Faculty Spotlights
Faculty Spotlight: Professors Sharon Akabas and Eleanor Sterling on Creating a Collaborative Course Environment
As recipients of the Provost’s Hybrid Learning Course Redesign and Delivery award, Akabas and Sterling redesigned their Food, Ecology, and Globalization course by increasing emphasis on a “flipped” structure that incorporated group and collaborative hands-on learning exercises.
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Mary Ann Price on Using Case Study Method to Place Pre-Med Students in Real-Life Scenarios
Mary Ann Price, a lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences, worked with the CTL to incorporate the case study method into her General Physiology course. The case studies encouraged her pre-med students to apply concepts they learned in class to real-world situations that were relevant to their career goals.
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Kyle Mandli on Pairing Up Programmers for Collaborative Learning Activities
As a recipient of the Provost’s Hybrid Learning Course Redesign and Delivery award, Professor Mandli received support from the Center for Teaching and Learning to redesign his Introduction to Numerical Methods course. He used pair group work, pair programming, and open source technologies to engage his students in the course material and encourage them to learn from each other.
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Caroline Marvin on Teaching with Do-It-Yourself Video
As a recipient of the Provost’s Hybrid Learning Course Redesign and Delivery award, Professor Marvin received support from the Center for Teaching and Learning to redesign her Mind, Brain, and Behavior course. She reflects on the teaching challenges she faced and the lessons that other faculty can take away from her experience.
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Sarah Hansen on Ensuring Student Success in Large Classrooms
As a recipient of the Provost’s Hybrid Learning Course Redesign and Delivery award, Professor Sarah Hansen received support from the Center for Teaching and Learning to redesign her general chemistry laboratory course to better meet the diverse needs of her students and increase their engagement in the course.
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Silvia Martins on Using a Flipped Classroom Approach and Just-in-Time Teaching
As a recipient of the Provost’s Hybrid Learning Course Redesign and Delivery award, Professor Silvia Martins redesigned her introductory course to help her team of instructors incorporate active learning in post-lecture seminars.
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