"(From the Office of the Dean of Engineering at Virginia Tech)
On Friday, September 14, the Virginia Tech College of Engineering will host a teaching workshop for engineering faculty at The Inn & Skelton Conference Center at VT.
This workshop will provide engineering faculty with tangible and practical ways to implement state-of-the-art findings from the emerging science of learning research. Based on prior research, it is expected that both engineering faculty and students will find that these engaging methods promote learning with understanding. In particular, the workshop will include:
*A Keynote Address by Dr. Arthur Winston, Director of The Gordon Institute at Tufts University, and winner of the 2007 National Academy of Engineering Bernard M. Gordon Prize for innovative graduate engineering education.
*A session that illustrates how to engage engineering students (and improve their learning) by using techniques that increase various interactions: student-student, student-faculty and student-content.
*A session that demonstrates how to use assessment techniques that provide timely and helpful feedback so that students can improve their learning and future performance.
*An innovative interactive theater session that has proven effective in engineering at other universities, including Berkeley, Purdue, the University of Michigan, Cornell, and the University of Wisconsin.
The workshop will run from 8:00am to 4:30pm; continental breakfast, lunch and other refreshments will be provided throughout the day. The College of Engineering is sponsoring this event; there is no cost to participants.
If you would like to attend this workshop, please register at:https://survey.vt.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id=1187380256511]https://survey.vt.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id=1187380256511
We invite you to participate in this exciting event (seating is limited, so be sure to register early!).
Sincerely,
Richard Benson, Dean, College of Engineering Leslie Pendleton, Director of Undergraduate Student Affairs and Instructor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Jenny Lo, Assistant Professor, Engineering Education Amy Bell, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering"