30 Years of Supporting Teaching Excellence
CENTER FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE
Office of the Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost
CTE – February Programming
February 19: Involving and Engaging Students Using iPads
The session will include presentations on integrating the use of tablet computers (specifically iPads) in both lecture
and laboratory settings. Using the iPad with students enhances a shift from the professor to student-driven learning.
This can be problem-oriented activities or simply to gain additional information about a topic discussed in class. The
use of iPads for data collection in laboratory exercises that are designed to teach the basics of ecological research,
along with other exercises in problem solving, will be demonstrated. We will show some applications currently in
use to illustrate how instant access to information may be changing the way our students find, evaluate and use
information. In addition, there will be discussion of lecture and laboratory instructor utilization of these tools to
improve efficiency and student learning. Examples will be presented with the broad goal of demonstrating the
potential for the technology in a learning environment and what future opportunities exist. Network access and
ultraportable computing technology may indeed be changing the way we are thinking and learning. The “Google
Brain” is upon us and we should be ready to foster learning in these rapidly changing technological environments.
Register at: ERS.TAMU.EDU
Facilitated by: Jason B. West and Dennie L. Smith
When: Wednesday, February 19 (9:30 - 11:00 AM)
Where: Rudder Tower 301
Registration availability: Faculty, Staff
February 21: Faculty Teaching Academy - Teaching and Learning Can Be Out of This World!
Helen Reed, Professor, Aerospace Engineering and 2013 Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence
This session will introduce an example of the impact of research-based technology on student learning. Specifically,
as a complement to their traditional classes, undergraduate and graduate students are engaged in a
multidisciplinary extracurricular hands-on project with NASA to design, launch, and operate a satellite.
Implementation practices and lessons learned will be presented so as to benefit others in similar endeavors.
Register at: ERS.TAMU.EDU
Technology: Current management, design, analysis, fabrication, and testing tools; space-system hardware and
software
When: Friday, February 21 (12:00 - 1:30 PM)
Where: Koldus 110/111
Registration availability: Faculty
To register for any CTE workshop, visit: https://ers.tamu.edu
These events are supported in part by a generous gift from The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M
University (http://www.aggienetwork.com/default.aspx).
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