The single best presentation that I attended at the Noel-Levitz conference was by Constance Staley, a faculty member from CU-Colorado Springs. She is a passionate educator and a proud grandma.... both good things. A few snippets:
- All teachers can improve their teaching skills
- The level of student learning can always be increased
- Faculty must always be authentic (at least with their students!)
- Meet students where they are and THEN move them
- Freshman seminar is not just another course.... it is THE most important course
- Know your students, individually and collectively
- Learn all you can about learning
- Make the case for active learning....bring content to life
- Teach by design, not by default
- Get engaged yourself
- Income stratification in the U.S.: 8.6% of the poorest 25% of population get a college degree while 74.9% of the richest 25% of population get a college degree
- Student boredom is a huge concern and they get bored in straight lecture courses
- She cited a source where they did a study that showed that 4 months after the course ended, the students from the course had 8% more knowledge about the subject than a control group who had not taken the class (and yes, it was a straight lecture course)
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