Abstract:
Active learning has consistently been shown to be more effective than traditional instruction for promoting learning, motivation and student retention. Despite this overwhelming research support, instructors have a number of significant concerns about adopting active learning techniques in their own classes. Common concerns include worries about preparation time, content coverage and student resistance to new teaching methods. This hands-on session is designed to introduce quick and simple active learning techniques that are effective, require little preparation or class time, and which generate little or no student resistance.
Prof. Michael Prince
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Bucknell University
Dr. Michael Prince is a professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University, where he has taught since 1989. His research and consulting focus on engineering education, understanding the conditions that promote learning and how to bring those conditions about in a classroom or corporate training environment. Professor Prince has published over 100 articles and conference papers on education related issues and have delivered over 150 workshops to academic and corporate audiences. He is co-director of two national faculty development programs: the "National Effective Teaching Institute" (managed by the American Society for Engineering Education) and "How to Engineer Engineering Education," a workshop that has been offered to a national audience of engineering faculty since 2001. Dr. Prince travels extensively to give educational workshops. He was recently elected to the rank of Fellow in the American Society for Engineering Education.
