On Wednesday April 16, Innovative Teaching Fellows presented at the Paul C. Reinert, S.J. Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning’s 3rd annual Learning Studio Symposium. Past and current Innovative Teaching Fellows shared their experiences with course redesign and with teaching in the the Learning Studio - Saint Louis University's award-winning, state-of-the-art teaching space designed by… Continue reading 2014 Learning Studio Symposium
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What’s On Our Minds Lately: The Instructional Design Team
by Chris Grabau, Instructional Designer, Reinert Center As a part of the Instructional Design team at the Reinert Center, we encounter a lot of interesting artifacts related to teaching and learning. From new and exciting commentary on pedagogy to the latest trend in educational psychology, the amount of information found by the ID team creates… Continue reading What’s On Our Minds Lately: The Instructional Design Team
What's On Our Minds Lately: The Instructional Design Team
by Jerod Quinn, CTTL Instructional Designer. In my line of work as an instructional designer, I get to be exposed to new ideas and tools all the time. Some of those ideas manage to grab my attention and take hold of it. Here are three that I have come across in the last few months… Continue reading What's On Our Minds Lately: The Instructional Design Team
Preparing Our Students for the Future
by Kim Levenhagen PT, DPT, WCC, Assistant Professor in the Program in Physical Therapy In 2013, Hart Research Associates conducted an online survey of employers’ priorities for hiring today’s graduates. This detailed analysis provided recommendations on changes that need to occur in education and educational assessment practices. A brief summary of It Takes More Than a… Continue reading Preparing Our Students for the Future
Pedagogy and the Teaching of Law
Saint Louis University Law professor, Miriam Cherry, has recently conducted classroom research exploring new ways to teach about employment discrimination. The results of that research are published in the Fall 2013 issue of the Saint Louis University Law Journal. Professor Cherry's article "explores virtual worlds as a teaching technique in the Employment Discrimination class. In… Continue reading Pedagogy and the Teaching of Law
Wikipedia Editing In the Classroom
by Dr. Judith Ogilvie, Biology Wikipedia provides an opportunity for students to enrich their understanding of course material while mastering fun, new technology and serving the worldwide community of Wikipedia users. I had recently read an article about editing Wikipedia in the classroom when several students approached me about taking my Developmental Biology Course for… Continue reading Wikipedia Editing In the Classroom
Teaching a Flipped Class for the Second Time
by Michael Lewis, Associate Vice President for Faculty Development, Associate Professor of Chemistry Last year I taught the course Principles of Chemistry II using a flipped classroom approach. This was my first time teaching the course in this manner, after having taught the course once using a traditional format. The class was relatively large with about… Continue reading Teaching a Flipped Class for the Second Time
Irrelevant or Engaged?
by Elisabeth Hedrick-Moser, Graduate Assistant, Reinert Center When Nicholas Kristof declaimed in his New York Times column that “Some of the smartest thinkers on problems at home and around the world are university professors, but most of them just don’t matter in today’s great debates,” he, unsurprisingly, unleashed some backlash from the academic community. Kristof’s… Continue reading Irrelevant or Engaged?
Save the Dates
This semester has moved at a rapid fire pace, so before you get completely booked up after spring break, we’d like to take this opportunity to cue you in on some upcoming development opportunities Online Teaching and Learning Institute: This is a week-long institute offered every summer for full-time faculty who want to develop online… Continue reading Save the Dates
Close Only Counts in History and Horseshoes
by Flannery Burke, Ph.D., Associate Professor in History and Fulbright Roving Scholar to Norway Here are three historical mistakes I may have conveyed in the course of teaching American culture to high school English classes in Norway as a part of that nation’s Fulbright Roving Scholars program. Which is most egregious? 1) Abraham Lincoln served as President… Continue reading Close Only Counts in History and Horseshoes
The Notebook 