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Upcomming Events at EOS-SEI
Summer-Fall 2008
| date | event | lead by | materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | One day UBC Learning Conference | many | stay tuned ... |
| Sep29-Oct 3 | UBC's Celebrate Learning Week | seminars / presentations, etc. | stay tuned ... |
| July 16 | Learning goals workshop for the Goldschmidt conference | EOS STLFs, & others | see Faculty Resources. |
| June 20 | Learning Goals Workshop | EOS STLFs and others | see Faculty Resources. |
| June 10 | Improving students' science article reading skills. | Kai Chan, Douw Chan | contact <fjones@eos.ubc.ca>. |
See also the CWSEI Calendar for campus-wide events.
Past events at EOS-SEI
Winter 2008
- May 16 Interview seminar: "An application of improved teaching techniques to a research presentation: 'The use of larval bivalve shell composition as tags of natal habitat for connectivity studies'", Dr. Carly Strasser (abstract).
- May 09 Interview seminar: "Engaged Learning for Large Classes: Tomorrow’s Teaching Techniques, Today", Erin Lane, (abstract).
- Apr 30 Interview seminar: " Innovative Ways to Document and Improve Science Teaching and Learning", Molly Phipps (abstract).
- April 28: End of Year CWSEI event.
- Apr 24 Interview seminar: "Wake Up and Learn! - Ideas, activities, and experiments on engaging your audience", Dr. Stephen Taylor (abstract)
- April 2: End Of Term Surveys; Francis Jones
- Mar 25: SAESS (attitudes survey); Ben Kennedy .
- Feb 28: Review clicker questions; Sara Harris .
- Jan 25: Learning Goals Workshop; All eos STLFs (with C. Wieman) on the "Resources" page
Fall 2007
- Nov 22, EOS-East 134: "Critical Incident Questionnaires, and other happenings in ENVR 200". Link to the CIQ, or "critical incident questionnaires", questions: http://www.unf.edu/dept/cirt/teaching/pdfs/formative_sb.pdf.
- Nov 6: Half-time report on an EOSC proto-course transformation - the score is tied.
- Oct 16: Using online bulletin boards to encourage learning
- Oct 4: Multiplechoice Questions.
Summer 2007 was quite - many people are in the field, or working out of town (or even on vacation ! ).
Winter 2007
- May 31/07: Interview seminar: " Exemplary Teaching in the Geosciences: A Road Warrior's Perspective ", Brett Gilley
- May 30/07: Interview seminar: " Teaching Ideas from Listening to Students, Teaching Assistants and Teachers ", Ben Kennedy
- May 22/07: Interview seminar: " Learning Specialized Subjects In Highly Diversified Classes ", Francis Jones.
- May 10/07: Interview seminar: "How do we measure the effectiveness of oceanography courses?", Cynthia Cudaback
- April 25/07, Departmental seminar (Re: Tracking students field work using GPS, Erik Riggs, Purdue U.)
- April 24/07, Departmental seminar (Re: Curriculum design, Erik Riggs, Purdue U.)
- March 30/07, Learning Goals Workshop, Part II (Carl Wieman)
- March 22/07, Learning Goals Workshop, Part I (Carl Wieman)
- March 09/07, Brown-bag discussion: Clickers (Sara Harris)
- Feb 28/07, Departmental seminar, “Transforming Geoscience Class using wireless technologies”, Perry Samson (U. Michigan)
