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Games=Fun=Learning?, Marsha Beal
Games=Fun=Learning?, Marsha Beal
Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference
Games are not just for extracurricular activities with your friends. Games can be used effectively as a way to assist learners in better understanding the materials for a course. Games use a part of our brain that is known to help us remember key components of concepts and theories. Learners also get so caught up in the game that learning becomes fun and not just drudgery. Games in courses are effective at all levels of education and should not be limited.
Managing For Quality In Higher Education: A Biblical Perspective, Ben A. Maguad
Managing For Quality In Higher Education: A Biblical Perspective, Ben A. Maguad
Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference
Although higher education has long been committed to excellence, its pace of change and improvement has been slow and episodic at best due to external pressures. To overcome the many obstacles confronting it, strong leadership is needed in all areas: academic, administrative, student life, and service. The challenge is to clarify the principles, knowledge, and skill bases necessary for effective higher education leadership. The spiritual dimension is perhaps the missing piece that today’s institutions need to effect lasting and meaningful change in the behaviors or attitudes of their people from the top administrator to the entry-level employee.
Funding Sotl Research, Jeff Boyd
Funding Sotl Research, Jeff Boyd
Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is regarded as critical to improving education; however, securing funds for SoTL research is quite challenging. This presentation will consider general strategies for approaching SoTL grants; focus on three types of grant providers: government agencies, associations, and foundations; and include discussion of participants' proposals. Grants for school districts, schools, and professors will be addressed, depending on the interests of attendees.
Faith Integration Roundtable: Sharing Your Practices, Duane Covrig, Glynis Bradfield, Denise Shaver
Faith Integration Roundtable: Sharing Your Practices, Duane Covrig, Glynis Bradfield, Denise Shaver
Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference
A goal of Andrews University is to help faculty, staff, and students “affirm faith.” The AU website lists the “first hallmark” as “A Faith-Based University: … Our Seventh-day Adventist Christian faith and values set us apart. Whether or not you share our distinct perspective, we invite you to respect it and be open to the conversation. It really is the basis for everything we do!” How is faith a part of your AU learning, teaching, advising, research, and service? Come and share your best practices. If you are not at AU, come and share how you integrate faith in your …