Upcoming Events

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 (PC-204) 11:30-12:30

Lead: Meredith Young

“reconsidering what we think works” (paper to be posted shortly)

Past Events

Friday, August 1,2008 (PC-204)

Lead: Dr. David DiBattista
Professor, Ph.D. (Waterloo)
3M National Teaching Fellow (2007)

10:30AM - Meet David DiBattista (Coffee and Snacks provided)
                    Role of Teaching Professors and ideas to establish similar track at Brock

                    University

11AM - “The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Walking the Talk”

12PM - Group discussion

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 (PC-204) 11:30-12:30

Lead: Ilana Bayer

We will be discussing Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives and the 7 Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.

There are 2 links that I am providing for Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives:

1. 1.Provides an overview of Bloom’s taxonomy:
   

     http://www.fctel.uncc.edu/pedagogy/basicscoursedevelop/Bloom.html

2. 2.Discusses a more recent adaptation of Bloom’s taxonomy:
   

3. http://www.uwsp.edu/education/lwilson/curric/newtaxonomy.htm
   

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (PC-204) 12:30-1:30

Lead: Dr. Geoff Norman

Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics (McMaster)

Geoff will be leading a discussion based on his recent recent research on how new technology affects student learning and performance.

Levinson, Weaver, Garside, McGinn, Norman 2007.pdf

Garg, Norman, Eva, Spero, Sharan 2002.pdf

deGiovanni, Roberts, Norman Submitted.pdf

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 (PC-204) 11:30-12:30

Lead: Nick Marquis

Vodcasts: Are they an effective tool to enhance student learning? A Case Study from McMaster Univeristy, Hamilton Canada.

Vodcasts.pdf

John Biggs

STUDENTS' APPROACHES TO LEARNING

Revised Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F)

http://www.johnbiggs.com.au/students_approaches.html