NERDs August Open Forum

The Novel Education Resource Development (NERDs) open forum is scheduled for Thursday, August 20, 2015, for 11:30 am - 12:30 pm at University Hospital, A3-100. The speaker will be Dr. Mark Weyers.

" Designing Engaging Learning Environments & Small Group Activities "

This seminar will outline different strategies and techniques for engaging students in active learning and will describe how different teaching and assessment practices influence students to take different approaches to their learning and studying. It will cover how to design small group sessions to increase higher level thinking (problem-solving; critical thinking) and enhance the student learning experience. It will look at various approaches to designing learning activities for active student engagement and identify the elements of an activity that enhances learning.