As Parker Palmer notes, “Behind their fearful silence, our students want to find their voices, speak their voices, have their voices heard.” This workshop explores how to use Shared Inquiry to increase student engagement in discussion while deepening their critical thinking and creative problem solving skills. This workshop will help you reconceptualize class discussion as […]
Event Category: CTSE Workshops
Years after the height of the pandemic, online components remain a fixture in our courses. For many, however, the experience of teaching in Zoom is fraught with feelings of dread and disengagement. Whether you’re teaching on-campus classes that may occasionally need to pivot to online- or being asked to offer a fully online course- this workshop […]
Looking for a quick infusion of teaching ideas? Inspired by James Lang’s Small Teaching, these 30-minute sessions will introduce easy-to-adopt strategies to engage your students in active learning. In this session, we will explore strategies to set the tone for learning by capturing your students’ attention and stoking their curiosity in the first five minutes […]
Interactive lecturing combines engaging presentations with active learning methods to achieve learning goals. By embedding a well-planned presentation within a sequence of activities, educators help learners understand, apply, and retain new ideas and skills. In this workshop, you will learn interactive lecture techniques specifically designed to increase student participation. You will leave prepared to apply […]
Looking for a quick infusion of teaching ideas? Inspired by James Lang’s Small Teaching, these 30-minute sessions will introduce easy-to-adopt strategies to engage your students in active learning. In this session, we will explore strategies to develop your students’ skills as critical thinkers through fun, low-stakes practice activities in class. Together, we will workshop plans […]