Carolina Teaching and Learning Colloquium (CTLC) Series
Carolina Teaching and Learning Colloquium (CTLC) Series
The Carolina Teaching and Learning Colloquium is a new inter-institutional colloquium series co-sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for Faculty Excellence, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, and Carolina Seminars. We invite faculty, graduate student instructors, and teaching staff from UNC-CH’s College of Arts and Sciences and professional schools, as well as interested instructors from outside colleges & universities to participate in this interdisciplinary series on teaching and learning research.Seminar Formats. The Carolina Teaching and Learning Colloquium (CTLC) series is dedicated to the dissemination and discussion of evidence-based, actionable teaching and learning research. Whereas many current teaching discussions offer guidance or research talks at a too broad level of analysis for quick implementation (e.g., comparing “active learning” and “lecture”), the CLTC focuses teaching and learning research at a more precise and practical level of analysis (e.g., comparing provided examples and generated examples).CTLC meetings are structured with two co-equally important elements: 1) a teaching and learning research presentation undergirded by empirical evidence, and 2) mediated break-out discussions of the interpretation and appropriate applications of the research. Through this process we hope to create a space for collaborative, generative discussions of teaching and learning that cross disciplinary and institutional boundaries.
Spring 2023 CTLC Series
Active Learning and Self-Reflection: A Framework for Continual Improvement
Date: January 25, 2023
Time: 3:30 – 4:45 PM
Location: 304 Wilson Library (lower level near CFE) or via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Brandon Sheridan, Associate Professor of Economics, Elon University
Description: Dr. Sheridan will share results from his research on college teaching summarized in How Often Does Active Learning Occur? Perception vs Reality. Join us for this workshop to learn more about how to assess active learning, faculty perceptions vs. realities, barriers to active learning, and strategies to implement active learning successfully in your courses.
Teaching Students How to Read Primary Literature in Multiple Class Settings Using Variations of the CREATE Method
Date: February 8, 2023
Time: 3:30 – 4:45 PM
Location: Pleasants Room in Wilson Library, or via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Rachel Penton, Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Neuroscience Advising, Dept. Of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Description: Dr. Penton will discuss ways the CREATE Method (Consider, Read, Elucidate the hypotheses, Analyze and interpret the data, and Think of the next Experiment) can be leveraged to engage and prepare undergraduates to be critical consumers of information – in your courses and in the real world.
Choosing to Learn: The Value of Autonomy in Post-Secondary Education
Date: March 22, 2023
Time: 3:30 – 4:45 PM
Location: Pleasants Room in Wilson Library, or via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Daniel “Danny” Oppenheimer, Professor of Social and Decision Sciences, Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
Description: Despite a large literature demonstrating the importance of agency/autonomy in student motivation and achievement, there has been little focus on developing specific, practical, and implementable interventions that promote autonomy in educational settings. If anything, many practices endorsed by university teaching and learning centers, such as mandatory attendance, mandatory drafts, and syllabus quizzes, serve to undermine feelings of autonomy. Here, we briefly review the literature on the benefits of promoting agency, provide several concrete teaching strategies for doing so, and provide evidence of their efficacy. Agency-promoting teaching practices have the potential to improve student outcomes both in the classroom (i.e. more motivated students who consequently learn more) and beyond.