TLC18 will be held on the campus of SHSU (in the CHSS and LSC buildings) on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 from
We are proud to announce that our Keynote Address will be given by Dr. Claire Howell Major, from the University of Alabama. Dr. Major’s research interests are in the areas of faculty work, pedagogical approaches, technology for teaching, and online learning. She has authored and co-authored several books, including Learning Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty (with Elizabeth Barkley published by Jossey-Bass), Online learning: A guide to theory, research, and practice (published by Johns Hopkins University Press), Teaching for Learning: 101 Intentionally Designed Learning Activities to put Students on the Path to Success (with Todd Zakrajsek [our keynote speaker from TLC16] and Michael Harris published by Routledge) and Collaborative learning techniques: A handbook for college faculty (
Official Schedule of Events
Session Title & Time | Presenter | Location |
Registration & Breakfast 8:00am - 8:45am |
CHSS Concourse Lobby | |
Welcome & Introduction 8:45am - 9:00pm |
CHSS C070 | |
Keynote: Dr. Claire Major Teaching for Learning: Choosing and Using High-Impact Instructional Strategies 9:00am - 10:20am |
Keynote Infographic | |
Concurrent Session A 10:30am - 11:20am |
CHSS Floor 2 | |
A1: Assessing for Learning: Using Active Learning Techniques to Promote and Assess Significant Learning |
Claire Major | |
A2: Introductory Manufacturing Process Course based on an Educational Mobil Inverted Pendulum (MIP) Robot | Junkin Ma & Keith Coogler | Slides |
A3: “Can I Arrest the King?” Immersive Role Playing in Undergraduate Instruction | ||
A4: Online Learning – Engaged Content Delivery & Innovative Assignments | Paul Eaton & Ricardo Montelongo | |
A5: Human-Centered Curriculum Design | ||
A6: Graduate Education at SHSU: The Big Picture | ||
Lunch & Panel Discussion: Graduate Teaching and Mentoring 11:30am - 1:00pm |
LSC Ballroom | |
Concurrent Session B 1:15pm - 2:05pm |
CHSS Floor 2 | |
B1: Effective Online Graduate Education |
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B2: Incorporating High Impact Research for Undergraduates: A First Introduction to the Research Process for Novice Students |
Emma Bullock, Lisa Van Raalte, Recayl Pecen, Audrey Murfin |
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B3: Effective Course Design & Its Impact on Improving Student Motivation | Enrique Mallen | Slides |
B4: Technology Enhanced Mandatory Recitation Sessions for STEM Courses | ||
B5: Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics: What is it? | Brian Loft | Slides |
B6: Helping Students Maximize Academic Success Center Resources |
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Concurrent Session C 2:15pm - 3:05 pm |
CHSS Floor 2 | |
C1: Mentoring Graduate Students and Teaching Assistant Training |
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C2: Using Voice and Choice to Improve Student Motivation – Looking at Manageable Differentiation and Rubrics |
Rebecca Wentworth, Lisa Brown, Jaime Mireles |
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C3: The Adventures of Megaclass: Using Client-based Projects in a Large Writing Classroom | ||
C4: Team-Based Learning: Increase Student Engagement, Motivation, and Success | ||
C5: Try, Try Again: a Specifications Based Grading System | ||
C6: Report from the Front in the War on Cramming | ||
Wrap-Up Session: Dr. Claire Major *Door prizes and giveaways* 3:15pm - 4:00 pm |
CHSS C070 | |
Sessions in red indicate the Graduate Teaching Track, intended for instructors of graduate level courses (not graduate teaching assistants). |