Provost's Series on University Learning - Spring 2011

Schedule of Events

April 6, 2011
• Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University and Area Dean of Applied Physics. Dr. Mazur is founder of the Mazur Group, a physics and education research center.
  
  Title: Confessions of a Converted Lecturer
  Description: I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather than learning to understand the material. Who was to blame? The students? The material? I will explain how I came to the agonizing conclusion that the culprit was neither of these. It was my teaching that caused students to fail! I will show how I have adjusted my approach to teaching and how it has improved my students' performance significantly. For more information, visit them at http://mazur.harvard.edu/search-talks.php?function=display&rowid=1731"
  When: 2:30pm
  Where: University Hall Room 1070
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May 4, 2011
• Dudley Herschbach, Professor Emeritus, Chemistry at Harvard University; Nobel Prize for Chemistry recipient, 1986. Professor Herschbach will be the keynote speaker and lead conversationalist for the 2nd Annual University Learning and Teaching Showcase (see details below).
  When: 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
  Where: University Hall Room 1070
  

2nd Annual University Learning and Teaching Showcase

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This year’s theme will be “Fostering Creativity Across the Campus”. This event is dedicated to exploring evidence-based practices used to understand and improve learning and teaching across disciplinary boundaries. We hope that this Showcase will provide local scholars with the opportunity to share their projects, acknowledge each other’s accomplishments and hold cross-disciplinary conversations to build upon each other’s findings in the hopes of establishing future collaborations.

The Showcase is intended to be an interactive event; one held to recognize and appreciate the richness and complexity of the participating institutions, some of which include Montclair State University, Bryn Mawr College, and Haverford College. The Creative Research Center, directed by Neil Baldwin, will serve as a rapporteur for this year's Teaching and Learning Showcase.

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