Let's Assess...Student Learning in the Learner-Centered Classroom
How do you know whether your students are learning? More importantly, how do your students know if they are learning? These are hard questions to answer and maybe even harder to address if you are using learner-centered teaching strategies. So if you have begun to let go of some aspects of your class in the interest of promoting more and better learning, how do you assess student learning? If you want to learn more about what assessment “looks like” in the Learner Centered Classroom, then this workshop is for you! Presenters will share ideas about their own experiences with creating assignments, grading, and assessing in the Learner-Centered classroom as well as encourage participants to think about how they might better design, implement, and assess assignments for their own classes.
Presenters:
Thursday, March 27th (8:00-9:30am in Taylor 306)
Nancy Harris is a non-lecturing Lecturer in Computer Science and a Faculty Associate with the Center for Faculty Innovation. For the past year, she has been co-facilitating a Madison Teaching Fellows Group focused on Learner-Centered Teaching and implementing many learner centered activities in her classrooms.
Kristi Lewis has been at JMU for four years as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences. She primarily teaches epidemiology and environmental health. As a Madison Teaching Fellow, she has been working on the topic of Learner-Centered Teaching for the 2007-08 academic year.
Traci Pipkins is an Assistant Professor in Writing and Rhetoric Studies and a Faculty Associate with the Center for Faculty Innovation. For the past year, she has been co-facilitating a Madison Teaching Fellows Group focused on Learner-Centered Teaching.
Dr. Carol Hurney is an Associate Professor in Biology and the Assistant Director of the Center for Faculty Innovation. She teaches introductory courses to both majors and non-majors as well as effective teaching strategies to graduate biology students. Her training in faculty development issues began when she consulted with the Teaching Resource Center at UVA.
Friday, March 28th (12:30-2:00pm in Taylor 306)
Mary Slade is a Professor in Exceptional Education and teaches 5 courses in gifted education online. Mary is currently participating in the 2007-08 Madison Teaching Fellows Group focused on Learner-Centered Teaching and has developed an Honors Seminar entitled “Civic Engagement in a Global Society.”
Sam Prins is an Assistant Professor in Mathematics & Statistics. For the past year, she has been a member of the Madison Teaching Fellows Group focused on Learner-Centered Teaching and is using LCT methods in a 400-level theoretical statistics course.
Nancy Harris is a non-lecturing Lecturer in Computer Science and a Faculty Associate with the Center for Faculty Innovation. For the past year, she has been co-facilitating a Madison Teaching Fellows Group focused on Learner-Centered Teaching and implementing many learner centered activities in her classrooms.
Chris Lantz is an Associate Professor in Biology. For the past year, he has been a member of the Madison Teaching Fellows Group focused on Learner-Centered Teaching. He has had success using LCT methods, such as team-based learning, in his courses.
Times/Location:
March 27th, 2008 (8:00am - 9:30am) in Taylor 306
or
March 28th, 2008 (12:30pm - 2:00pm) in Taylor 306