Browsing by Author "Ellis, Jason"

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    Engaging Students with Active Learning (2013-03-05)
    (2013) Maps, Jon; Minor, Elizabeth; Bates, Paul; Ellis, Jason
    Teaching and Learning in STEM is a series of stand-alone workshops geared towards faculty from the Swenson College of Science and Engineering. Each session will be presented by STEM faculty and will focus on pedagogy and research in the disciplines. All faculty are welcome to attend.
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    The High Road to Mindful Transformation: How Emotion Fuels Cognition (2013-05-06)
    (2013) University of Minnesota Duluth. Instructional Development Service; Glisczinski, Daniel J; Ellis, Jason
    Education neuroscience research suggests transformative learning experiences travel the brain’s high road—fueled by emotionally competent stimuli that engage the rational prefrontal cortex where critical reflection takes place.
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    Inquiry-Based Learning & Critical Thinking (2013-03-26)
    (2013) University of Minnesota Duluth. Instructional Development Service; Ellis, Jason; Gute, Brian
    Teaching and Learning in STEM is a series of stand-alone workshops geared towards faculty from the Swenson College of Science and Engineering. Each session will be presented by STEM faculty and will focus on pedagogy and research in the disciplines. All faculty are welcome to attend. Inquiry-Based Learning & Critical Thinking focuses on the role of experimental design and laboratory work in training students to think like scientists.
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    Maximizing the Opportunities: Working with International Students & Faculty (2013-05-07)
    (2013) University of Minnesota Duluth. Instructional Development Service; Ellis, Jason; Gute, Brian; Smith, Shelley
    The UMD Strategic plan includes intercultural goals for creating an inclusive climate and a globally engaged campus. Achieving this involves multiple strategies, including increasing the recruitment and retention of international students and faculty. The increased presence of international students and faculty on campus has the potential to create a diversified campus, rich in opportunity for lively cultural dialogues, mutual learning opportunities and a more globally engaged student body and campus.
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    Peer Collaboration: Improving Teaching Through Peer Review (2013-02-28)
    (2013) University of Minnesota Duluth. Instructional Development Service; Ellis, Jason
    By bringing faculty together in a peer learning community, where strategies, concerns, and triumphs can be discussed, we are energized and gain new insights. Multiple sources and perspectives widen our field of vision and broaden our perceptions.
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    Succeeding with Online Science Courses (2013-04-16)
    (2013) University of Minnesota Duluth. Instructional Development Service; Ellis, Jason; Gute, Brian; Belk, Colleen
    Teaching and Learning in STEM is a series of stand-alone workshops geared towards faculty from the Swenson College of Science and Engineering. Each session will be presented by STEM faculty and will focus on pedagogy and research in the disciplines. All faculty are welcome to attend. Succeeding with Online Science Courses focuses on some of the fundamental issues related to online course design.
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    Teaching and Learning in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (2013)
    (2013) University of Minnesota Duluth. Instructional Development Service; Ellis, Jason; Allert, James; Sharp, Angela; Gute, Brian; Stevenson, Shannon; Johnson, Darrin; Maps, Jon; Bates, Paul; Minor, Elizabeth; Belk, Colleen; Smith, Shelley
    Teaching and Learning in STEM is a series of stand-alone workshops geared towards faculty from the College of Science and Engineering. Each session will be presented by STEM faculty and will focus on pedagogy and research in the disciplines.