• What Brain-Based Techniques Can I Use to Engage Students During Class? – Facilitated Discussion

    Bartlett Theatre HPC 701 E. 2nd Street, Pomona, CA, United States

    This program demonstrates several techniques to engage student brains in learning. All can be incorporated into either a traditional 50-minute or a longer class period. Since each student's brain is unique and may learn in different ways, the presenters offer specific techniques that help vary the learning experience during a typical classroom time-frame. This is…

  • How Can I Get Students to Engage with Course Content Before Class? Facilitated discussion and video

    Compatriots Hall HSC 450 E. Pomona Mall St., Pomona, CA, United States

    This program addresses how student misconceptions about course content can become barriers to learning and offers several techniques to help teachers facilitate the adoption of alternative viewpoints in their students. This is a facilitated discussion - we will watch a 20 minute video with frequent breaks to discuss who this technique can be applied to…

  • CAPE Journal Club – Attention span during lectures: 8 seconds, 10 minutes or more?

    Compatriots Hall HSC 450 E. Pomona Mall St., Pomona, CA, United States

    Come join us as we read journal articles pertaining to neuroscience and the scholarship of teaching & learning (SoTL). Stay up on the latest evidence-informed topics and techniques in pedagogy to help you be an effective teacher and facilitator of student-centered learning. This month’s article is “Attention span during lectures: 8 seconds, 10 minutes or…

  • Teaching Millennials: Challenges and Opportunities

    HEC Classroom E

    In recent years and with the enrollment of millennials in graduate schools, dental education system has undergone a tangible and fascinating change . The generation of millennials who have been born in the digital era have major differences from generations past in the way  they see the world, want to be treated and certainly different…

  • Best Teaching Advice I’ve received – Magna 20 Minute Mentor

    Bartlett Theatre HPC 701 E. 2nd Street, Pomona, CA, United States

    Come hear what a seasoned educator in HigherEd has to say about the best advice he's ever received about teaching. Kenneth Alford of BYU shares his 30 years of experience as an educator in the classroom. Session objectives -acquire motivation and helpful advice to improve your teaching -consider new techniques to improve your effectiveness as…

  • Your TPS is your GPS

    Bartlett Theatre HPC 701 E. 2nd Street, Pomona, CA, United States

    You've heard of them. You know you should have one. But do you have a Teaching Philosophy Statement (TPS) that really tells the world how you view teaching and learning (especially when it comes time for P&T)? This interactive workshop will help you work through an inventory of various teaching philosophies to help you with…

  • Your TPS is your GPS

    Bartlett Theatre HPC 701 E. 2nd Street, Pomona, CA, United States

    You've heard of them. You know you should have one. But do you have a Teaching Philosophy Statement (TPS) that really tells the world how you view teaching and learning (especially when it comes time for P&T)? This interactive workshop will help you work through an inventory of various teaching philosophies to help you with…

  • Your TPS is your GPS

    Bartlett Theatre HPC 701 E. 2nd Street, Pomona, CA, United States

    You've heard of them. You know you should have one. But do you have a Teaching Philosophy Statement (TPS) that really tells the world how you view teaching and learning (especially when it comes time for P&T)? This interactive workshop will help you work through an inventory of various teaching philosophies to help you with…

  • Tell me about Neuroteach!

    Zoom

    A recap and discussion of the book by Glenn Whitman and Ian Kelleher   There’s a new category of literature regarding teaching & learning, it’s called Mind/Brain/Education or MBE. The book “Neuroteach: Brain Science and the Future of Education” describes this new evidence-informed genre. The book also discusses effective and not-so-effective teaching methods that leverage…