The Office of Support for Effective Teaching presents the fifth annual Success in the Classroom: Sharing Practices that Work, a university-wide, free conference on teaching and learning, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Student Union Building. The luncheon keynote address will be given by Chris Anson on “Engaging Writing – What It Means for Student Learning in YOUR Class.”
Photo: Chris Anson
Anson is director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program at North Carolina State University and a past president of the Council of Writing Program Administrators.
Success in the Classroom provides a forum for instructors to share insights into successful teaching and learning. The conference defines classrooms broadly as learning environments – including virtual, laboratory, online, field and experiential.
The professional-conference-style presentations are based on applied research and classroom experience. Presenters come from many disciplines, including earth and planetary sciences, English, math, Spanish, medicine, Africana studies, education, business, anthropology and physics. Oral presentation topics include using field experiences, independent thinking in the classroom, using clickers for student engagement, communicative teaching strategies, cultural constructs in teaching and learning, and activity-based learning.
For the second year, the conference also offers a poster session, on view throughout the day with presenters available 1:30-2:15 p.m. Poster topics include active learning, reading and writing in algebra, peer learning facilitators, evaluating second language writing, student-centered learning, and teaching with digital games.
Reservations are required to attend the conference luncheon, but no pre-registration is required for workshops. To register, contact OSET at (505) 277-2229 or oset@unm.edu. Visit OSET.
To watch a video of last year’s keynote speech by Janice Denton, visit Let’s Talk Publicly About Scholarly Teaching.