2019 Teaching Festival

The entire campus community is invited to participate in Webster’s yearly Teaching Festival, to be held Feb. 12-14. This year’s Teaching Festival will feature presentations and panel discussions by Webster faculty, students, and staff.

Highlights of the week’s activities include:

• Active learning and collaborative learning strategies that motivate students
• Experiential learning sessions: student and faculty panels about experiential projects, such as a recent visit to the U.S.-Mexico Border to assist asylum seekers
• Student perspectives on learning and inclusion: views on effective classroom environments, helping faculty navigate trans* and non-binary student needs
• Supporting student success: using metacognitive strategies to enhance student learning, what faculty and staff can do to support student retention

Participants are encouraged to RSVP here for sessions they would like to attend:

Teaching Festival Sessions:

Date & Time	Location	Title of Event
Tuesday, February 12, 9:00-9:30 am	Library Conference Room Library 120	PRESENTATION Active Learning Strategies with Annotation, Note-taking, and Flash Cards
Tuesday, February 12, 9:30-10 am	Library Conference Room Library 120	PRESENTATION Creative Strategies to Increase Student Learning & Engagement
Tuesday, February 12, 10:00-10:30 am	Library Conference Room Library 120	PRESENTATION Student Generated Practice Test Questions: Does Quantity Matter?
Tuesday, February 12, 12-1 pm	Library Conference Room Library 120	PRESENTATION Student Views on Effective Classroom Learning Environments (Pizza lunch)
Tuesday, February 12, 1:30-2:30 pm	Library Conference Room Library 120	PANEL PRESENTATION WITH STUDENTS Outside the Box: Student-Led Experiential Learning at Webster
Tuesday, February 12, 3-4 pm	Sverdrup 119, Active Learning Classroom	Active Learning Open Lab
Thursday, February 14, 9-10 am	Library Conference Room Library 120	PANEL PRESENTATION Telling Stories of Our Work along the U.S. Border
Thursday, February 14, 11 am-12 am	Library Conference Room Library 120	PRESENTATION University Transformation with Student Success Data
Thursday, February 14, 12-1 pm	Library Conference Room Library 120	PANEL PRESENTATION WITH STUDENTS Pronouns in the Classroom: Navigating Trans* and Non-binary Student Needs (Pizza lunch)

 

RSVP by clicking here!

The Teaching Festival is sponsored by the Faculty Development Center in partnership with the Academic Resource Center, the Online Learning Center, and the University Library.

For questions about the event, please contact Liza Dister, Faculty Development Coordinator, at edister17@webster.edu.