The 8th Annual Success in the Classroom Conference Set for Feb. 20

The 8th annual Suc­cess in the Class­room: Shar­ing Prac­tices that Work con­fer­ence is set for Wednes­day, Feb. 20, on the top floor of the Stu­dent Union Build­ing. The lun­cheon keynote address by Saun­dra McGuire, assis­tant vice chan­cel­lor for Learn­ing, Teach­ing and Reten­tion, and Pro­fes­sor of Chem­istry at Louisiana State Uni­ver­sity, con­cerns  “Shift­ing the Class­room from Teacher Cen­tered to Learner Cen­tered: It’s Eas­ier than you May Think!” Par­tic­i­pa­tion is open to all instruc­tors from all UNM campuses.

The con­fer­ence, hosted by the Office of Sup­port for Effec­tive Teach­ing, with addi­tional spon­sor­ship sup­port from sev­eral UNM depart­ments and orga­ni­za­tions, pro­vides an oppor­tu­nity to broaden a teach­ing com­mons of UNM fac­ulty desir­ing to aid one another in devel­op­ing effec­tive learn­ing ped­a­go­gies and teach­ing prac­tices. Sched­uled are a full range of top­ics from tra­di­tional class­room and lab­o­ra­tory instruc­tion, to vir­tual learn­ing and assess­ment, to community-based ser­vice learn­ing and pro­grams that assist stu­dent learn­ing out­side of the classroom.

Sev­eral pre­sen­ta­tions high­light approaches to col­lab­o­ra­tive learn­ing that have been imple­mented in UNM’s new learn­ing stu­dio class­room in Dane Smith Hall.  Poster dis­plays exhibit on course-reform projects in col­lege alge­bra and gen­eral chem­istry, and gen­eral physics sup­ported by the STEM Gate­way project, which is funded at UNM by the U.S. Depart­ment of Education.

McGuire also presents a work­shop for fac­ulty and teach­ing assis­tants “Get Stu­dents to Focus on Learn­ing Instead of Grades: Metacog­ni­tion is the Key” on Thurs­day, Feb. 21 and addi­tional pre­sen­ta­tions and work­shops for under­grad­u­ates stu­dents on Feb. 20–21.

Reser­va­tions are required to attend the lun­cheon keynote address, which can be made at http://oset.eventbrite.com , but no reser­va­tions or pre-registration are required for other con­fer­ence ses­sions. For infor­ma­tion about the ses­sions, visit OSET

For gen­eral infor­ma­tion, con­tact Gary Smith or San­dra Bau­man at (505) 277‑2229.