 08 Jan 2016
Seminar: CELT Spring Semester Teaching Assistant (TA) Seminar
All TAs who are new to the ISU classroom, or who have received a teaching assignment different from what they have done before, are strongly encouraged to attend this seminar. Discussion will focus on topics such as classroom management, effective grading, and preparing for the first day of class. Ideas for specific types of teaching, time management, and working with students will also be shared.
Wednesday, 13 Jan 2016
Live Webinar: Facilitating Cooperative Work - How to Assess Active Learning Experiences
During cooperative work, students work together on problems and develop both teamwork skills and subject matter competence. The role of the instructor is to evaluate the group dynamic and develop strategies to promote active learning for all team members. Are you challenging the brightest students without leaving behind under-prepared ones? How do you know that all students are participating?
Wednesday, 20 Jan 2016
Live Webinar: Formative Assessment as a Means of Gauging Student Understanding
Once you have clear learning objectives for students, you can better measure what they know coming into your class, and observe where they are currently. The use of formative assessment as a diagnostic tool helps everyone, by giving students multiple opportunities to practice and self-assess their skills and knowledge in a developmental way before they are actually tested in a high-stakes setting.
Tuesday, 26 Jan 2016
Seminar: Status, Limitations and Opportunities in Game Based Learning
This presentation introduces a brief Game Based Learning (GBL) literature review to clarify the definitions of GBL in educational settings. It also delves into the current status of GBL in education through displaying examples from current courses and studies. The presentation also discusses limitations and opportunities in terms of research in GBL and presenter's personal research experiences within GBL.
Workshop Series: The Research-Based Flipped Classroom: Team-Based Learning
** This Team-Based Learning Workshop Series (TBL) meets once weekly for five consecutive weeks on Thursdays for Spring 2017: January 26, February 2, 9, 16 and 23 from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.** "The research-based flipped classroom and team-based learning (TBL)," an increasingly-popular form of flipped-classroom where small-group learning that can be implemented effectively in small or large classes.
Wednesday, 27 Jan 2016
CELT Live Webinar: Effectively Assessing (and Developing) Your Students' Problem-Solving Skills
You know that you want your students to develop their problem solving skills, but you might be wondering what tools and strategies are available to assess these skills and provide students with feedback to improve their work. How can you encourage students to be more thoughtful about the process they use to solve problems rather than simply focusing on whether they have the correct solution?
Teaching & Learning Circle: Team-Based Learning
"The research-based flipped classroom and team-based learning (TBL)," an increasingly-popular form of flipped-classroom where small-group learning that can be implemented effectively in small or large classes. TBL provides students with a more intimate, small class feel even in large theater-style classrooms with fixed seats. TBL teachers report high levels of student attendance, preparation, participation and critical thinking.