SAVE THE DATES: February 1 – 3
WSU welcomes renowned neurobiologist and teacher Dr. Diane O’Dowd University of California, Irvine (http://www.researchandteaching.bio.uci.edu/) on Wednesday, February 1st through Friday, February 3rd.
O’Dowd has published on her teaching methods and their impact on student learning. She brings exceptional practical experience and resources for faculty teaching large lecture classes in research universities, including:
Active learning in large classroom settings
Balance a successful research career with effective and creative teaching
Learning before lecture-assigning and using readings
Learning from midterm exams (using this direct measure to improve teaching)
Using TAs effectively in large classes
No-cost “Garage Demos” for in-class science instruction
Keynote on Wednesday, February 1st at noon followed by a series (2.5 days) of more focused workshops. For a list of workshop descriptions and registration/RSVP, please visit http://atl.wsu.edu/diane_odowd_visit.html