Incorporating Results from SoTL


Event Date & Time

  • January 12, 2017
    12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Description

This session provides a framework for analyzing and incorporating the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) into classroom practices. SoTL involves scholarly inquiry into student learning and making findings public, in order to advance teaching and learning. A large body of literature contains findings from SoTL inquiries across numerous disciplines. In this session, participants will (more…)

Experiential Learning: Concept and its Application in Lesson Planning


Event Date & Time

  • January 12, 2017
    9:30 am - 11:30 am

Event Description

“Experience plus Reflection = Learning” – John Dewey Building on the earlier work of John Dewey, the educational theorist David  Kolb proposes a “learning cycle” comprising different stages by which learning happens through the transformation of the learner’s experience. In this workshop you will explore Kolb’s experiential learning cycle, discuss its value in your teaching (more…)

Metacognition, Lifelong Learning, and Disciplinary Practice


Event Date & Time

  • January 11, 2017
    9:30 am - 11:30 am

Event Description

“..teach them to fish, and they will eat for a lifetime.” As teachers, we are often looking to help our students become lifelong learners in not only our own disciplines but also in their wider lives in general. But does simply “covering” content actually accomplish that goal? In this session, we will examine the idea (more…)

Design Thinking in Teaching


Event Date & Time

  • January 10, 2017
    9:30 am - 11:30 am

Event Description

How do we design a successful lesson? In this workshop, we will discuss common challenges in lesson planning and develop a toolkit of best practices and strategies to generate meaningful learning experiences for learners. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: 1. Identify common practices in lesson design and assess pitfalls (more…)