The 14th Annual SHSU Teaching & Learning Conference was held Thursday, August 17th. The keynote speaker was Dr. Christine Harrington, the Executive Director of the Student Success Center at the New Jersey Council of Community Colleges and Professor of Psychology at Middlesex Community College. Christine has extensive experience in scholarly teaching and faculty professional development.
Dr. Harrington’s Keynote Address was entitled “Dynamic Lecturing.”
Research shows that lecturing is one of the best ways to teach novice learners (also known as first year students). Come explore how to maximize the effectiveness of your lecture by activating prior knowledge, zooming in on the most important concepts, integrating brief opportunities to reflect and process information, effectively using multi-media, and incorporating retrieval practice opportunities. You’ll walk away with several easy to implement strategies designed to increase learning.
Her new book “Dynamic Lecturing” is available with our 20% discount (use code DYN20) from www.styluspub.com
A blog on using research-based teaching practices, presented to ACUE (the Association of College and University Educators).
Two example videos of professional development by Dr. Harrington:
Student Success Faculty Training Video 2: Teaching Students about Research
Student Success Faculty Training Video 3: The Jigsaw Classroom Exercise
Official Schedule of Events
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Session Title & Time |
Location |
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Registration & Breakfast 8:00am - 8:45am |
CHSS Concourse Lobby |
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Welcome & Introduction 8:45am - 9:00pm |
CHSS 070 |
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Keynote: Dr. Christine Harrington 9:00am - 10:00am |
CHSS 070 |
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Concurrent Session A 10:10am - 11:00am |
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| A1: Inter-Professional Disaster Education: Get Involved! (Slideshow) | CHSS 226 |
| A2: Teaching Students about Health through Mapping | CHSS 233 |
| A3: Getting Students to Read Their Textbooks - Christine Harrington (Slideshow) | CHSS 210 |
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A4: Beyond Research Assistance: Developing a Partnership with Your Embedded Librarian (Slideshow) |
CHSS 242A |
| A5: Growing Power: Transformative Common Intellectual Experiences | CHSS 242B |
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Lunch & Panel: Teaching Information Literacy followed by Exhibitor/Sponsor Session 11:15am - 1:30pm |
LSC Ballroom |
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Concurrent Session B 1:45pm - 2:35pm |
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| B1: Using In-Class Journals to Promote Learning Objectives (Slideshow and Handouts) | CHSS 206 |
| B2: Encouraging Action and Confronting Conflict in ACE’d Courses | CHSS 226 |
| B3: Examining Scalability for Flipped Classrooms: Implementing and Studying Flipped College Algebra Across 32 Sections (Slideshow) | CHSS 210 |
| B4: Under Construction: Building Information Literate Critical Thinkers One Assignment at a Time | CHSS 232 |
| B5: Effective Mentoring in Undergraduate Scholarship | CHSS 242A |
| B6: Why Can't Our Students Read? | CHSS 242B |
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Concurrent Session C 2:45pm - 3:35 pm |
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| C1: Measuring What Counts: How to Leverage Community Engagement | CHSS 226 |
| C2: Best Practices in Writing Pedagogy | CHSS 206 |
| C3: A Holistic Approach to Education: Teaching “Life Skills” to Students (Slideshow) | CHSS 232 |
| C4: Finding, Preparing, and Teaching with Case Studies | CHSS 242A |
| C5: Supplementing Your Instruction: Strategies for Engagement and Collaboration in Problem- and Concept-Based Courses | CHSS 242B |
