Webinar: Leveraging Learning Science for Optimal Course Design, Teaching Practices, and Encouraging Proper Student Study Practices View the recording of the presentation here Download the presentation slides here ---------- The science of memory is increasingly well understood, but faculty practices are frequently not aligned with emerging understandings about how people learn.  This BVA webinar will explore how principles from learning science can strengthen course redesign efforts, … [Read more...]

See a video of the webinar here. Download a copy of the webinar presentation here: There is an increasing need for building campus leadership capacity to facilitate institutional change that improves undergraduate student learning, retention and graduation in STEM and other disciplines. While the approaches for making these improvements are well-known, their application on campuses is still not wide-spread. To facilitate implementation of these improvements, campus leaders play critical … [Read more...]

Envisioning the Future of STEM Education: The National Academies' Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education Wednesday, December 4, 2019 1:00 pm PT | 2:00 pm MT | 3:00 pm CT | 4:00 pm ET Presenters: Ann E. Austin (Michigan State University), Noah Finkelstein (University of Colorado Boulder), Kerry Brenner (National Academies) The Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education is a group of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine … [Read more...]