Active learning
Early career faculty invited to discuss teaching strategies for online teaching
Join a discussion about active teaching and learning strategies for online engagement at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, via Zoom. The Early Career Faculty Forum is hosted by the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE).
Read More »Learn about active learning, flipped classrooms and student engagement
Early career faculty are invited to hear about how active learning, including the use of flipped classrooms, can help student engagement and learning at the early career faculty forum at 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Room 202 Curtis Laws Wilson Library.
Read More »Educational research mini-grants awarded to five faculty projects
Expanding the sophomore design curriculum for aerospace engineering students and maximizing the co-op experience are a couple of topics faculty will be researching with the help of mini-grant funding. The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) recently provided nearly $25,000 in mini-grant funding for the following projects:
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Classroom videos sought, see examples online
All faculty and staff instructors are invited to participate in an active learning video competition for Missouri S&T’s Teaching and Learning Technology (TLT) Conference. A few examples are online. The deadline for video submissions is Wednesday, March 7, to Victoria Hangi, instructional developer, at hagniv@mst.edu.
Read More »Showcase your active learning strategy in video contest
Do you use active learning methods that you would like to share? All faculty and staff instructors are invited to participate in an active learning video competition for Missouri S&T’s Teaching and Learning Technology (TLT) Conference. The deadline for video submissions is Wednesday, March 7, to Victoria Hangi, instructional developer, at hagniv@mst.edu.
Read More »Celebrate Active Learning Day
The educational technology (EdTech) staff invites Missouri S&T faculty to show the unique ways you use active learning methods in your classroom. Active Learning Day will be observed Monday, Oct. 23. It is a nationwide movement to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. For help creating a short video about your active learning methods, please contact EdTech by Thursday, Oct. 19, at 341-4131 or edtech@mst.edu. Get more details at edtech.mst.edu.
Read More »S&T participates in active learning initiatives
Missouri S&T was one of more than 160 organizations that signed a letter to President Obama committing to take steps for sustained use of active learning strategies in undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) classrooms. Watch a video about active learning at Missouri S&T. The video will be featured on the STEM Central website.
Read More »Active learning strategies workshop
Instructors are invited to participate in “Rules of Student Engagement: A Workshop on Active Learning Strategies in the Classroom” 8 a.m.-noon Friday, Jan. 16, in the Missouri-Ozark Room of the Havener Center. Topics will include strategies and benefits of a flipped classroom, optimal use of clickers, how to generate good classroom discussion and other proven […]
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