[ED-TECH] Lunch and Learn: Daniel Wang, 2005 Excellence in Teaching award winner

Ed-Tech list members,

On Wednesday, March 8, 12:30-1:10 pm, Daniel Wang, 2005 Excellence in Teaching award winner, will share the "Just-in-Time Teaching" practice that he is using in Genetics with over 200 students. If you want your students to read the textbook material before class, or you want the students to think about the material before class, or you want to know their preconceptions so you work with them to correct any errors, or you want to engage the students more in the lecture, this presentation is for you. I don't care what you teach, the Just-in-Time Teaching feedback loop can be used to enhance the learning outcomes of your class, in my opinion. Come and here about this valuable pedagogical technique.

Lunch will be served. Registration is required and limited. Please register at www.snurl.com/donntilson or go to the "Lunch and Learn Series" area in the www.miami.edu/iac web site.

Mar. 8 - Just-in-Time Teaching in Genetics: Creating an Interactive Teaching and Active Learning Environment

2005 Excellence in Teaching Award Winner
Yunqiu (Daniel) Wang
College of Arts and Sciences, Biology

How can we reduce student fears when taking challenging subjects? How can we provide prompt feedback when teaching a class of 200 students? How can we motivate the students to prepare for class by studying the material? How can we help students to actively construct knowledge? 2005 Excellence in Teaching award winner Daniel Wang uses a Just-in-Time Teaching (www.jitt.org) feedback loop and has found that it increased student/faculty interaction, improved student study habits, and increased cognitive gains in his Genetics classes. The loop starts with the students completing a "warm-up" exercise before class. The results are available immediately, allowing the material taught to the students to be adjusted based on their performance, and their performance to be included in the teaching of the material. The classroom time can now be spent helping the student correct preconceptions and more fully integrate their learning. This presentation will feature his results as presented in his Excellence in Teaching submission (available at www.snurl.com/excellence) with additional reflections from his experiences this academic year.

Wednesday, March 8, 2005
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM
Whitten University Center
Room 226, (Flamingo Ballroom)

A recording of the presentation will be posted on the www.miami.edu/iac web site, for those people who are unable to attend.

Bill Vilberg

305-284-3949 (work); 786-218-3052 (cell); 305-255-9138 (home)