Workshop Program

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Friday, October 14, 2016

9:00-9:15 Registration, Room PLM 241

9:15-9:30 Introduction to workshop and goals

Introduce leaders and participants
Introduce SAGE 2YC: Faculty as Change Agents professional development program and our action plans

9:30-10:30 Who are the students in our geoscience courses?

Ken Howard will share data and statistics on Wake Tech students as starting point for discussion

Gretchen Miller will lead discussion of what the data mean for our teaching, and introduce how to write effective learning objectives for our courses

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:00 Exploring metacognition, teaching students how to learn geoscience

How do we get students past "studying for the test" to "learning geoscience?"
David McConnell and Jason Jones from NC State University will discuss self-regulation and student learning strategies for introductory geoscience classes

12:00-1:00 Lunch and continued discussion

1:00-2:30 Increasing active learning to improve student success

Sara Rutzky and Adrianne Leinbach will share active learning techniques for introductory geoscience classes (strategies for both seated and online sections)

2:30-2:45 Break

2:45-3:30 Strategies to leverage student success resources