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In 1999, two short courses will be held in Lincoln, NE. One Web-based Chautauqua will be delivered from Lincoln.
Building WWW-Sites to Support Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Courses, March 18-20, 1999.
Teaching College Science Using Multimedia and Mathematics, March 18-20, 1999.
These short courses will be held during the University of Nebraska spring break. Participants will have access to many facilities that otherwise would be very crowded. Also, this is the time during which tens of thousands of sandhill cranes migrate through Nebraska. An informal trip to observe the migration will be organized in the evening of Saturday, March 20, 1999. (Nebraska Life Magazine.)
Improving College Teaching Using an Interactive, Compensatory Model of Learning (Web-based, March 1 -- April 23, 1999)
Improving College Teaching Using an Interactive, Compensatory Model of Learning
GREGORY J. SCHRAW and DAVID W. BROOKS, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
March 1 - April 23, 1999 Apply: PITT
No new applications accepted after 8 March
Note: This course will be offered via the WWW.
This course introduces participants to an interactive, compensatory model of learning (ICML) that emphasizes the role of four separate components: human abilities, the knowledge base, strategies and motivation. Human abilities refer to differences in information processing speed and capacity. The knowledge base refers to organized declarative and metacognitive knowledge in long term memory. Strategies refer to procedures that enable learners to solve specific problems. Motivation refers to beliefs about one's ability to successfully perform a task, as well as one's goals for performing a task.
The purpose of this course is to improve college teaching by better understanding each of the ICML's four components, and using this model to guide instructional practice. Participants will read a paper prepared for this course that describes each component in detail. This paper discusses the relative importance of each component relative to the three remaining components, and summarizes current research that addresses the extent to which each component contributes to classroom learning. The paper also discusses ways in which learners compensate for deficits in one component (e.g., ability) by using other components (e.g., strategies).
The course format will be: (1) participants read a paper summarizing the ICML; (2) they discuss this paper with other students in a limited-access electronic discussion group; (3) they offer examples from their own teaching that illustrate typical college teaching problems; (4) they share strategies based on the ICML to reduce or eliminate these problems.
Dr. Schraw is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he specializes in motivation and learning. He is the former director of undergraduate education in the educational psychology program at UNL. Dr. D. Brooks is Professor of Chemistry Education at the University of Nebraska/Lincoln. He has created numerous multimedia instructional materials and authored the book, Web-Teaching.
Building WWW-Sites to Support Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Courses.
DAVID W. BROOKS, University of Nebraska, Lincoln and HELEN B. BROOKS, Synaps,
Lincoln, Nebraska
March 18-20, 1998 in Lincoln, NE Apply: PITT
The WWW is an excellent tool for delivering learning materials as well as supplementary materials for college science, mathematics, and engineering.
The principal thrust of this course is about creating Web sites that include text, images, and links. Although the course will be offered on Macintosh computers, the projects created for students are independent of platform. The software we provide, however, will run only on the Macintosh platform. Research in learning, described in the book Web-Teaching {ISBN: 030645552}, supports the notion that active learning (writing, speaking, answering, collaborating) is more effective than passive learning (listening, watching, copying notes). The workshop focuses upon ways to incorporate active learning within WWW materials. It also provides many practical suggestions for teaching such as maintaining electronic office hours and extending use of e-mail with students.
The applications taught in this workshop include CyberStudio 3.1 and several freeware and shareware tools. Participants should bring computer files of handouts and assignments to the workshop with the intent of beginning to create Web-based materials from them. A substantial portion of the course will be devoted to visiting Web-based instructional sites used in college science and mathematics courses, and discussing the problems encountered, the strategies employed, and other issues related to delivering instruction using this medium. Many of the technical issues faced by a Webmaster will be addressed. Only Macintosh hardware and software will be used.
For college teachers of: all science, mathematics, and engineering disciplines. Prerequisites: prior WWW use; prior use of e-mail and membership on listservs. Prior to coming to the course, an information-gathering call to your campus computer center to find out about local procedures and requirements for web pages is recommended (even if you do not understand all of their jargon) .
Dr. D. Brooks is Professor of Chemistry Education at the University of Nebraska/Lincoln. He has created numerous multimedia instructional materials and authored the book, Web-Teaching. Dr. H. Brooks has worked as a university professor and an industrial chemist. She is president of a company that produces media materials for chemistry teachers including CD-ROM's.
Teaching College Science Using Multimedia and Mathematics
ROBERT G. FULLER, STEVEN R. DUNBAR and VICKI PLANO CLARK, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
March 18 - March 20, 1999 Apply: PITT
No new applications accepted after 26 February, close of business, EST.
The emphasis of this course is on helping faculty develop ways to incorporate powerful multimedia and mathematics learning activities into their college science courses.
This course will use cooperative learning groups among the participants to introduce them to several multimedia techniques that can be used interactively to teach college science courses with mathematics. The participants will perform a variety of interactive digital video, computer data collection and analysis and computer algebra activities. Then they will work in small groups to prepare multimedia lessons to use with the other participants on the last half day of the workshop. While many of the specific examples will be drawn from general physics, their applicability to all sciences will be discussed.
The participants will be able to export their lessons electronically to their home institutions.
For college teachers of: all science, mathematics, and engineering disciplines. Prerequisites: none.
Dr. Fuller is professor of physics and director of the research in physics education group at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has received the Millikan medal by the American Association of Physics Teachers for his notable and creative contributions to the teaching of physics. Dr. Steven R. Dunbar is professor of mathematics and the founding director of the J. R. Edwards Honors Program for Computer Science and Management and a specialist in the use of computer algebra systems for teaching mathematics and science. Vicki Plano Clark is a research associate in the research in physics education group who specializes in the use of interactive technologies in general physics laboratories.
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