Transparency in Teaching and Learning (TILT) is an easy, practical way to start creating transparent assignments for students. The framework is a part of a national study that has shown making your assignments transparent using...
The keynote speaker, Kevin Gannon, facilitated an interactive workshop during which participants were introduced to the research supporting Inclusive Pedagogy and encouraged to see it as a crucial part of our mission from the...
Experiential learning, the key feature of the re-designed curriculum of the Byrum School of Business, begins early in the students’ experience and continues throughout their academic career. This enables graduates to be versed...
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year and endless ways in which they can be used for teaching and learning. So many in fact, that most instructors are simply overwhelmed. Curt Bonk offers two simple yet...
Faculty today often struggle with students' poor writing skills, failing to get the quality of written work that they imagine students can do. The traditional assignment of a research paper inadequately addresses the...
There is an intense movement today toward the flipped classroom model, with budgets, technology development, media hype, free and open educational resources, and advances in learning theories experimenting with the flipped...
Today’s classroom can be a challenging learning environment. In this session we will share best practices, suggestions, and Marian University resources to support student learning environments. We will explore setting...
Research from the learning sciences and from a variety of educational settings suggests that a small number of key principles can improve learning in almost any type of college or university course, from traditional lectures to...
When students engage in academically dishonest behaviors, they may be responding to subtle pressures in the learning environment that interfere with deep learning and nudge them toward cheating. Hence if we can gain a better...
In this session you’ll learn about the concepts behind scholarly communication seen through instructional tools such as Institutional Repositories, Open Educational Resources, and Open Access initiatives. Put that knowledge...
Participants will create writing prompts in support of strategic instruction and brainstorm ways that strategic instruction can teach what students need in order to perform successfully on course writing assignments.
We are in the midst of a learning revolution. During the past few years, learning has become increasingly collaborative, global, mobile, modular, informal, immediate, self-directed, open, blended, visual, hands-on, ubiquitous,...
The Tools for Teaching Conference is an opportunity for faculty to start their semesters with a chance to learn about research done by their peers as well as focus on new pedagogy skills and tools to enhance their teaching and...
A common challenge for many professors today is achieving persistent, high-quality student participation. This highly interactive session will begin with identifying challenges you face engaging students. Then, using a dynamic...
This presentation will cover two different strategies for engaging students in course content with the intent of improving academic achievement. One example will discuss the use of video to explain assignments prior to the due...
Politics and gender, race and religion, healthcare and war – our country is divided over many important issues. Dialogue is a way of talking and listening to create shared understanding, and in the classroom, we need it now...
Does the library play a part in your curriculum, instruction, assessment, or research? How would you describe information literacy, and what would you want your students to know or be able to apply? This presentation will look...
This presentation describes how two educational technology tools were used to enhance student-centered learning. These tools, an online Qualtrics survey completed in tandem with a jigsaw discussion activity and an online...
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a learner-centered instructional model that empowers students to take ownership of their learning. This presentation will highlight the benefits of PBL and provide tips on how to incorporate...
Faculty Con is an event designed to to inspire and support teaching excellence, encourage collaboration, and promote professional growth among the faculty at Marian University. The day includes keynote presentations and...