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Best Practices For Teaching Teenagers And Young Adults, Lisa Lyne, Nick Elder, Sarah Grison Aug 2018

Best Practices For Teaching Teenagers And Young Adults, Lisa Lyne, Nick Elder, Sarah Grison

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Workshops

This workshop from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Parkland College deals with the unique challenges that come with teaching teens and young adults and provides practical ideas for helping young college students succeed


Teaching Toolbox Series: Using "Plickers" To Increase Engagement And Learning, Sarah Grison Feb 2018

Teaching Toolbox Series: Using "Plickers" To Increase Engagement And Learning, Sarah Grison

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Workshops

This slide presentation for the Center for Excellence in Teaching at Learning at Parkland College shares the virtues of plickers with faculty and provides resources for how to begin using them in class.


Weresolve: A New Program To Help Students Reduce Conflict And Improve Communication, Marietta Turner, Joseph Omo-Osagie Feb 2018

Weresolve: A New Program To Help Students Reduce Conflict And Improve Communication, Marietta Turner, Joseph Omo-Osagie

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Workshops

This is a workshop provided to faculty at Parkland College about WeResolve a peer mediated conflict resolution program led by students from the Student Life Leadership Academy and designed to facilitate improved communication for students during conflict.


Service-Learning At Parkland College, Brian Nudelman Feb 2018

Service-Learning At Parkland College, Brian Nudelman

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Workshops

This slide presentation presented for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Parkland College demonstrates how service learning opportunities engage the community in learning by defining what service learning is, outlining the benefits to students, faculty, community, and the college and featuring some of the service learning activities and volunteerism resources available to students and faculty.


Parkland Honors Program, Marsh Jones Feb 2018

Parkland Honors Program, Marsh Jones

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Workshops

This slide presentation for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Parkland College summarizes the benefits for students participating in the honors program.


Faculty & Staff Supporting Students Thru Study Abroad, Jody Littleton Feb 2018

Faculty & Staff Supporting Students Thru Study Abroad, Jody Littleton

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Workshops

This slide presentation for the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Parkland College outlines the opportunities for staff and faculty to participate in the study abroad program and how to promote the program to students.


Better Student Success Through Better Accessibility, Ellen Zimmerman, Kristen Stephens, Lori Wendt, Laura Wright Jan 2018

Better Student Success Through Better Accessibility, Ellen Zimmerman, Kristen Stephens, Lori Wendt, Laura Wright

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Workshops

This is the supplemental slide presentation that accompanied a presentation detailing accessibility services offered to students with diverse needs at Parkland College.


Working Together To Cultivate Learning: Transcending Individual Differences And Inspiring Change, Regan A.R. Gurung Jan 2018

Working Together To Cultivate Learning: Transcending Individual Differences And Inspiring Change, Regan A.R. Gurung

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Workshops

In his keynote address to the faculty of Parkland College, Dr. Gurung provides a new way to think about learning, as a lifelong change that takes into account all types of students who are in the process of learning, and explicitly focuses on the diverse characteristics of the students, outlines the main factors influencing traditional and lifelong learning, and offers pragmatic methods to motivate learners. This document is the slide presentation of his address.


Diversifying Your Toolkit For Learners: Evidence-Based Strategies For Supporting Success In Diverse Learners, Regan A.R. Gurung Jan 2018

Diversifying Your Toolkit For Learners: Evidence-Based Strategies For Supporting Success In Diverse Learners, Regan A.R. Gurung

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Workshops

This slide presentation accompanied a workshop delivered to Parkland College faculty. Using research findings from psychology, education, and related field, Dr. Garung summarized evidence-based approaches that support learning, improves instructional design (including increasing rapport and pedagogy changes), and facilitates assessment to support diverse learners.