June 16-19, 2002.
An International Conference on Problem-Based
Learning in Higher Education
"This conference will provide an opportunity for PBL practitioners
to communicate with one another and share their ideas for organizing
and managing undergraduate problem-based courses, assessing student
learning, writing problems, conducting classroom research, integrating
PBL with Internet resources, and a variety of related topics."
For more information, visit the web site: A
Pathway to Better Learning .
May 3, 2002.
Student Panel: "DC Resources"
GW Mount Vernon Campus, Eckles Library Conference Room
10:00AM-12:00PM, lunch following
April 5, 2002.
Learning Not to Teach
GW Mount Vernon Campus, Eckles Library Conference Room
10:00AM-12:00PM, lunch following
Presenter: Bernard Wood, Henry R. Luce Professor in Human Origins
"In this presentation I will share my own experiences of
helping to devise PBL problems for a medical course, attending
a four-day residential course on PBL at McMaster University in
Canada, managing the introduction of a PBL course into what was
a relatively traditional UK medical school, and then transferring
those skills and experiences to running a PBL course for six anthropology
graduate students. I will bring the material I provided for the
students, their responses, and try and summarize the outcome of
the course."
March 8, 2002.
Nuts and Bolts of Assessment
GW Mount Vernon Campus, Eckles Library Conference Room
10:00AM-12:00PM, lunch following
Presenter: Cheryl Beil, Director Academic Planning and Assessment
Resources
on Course-Based Review and Assessment
February 22, 2002.
Teleconference: Assessment SMPA B01
Teleconference Center, 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Starlink
Teaching and Assessing Packets
October 12, 2001.
Hewlett Project kickoff event: "Reinventing
Undergraduate Education: The New Agenda"
309 MPA Building, 10:00AM -12:00PM
Presenter: Shirley Strum Kenny, President of SUNY at Stony Brook
(and Chair of the Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates
at Research Universities)
In this speech, President Kenny describes some of the important
findings of the Boyer Commission, specifically the need for more
integration between research and teaching in universities. The
report makes many astute, challenging, and detailed suggestions
for improving the undergraduate experience at research universities,
with the aim of exploiting resources and incorporating academic
practices and expertise that are unavailable at non-research universities.
View the
complete Boyer Commission Report.
View a Letter
from Interim Dean Jean Folkerts (pdf), Columbian College of
Arts and Sciences anticipating Kenny's presentation.
September 21, 2001.
Pedagogies of Engagement
MVC Library Auditorium, 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Presenter: Robert Thompson, Dean of Trinity College, Duke University
(Required to view pdf)
