Recent News and Upcoming Events:

Working Documents for Science Learning Community:

Please download the following Word Doc file, and provide comments, add items, edit, as you like.

• Science Learning Course Survey (revised)

Collected Resources for Effective Science Learning:

• POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning)
• NISE College Level One - University of Wisconsin-Madison- a nationwide community of post-secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty, education researchers, faculty developers, and students
• Learning to Teach in Higher Education by Paul Ramsden
• Field-tested Learning Assesment Guide
• Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment
• Webcast: Bruce Alberts - Redefining Science Education and the Role that Scientists Play in Society
• Scientific Teaching by Handelsman, Miller & Pfund, 2007. W.H. Freeman & Company
• National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
• The Art of Changing the Brain by James Ellwood Zull
• Enabling a Culture of Change: A Life Science Faculty Learning Community Promotes Scientific Teaching
• What the best college teachers do, by Ken Bain (Harvard University Press, 2004)
• Theory of Engagement from the Schlechty Center
• The Engaged University and Student Success: The Foundations of Intellectual, Personal, and Professional Growth at Miami University Miami University by David Hodge, Miami University
• From Convocation to Capstone: Developing the Student as Scholar David Hodge, Kira Pasquesi, Marissa Hirsh, and Paul LePore

Past News and Events:

Literacy Celebration - as discussed my Mary Lou Holly at the March 17th meeting

- This event is hosted by the Writing Commons, titled " Everybody Has Literacy - Celebrate Yours!" will be held on Monday, April 20, 2009 from 12:00 - 5:30 p.m. Additional information can be fond by downloading the following publicity flyer: (download publicity pdf)