From our colleagues in the sciences, Professors Costanza-Robinson, Bunt, Giddings and Vasiliou:
“With support from the Ada Howe Kent Fund and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research (CTLR), we have organized this workshop on July 7th (Fri). The workshop leader, Gordon Uno, is a renowned educator and leader in promoting active learning. We saw him present at the AAC&U conference Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education last fall in Boston. Gordon managed to be both entertaining and educational while never losing sight of the practical realities of teaching. We were inspired to bring him here for this more detailed, hands-on workshop and share the “Gordon Experience” with other interested colleagues.
Gordon’s training and research are in plant biology, but the workshop topics, examples, and methods span the STEM disciplines. The two sessions (both on Friday) focus on evidence-based, active-learning methods and other high-impact practices appropriate for those just starting out as well as seasoned veterans. On Friday evening there will be a reception and dinner for interested workshop participants (seating for all those interested) to get to know one another and foster the developing active-learning community.
More workshop information and online registration details are available at: https://sites.middlebury.edu/stemskills2017/
We look forward to seeing you in July!
Molly Costanza-Robinson, Rick Bunt, Lesley-Ann Giddings, and AJ Vasiliou