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What's all the fuss about active learning and interactive engagement? When and why does this approach make sense in college classrooms? Dr. Noah Finkelstein, Director of Integrating STEM Education for CU and Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Colorado will answer these and other questions at this one-time workshop on Thursday, February 16, 2012.
Dr. Finkelstein’s interactive talk / workshop will examine some of the fast-growing tools that are used to transform traditional chalk-talk lectures into interactive and student-centered classes, even for large-enrollment classrooms. Participants will examine a variety of new tools commonly used from personal-response systems (“clickers”), to interactive computer simulations, to tutorials, and high-tech/ web-based tools for teaching. This session examines some of the underpinning theory as to why (and how) we reorganize our classrooms, the various classroom practices that are supported, some pragmatic experience in using and thinking about employing these tools , and some of the research results nationally and at the University of Colorado. Although drawing from his experience in physics education research and participation in the Science Education Initiative at the University of Colorado, Dr. Finkelstein’s workshop will have wide application to teaching in all disciplines.
