Event Host: University Center for the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT), Office of Academic Affairs, Center for Life Sciences Education Event Information:
Short Description: This presentation, “Designing STEM Courses to Improve Learning,” will provide a brief overview of what we know about how students learn and how faculty can use principles of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) to design courses in STEM disciplines to improve student success.
Dr. Pratibha Varma-Nelson will be the first keynote speaker in a colloquium series, convened by the University Center for the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT) and sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs, to support STEM course redesign. Dr. Varma-Nelson is Professor of Chemistry and Executive Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning at Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
This presentation, “Designing STEM Courses to Improve Learning,” will provide a brief overview of what we know about how students learn and how faculty can use principles of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) to design courses in STEM disciplines to improve student success. Examples of teaching methods that have promoted STEM student engagement and retention at IUPUI such as Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT), Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs), Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) and its cyber counterpart cPLTL will be provided along with quantitative and qualitative data from classes using these methods.
Dr. Varma-Nelson’s visit is co-sponsored with the Center for Life Sciences Education.