The Northwest College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) conference will take place from May 11-12 at the University of Portland. Register at www.nwcrla.com. The theme is “Blazing a Trail for Student Success.” On Friday afternoon, Leonard Geddes of the LearnWell Projects will lead a three-hour workshop, “Preconditions for Learning: Establishing the Proper Infrastructure for Academic […]
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TLC From The TLC: More on Interleaving in the Classroom
Last week, Lars Larson challenged us to integrate interleaving into our courses, basing his proposal on principles found in Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel’s Make it Stick (2014). On this week’s TLC blog, Jeffrey White, international languages and cultures, elaborates on how to interleave topics and use brief classroom assessment techniques to support student recall of material. For more information contact […]
TLC From The TLC: Building Pathways to Student Learning
As faculty, we can find ourselves in common patterns of thinking about course planning. We sometimes worry about covering the material. Often we may choose texts and materials first before considering what the intended learning outcomes are. Starting with the outcomes in mind is an important approach, but we may find that the end goal is situated at […]
TLC from the TLC: Practicing Recall
Retrieval practice is essential for deeper, durable learning. In this week’s TLC Blog, Jeffrey White introduces books that discuss strategies for incorporating the practice of recall into learning and teaching, including Make it Stick by Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel and Small Teaching by James Lang. For more information contact White at x7141 or white@up.edu.
German Studies Program Hosting German Election Events
On Sunday, September 24, Germans will go to the polls to vote in a federal election. What’s at stake, and who is running for office? You are cordially invited to take part in these upcoming events to find out more, according to Jeffrey White, international languages and culture. Poster Display: The German Federal Elections 2017, […]
German Studies Students Earn Summer Teaching Grants
The German Studies Program and Department of International Languages and Cultures have announced three awardees of the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) University Summer Course Grants for intensive German language learning in Germany this summer. The awardees are Maria Edwards ’18 (Tübingen), Emily McClung ’18 (Aachen), and Haley Lemens ’18 (Aachen). Over the past several years, […]
TLC from the TLC: Making Thinking Visible Through Questions
Before the Learning Commons initiated tutor training across its programs, peer assistants commonly did more explaining and less asking. Nowadays, questions increasingly play a major role in peer assistance sessions. How might this peer assistant training topic in the Learning Commons transfer to faculty teaching and interactions with students? How can questioning transform our students’ […]
TLC from the TLC: The Excitement of Academic Learning
This week’s Teaching & Learning Collaborative tip is an article by Jeffrey White, international languages and cultures, who serves as administrator of the Shepard Academic Resource Center’s Learning Commons. His article, “The Excitement of Academic Learning,” details how last year a total of 1,180 UP students worked together with peer assistants in the Learning Commons to […]
Andrew Cohen Lecture on Using Language, Culture Learning, March 26
Andrew D. Cohen will present a lecture on using language and culture learning strategies to develop higher levels of proficiency and intercultural competency on Wednesday, March 26, at 4:15 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 123, according to Jeffrey White, international languages and cultures. The lecture is free and open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni, […]
CISGO Seed Grant Recipients
The Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013-2014 CISGO Seed Grants, according to Kate Regan, international languages and cultures. The grants are for projects related to increasing international issues and learning on campus, and support faculty, staff, and student projects that increase international awareness and […]