This Friday March 11th, join a conversation with Miriam Markum about "Collaborate with undergraduate Learning Assistants to provide a better learning experience for students (and enjoy a more rewarding teaching experience yourself!)"

It’s common knowledge that a low student-to-instructor ratio is good for student learning. After all, more interaction helps instructors discover points of confusion, provide individualized support, and create a stronger sense of community. The reality is that most of us cannot reduce our class sizes…but we can increase the size of the teaching team by recruiting undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs). LAs are students who have previously taken the class and done well, receive pedagogy training, and facilitate student discussion and learning. In this session, we will first discuss the elements of a Learning Assistant program and share research findings that having LAs improves student learning. Participants will then be invited to share their vision for and/or experience at teaching with undergraduates and, hopefully, leave with ideas for how to start or build on a Learning Assistant program of their own.

Sit down with other engaged colleagues on Zoom. Based on research by the Summer Institutes, supports are three times more important than barriers in implementing Scientific Teaching in classrooms. Join us for support with the National Institute on Scientific Teaching, formerly the Summer Institutes (Bathgate et al., 2019a, 2019b).

Since April 2020, NIST has been running this widely-attended program for STEM faculty seeking pedagogical support to navigate the continuing challenges in the world of learning and teaching. SI community members, friends and affiliates have met up to discuss "all things teaching and learning in epic times."

Would you like to present at a future FALCoN? If so, please email: nationalinstituteonst@gmail.com

March 25: TBA
April 8: Melissa McCartney " Primary Scientific Literature in the Classroom: a great idea in theory but how do we assess student learning?"
April 22: Heather Seitz "Writing good assessment questions: the good, the bad, and the ugly"
May 13: Tessa Andrews "Using active learning (even in large classes): What teaching expertise do you need?"

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