learning & teaching

Innovative Course Design Workshop III: High-impact Strategies (Recap)

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Facilitator: Julia K. Metzker Date: 10 Nov 17, 2:30-4pm Topic: High-impact Strategies: Developing inclusive assignments and activities that challenge Workshop Goals You will … explore evidence base for high-impact practices and teaching strategies. design transparent activities and/or assignments. Participants in the third workshop in a five-part course design series, explored evidence based strategies for designing assignments […]

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Tia Brown McNair to visit Stetson University for 2018 Teaching and Learning Day

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Each year, the Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence hosts a national scholar to Stetson University for the annual Teaching and Learning Day (formerly known as Faculty Learning Community Day). This day of reflection and discussion provides an opportunity for the Stetson community to grapple with big issues that impact our work delivering high-impact educational

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Certificate in Course Design for Essential Learning, Registration Open!

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Certificate in Course Design for Essential Learning A credential for faculty who teach General Education courses January 9-12, 2018 Stetson University Deland, FL Logistics | Registration The Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence at Stetson University is thrilled to announce a new Course Design Institute and Certification Program. If you are devoted to developing students

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Innovative Course Design Workshop II: Essential Learning Goals (Recap)

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Facilitator: Julia K. Metzker Date: 06 Oct 17, 2:30-4pm Topic: Essential Learning Goals – Constructing learning goals that challenge, foster critical thinking, and prepare students to be successful global citizens. Workshop Goals draw connections between your course and the essential learning outcomes write SCHMI course-level outcomes On 06 Oct 17, participants in the second workshop

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Submit your proposal to the Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference by October 31st

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The annual Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference is a wonderful opportunity to learn and share about teaching! What: 2nd annual Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference When: Jan 31 – Feb 02, 2018 Where: St. Pete Beach, Florida Submission Deadline: Oct 31, 2017 Participants from all sectors of higher education in and beyond the state

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Innovative Course Design Workshop I: What’s the Big Idea? (Recap)

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Facilitator: Julia K. Metzker Date: 22 Sep 17, 2:30-4pm Topic: What’s the Big Idea? Using capacious dilemmas, issues and questions to frame your course. Workshop Goals to apply intentional design principles to your course (re)design. identify a dilemma, issue or question to frame a course (re)design. On 22 Sep 17, Stetson faculty participated in the

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What Does it Mean to Be a Teacher-Scholar?

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Here’s an excerpt from an essay, penned by Kenneth Ruscio during his recent presidency at William & Lee University. The essay was published in 2013 in Peer Review, the premier publication of Association of American Colleges & Universities, AAC&U. Teaching introductory courses (and I mean really teaching them), conversing with colleagues outside your field on a

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WORLD Class Lunch & Learn Recap: March 2017

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Faculty Insight: Faculty participants each discussed their preliminary ideas for potential study abroad programs. Dr. Phillip Lucas kicked off the discussion by describing his experience designing his upcoming faculty-led study abroad program in Camino de Santiago, Spain. He provided his background in religious studies and pilgrimages and explained the process of being nominated for a WORLD

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Recap: Pedagogical Ecosystems

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2017 Excellence in Teaching Symposium Pedagogical Ecosystems [Conference Description] 9:15-9:25 Introductions – Joshua Rust, Rosalie Richards, Joseph Morrissey Pedogogical Ecosystems are Adaptive Classrooms – Josh Rust Inclusion: The active, intentional, and ongoing engagement with diversity—in the curriculum, in the co-curriculum, and in communities (intellectual, social, cultural, geographical) with which individuals might connect—in ways that increase

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