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Teaching by Discussion

We would all like to have great conversations in our classes. But they are not always so easy to bring about. Students can be shy or tired or disinterested or just plain unprepared, and we can feel compelled to fill that alienating silence with our own voice. In this FLC we will seek out best practices and strategies for engaging students in authentic and instructive discussion. The group will then implement some of these techniques in our classes and discuss the results.

John Ruff Facilitator

John Fantuzzo Facilitator

Participating Members:

John Ruff
John Fantuzzo
Cynthia Rutz
Christopher Drapeau
Alberto López Martín
Sangeeta Swamy
Nirupama Devaraj
Nancy Scannell
Jarron Slater
Fontaine Lien
Michelle Abraham
George Potter
Mark Wagenaar

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Backwards Design Curriculum Development
Beyond Textbooks: Using Online Resources in Your Classroom
Blended Learning: Using Technology to Improve Student Learning
Classroom to Career: Integrating Career-Ready Skills into the Curriculum
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Difficult Dialogues in the Classroom and Beyond
Eco-Pedagogy
Faculty Civility
Faculty/Student Mentoring
Helping At-Risk Students
Inclusive Excellence in STEM
Interdisciplinary Projects in Mathematics
Mindset: Moving Students from a Fixed to a Growth Mindset
New Directions in Artificial Intelligence
Small Teaching Online
Small Teaching
Supporting Teaching of International Students
Teaching Across Cultures
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Teaching to Your Strengths
The Flipped Classroom
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Unconventional Grading Methods