Teaching Strategies

The Center for Teaching and Learning targets ten teaching strategies devised under the advisement of the Faculty-Development Planning Committee. From 2009 to 2012, the professional development targeted the following:

1. Classroom Technology

• Dr. Chris Dede's "Emerging Interactive Media and Neomillennial Learning in Higher Education" (9/23/09): PowerPoint, Video
• "Media-Based Learning Styles: Should Higher Education Yield to Them?" (9/22/09)
• "Technology and the Diversity of Learning" (9/8/09)
• Dr. Dennis Pearl's "Course Revitalization: The Buffet Model" (10/01/10): Part I, Part II
  

2. Accounting for Different Learning Styles

• Dr. Dennis Pearl's "Course Revitalization: The Buffet Model" (10/01/10): Part I, Part II
• Dr. Michael Hosokawa's "Teacher Education for Tomorrow: Problem Based Learning."

3. ADA Compliance

4. Classroom Management

• Brett Sokolow's "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)" (11/2/10): PowerPoint
• Brett Sokolow's "The Disruptive Student" (11/2/10): PowerPoint
• Dean Greg Singleton and Dr. Berrylin Martin's "Fostering a Community of Engagement" (10/26/10): PowerPoint, Video Part I, Video Part II
• Dr. Michael Hosokawa's "Teacher Education for Tomorrow: Problem Based Learning."
  

5. Preventative Measures for Academic Dishonesty

• Dr. Joe Urgo's “Easy as 1-2-3: Designing Assignments and Grading Papers so that Writing Supports Learning” (11/05/09) (low audio, requires good speakers)

6. High-Frequency, Repeatable Quizzes

• Dr. Gordon Hodge's "Increasing Student Success and Retention Through Required and Repeatable Low-stakes Quizzes" (12/10/09): Meeting with Department of Psychology about Course Redesign, Presentation Part I, Presentation Part II
• Dr. Dennis Pearl's "Course Revitalization: The Buffet Model" (10/01/10): Part I, Part II

7. Rapid Feedback

• Dr. Gordon Hodge's "Increasing Student Success and Retention Through Required and Repeatable Low-stakes Quizzes" (12/10/09): Meeting with Department of Psychology about Course Redesign, Presentation Part I, Presentation Part II
  
• Dr. Joe Urgo's “Easy as 1-2-3: Designing Assignments and Grading Papers so that Writing Supports Learning” (11/05/09) (low audio, requires good speakers)
• Dr. Dennis Pearl's "Course Revitalization: The Buffet Model" (10/01/10): Part I, Part II
  

8. Active-Learning Opportunities

• Dr. Gordon Hodge's "Increasing Student Success and Retention Through Required and Repeatable Low-stakes Quizzes" (12/10/09): Meeting with Department of Psychology about Course Redesign, Presentation Part I, Presentation Part II
  
• Dr. Joe Urgo's “Easy as 1-2-3: Designing Assignments and Grading Papers so that Writing Supports Learning” (11/05/09) (low audio, requires good speakers)
• Dr. Dennis Pearl's "Course Revitalization: The Buffet Model" (10/01/10): Part I, Part II
• Dr. Michael Hosokawa's "Teacher Education for Tomorrow: Problem Based Learning."

9. Individualized Attention

• Dr. Dennis Pearl's "Course Revitalization: The Buffet Model" (10/01/10): Part I, Part II
  
• Dr. Michael Hosokawa's "Teacher Education for Tomorrow: Problem Based Learning."
  

10. Community-Building Activities

• Dr. Michael Hosokawa's "Teacher Education for Tomorrow: Problem Based Learning."