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PAST (2007-2009)
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Nov 9, 2009
Seminar - Rachel Scherr (Research Assistant Professor, Physics Education Research Group, University of Maryland)
"Accounting for tutorial teaching assistants' buy-in to reform instruction"
Oct 29, 2009
Special Seminar- Steve Pollock (Associate Professor of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder)
"A research-based approach to transforming an upper-division electricity and magnetism course"
Oct 29, 2009
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium - Steve Pollock (Associate Professor of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder)
"Understanding Educational Reforms: Impacts of Physics Education Research"
Oct 27, 2009
Seminar - Celebrate Learning Week: Bruce Dunham and Eugenia Yu (Department of Statistics, UBC)
"Identifying and Addressing Student Difficulties in an Introductory Statistics Course"
Sept 30, 2009
Seminar - Robert Bjork (Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Psychology, UCLA)
"How we learn versus how we think we learn: Implications for the design and evaluation of instruction
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July 20, 2009
Seminar - Beth Simon (Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego)
"Peer Instruction for the First Time: Experiences of a First Time User in Computer Science"
May 26, 2009
Seminar - Perry Samson (Professor - Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan)
"Lecture Tools: A Powerful Alternative to Clickers"

Apr 29, 2009
2008-2009 CWSEI End-of-Year Event
Agenda
Feb 27,2009
Seminar - Paul Denny (The University of Auckland: New Zealand)
"PeerWise - students sharing and evaluating multiple choice questions"

Feb 11, 2009
Seminar -Wendy Adams (Co-Director of PhET and Director of Research, CU-SEI)
"A Balance - Effective Levels of Guidance for Student Engagement and Learning"
Oct 23, 2008
Seminar - Bill Wood (University of Colorado: Boulder)
"Changing the way undergraduates are taught in a research-oriented biology department"

Oct 16, 2008
Seminar - David Caprette (Rice University)
"Assessing an Undergraduate Lab Program"
Oct 3, 2008
Seminar - Celebrate Learning Week: Carl Wieman
"How People Learn: Implications for Teachers and Students"
Video - October 2008
Oct 3, 2008
Seminar - Celebrate Learning Week: Lee Shulman
"When Learning is Truly Celebrated"

Video - October 2008
Abstract
Oct 2, 2008
Celebrate Learning Week, UBC Learning Conference: Learning Goals Symposium

"Learning Goals: What, Why, How": Beth Simon, Jared Taylor, and Steve Wolfman 

A Glimpse into the Process of Creating Learning Goals (Simon & Wolfman)
"Bringing Learning Goals to Fruition": Francis Jones and Brett Gilley
Oct 1, 2008
Seminar - Celebrate Learning Week: Sara Harris and Douw Steyn (Dept of Earth and Ocean Sciences)
"Keeping the feedback loop active: Critical incidents for learning"
Sep 26, 2008
New Science Faculty Workshop #2: Carl Wieman
"Implementing principles of learning"
Sep 19, 2008
New Science Faculty Workshop #1: Carl Wieman
"How People Learn, the Science of Learning"
Aug 5, 2008
Seminar: Esther S.C. Ho (Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Kwong Wai Leung (Centre Manager of HKPISA Centre, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
"Characteristics of East Asian Learners: What we have learned from international studies"
Jul 28, 2008
Seminar: David C. Berliner (Regents' Professor, Arizona State University)
"Studying Expert Teachers"
Jul 15, 2008
Seminar: Simon Bates (Professor of Physics Education,University of Edinburgh, UK)
"Physics Education (Research) in the UK: notes from a (very small island)"
Apr 28, 2008
  • CWSEI End-of-Year-Event - Presentation Slides:
  • Chemistry    
  • Computer Science    
  • Earth and Ocean Sciences     
  • Life Sciences      
  • Physics and Astronomy    
  • Statistics    
Agenda
Apr 15, 2008 Seminar: Dan Schwartz (Professor of Education, Stanford University)
"The Transfer of Learning"
Apr 3, 2008 Seminar: Helen MacGillvray (Professor, Queensland University of Technology's School of Mathematical Sciences
& Director of its Maths Access Centre)
"Roles of Assessment in Learning in Statistics and Mathematics"
Mar 19, 2008 Seminar: Carl Wieman (Director, Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative)
"What All Instructors Should Know About Learning"
Jan 30, 2008 Seminar: Wendy Adams (Director of Research, Science Education Initiative, University of Colorado-Boulder)
"Problem Solving; understanding and evaluating the many components of skills, processes, and beliefs"
Nov 19, 2007 Seminar: Michelle Smith (Science Teaching Fellow, University of Colorado-Boulder)
"Changing how we teach genetics through learning goals, assessments, and interactive learning"
Nov 8, 2007 Seminar: Gary Gladding (Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Reforming Large Courses at a Research University: A Case Study from Physics at Illinois"
Oct 18, 2007 Seminar: Eric Mazur (Professor of Physics, Harvard University)
"Confessions of a Converted Lecturer"
July 12 Seminar: Kathy Perkins (Associate Director, University of Colorado Science Education Initiative)
"Studying Student Beliefts About Science: their importance and what affects them"
May 3/8, 2007 Learning Goals Workshop (Physics)
April 24, 2007 Seminar: Eric Riggs (Co-director, CRESME, Purdue University)
"Streamlining a Modern Geoscience Curriculum: A Tale of Young Turks, High Teaching Loads, and Turning Lemons into Lemonade"
April 17, 2007 Seminar: Mike Dubson (Senior Instructor, Department of Physics, University of Colorado-Boulder)
"Creating a Highly Interactive Classroom for All Courses"
March 22/30, 2007 Learning Goals Workshop (EOS/CS)