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2024 4
October 17, 2024
Professional Sophistication: Developing Expertise Beyond the DVM Degree
• Primary Care Veterinary Educators Symposium
• American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges
• Columbus, Ohio
September 29, 2024
Beyond Swinging a Dead Pedagogical History Cat: Fostering Meaning, Integration, and Inquiry:– Implementation of Instructional Strategies Matters
• 2024 History Educators International Research Network (HEIRNET) Conference
• History Educators International Research Network
• Stirling, Scotland
Presentation:
Videos: None
Activities: None
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
September 29, 2024
Leveraging AI to Foster Self-Regulated Learning and Historical Thinking: Notes from the Field of Teacher Education
• 2024 History Educators International Research Network (HEIRNET) Conference
• History Educators International Research Network
• Stirling, Scotland
Presentation:
Videos: None
Activities: None
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
August 14, 2024
Making Sense of Making Sense: Improving College Teaching and Learning through Active Processing
• 2024 PRIME Academy
• TWU Center for Faculty Excellence
• Denton, Texas
2023 4
November 6, 2023
Active Learning to Proactive Teaching
• IRACDA Academy Workshop
• Tufts IRACDA Program
• Boston, Massachusetts
August 16, 2023
Active Learning and Student Engagement: Fostering Deep and Flexible Learning
• 2023 PRIME Academy
• TWU Center for Faculty Excellence
• Denton, Texas
March 30, 2023
Transformative Active Learning
• Transformative Learning Conference
• University of Central Oklahoma
• Oklahoma City, Maine
Presentation: PowerPoint
(10 MB)PDF
(16 MB)
Videos: Shallow Processing Cats
Activities: Active vs Passive Learning (4 Groups)
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
February 14, 2023
Active Learning from the Ground Up
• Active Learning Summit
• Center for Teaching and Learning
• Athens, Georgia
Presentation: PowerPoint
(60 MB)PDF
(15 MB)
Videos: End of PublishingShallow Processing Cats
Activities: Active vs Passive Learning (4 Groups)
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
2022 2
April 28, 2022
Active Learning | Proactive Teaching
• Teaching and Learning Symposium
• College of William and Mary
• Williamsburg, Virginia
Presentation: PowerPoint
(88 MB)PDF
(3 MB)
Videos: End of PublishingHerding Cats
Activities: Active vs Passive Learning (4 Groups)
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
January 20, 2022
What No One's Telling You About Active Learning
• AACU Annual Meeting
• American Association of Colleges and Universities
• Washington, District of Columbia
Presentation: PowerPoint
(14 MB)PDF
(4 MB)
Videos: None
Activities: None
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
2021 1
August 9, 2021
Reassessing, Reimagining, Recalibrating: Teaching and Learning Post-Pandemic
• Pandemic Recovery Teaching and Learning: What Matters Now?
• Center for Academic Excellence, Appalachian State University
• Boone, North Carolina
Presentation: PowerPoint
(27 MB)PDF
(27 MB)
Videos: Herding CatsFlipping One Minute Explanation
Activities: None
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
2020 4
August 18, 2020
Neuroscience: Teaching for Deep and Flexible Learning
• Neuroscience, Cognition, and Technology Seminar
• Fundación Educacional Seminarium
• Santiago, Chile
August 18, 2020
Working Memory and the Integration of Technology in Teaching and Learning
• Neuroscience, Cognition, and Technology Seminar
• Fundación Educacional Seminarium
• Santiago, Chile
Presentation: PowerPoint
(15 MB)PDF
(10 MB)
Videos: None
Activities: Working Memory Capacity
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
July 28, 2020
Neurociencias en la Educación: Claves para impulsar el aprendizaje
• Neuroscience in Education
• Ministry of Education
• Santiago, Chile
Presentation: PowerPoint
(2 MB)PDF
(3 MB)
Videos: None
Activities: None
Strategies: 25-Word Summaries
Handouts: None
February 12, 2020
Integrating Learning & Experience in STEM
• STEM Teaching and Learning Workshop
• Wiley
• Coral Gables, Florida
2019 12
October 11, 2019
Strategies for Fostering Deep and Flexible Learning
• Conference on Innovative Higher Education Pedagogy
• International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning
• Charlotte, North Carolina
October 10, 2019
Fostering Pedagogical innovation and Excellence – Past, Present, and Future
• Conference on Innovative Higher Education Pedagogy
• International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning
• Charlotte, North Carolina
August 13, 2019
Proactive Learning 1: Deep and Flexible Learning
• Teaching Enhancement Symposium
• College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
• Gainesville, Florida
August 13, 2019
Proactive Learning 2: Design, Assessment, & Application
• Teaching Enhancement Symposium
• College of Agricultural and Life Science
• Gainesville , Florida
June 8, 2019
Effective Strategies for Deep and Flexible Learning
• The Teaching Professor Conference
• Magna Publications
• New Orleans, Louisiana
May 13, 2019
Integrating Learning, Teaching, and Assessment
• Faculty Development Days
• Faculty Development and Evaluation, Husson University
• Bangor, Maine
May 13, 2019
Working Memory and Multitasking
• Faculty Development Days
• Faculty Development and Evaluation, Husson University
• Bangor, Maine
Presentation: PowerPoint
(133 MB)PDF
(4 MB)
Videos: Multitasking DriverDog Running to Ocean
Activities: Multitasking
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
April 11, 2019
Leveraging Technology for Innovative Pedagogy
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• Stevens Institute of Technology
• Hoboken, New Jersey
March 29, 2019
Different Approaches to Course Delivery: From Lecture to Flipping to Project Based
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• Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
• Cookeville, Tennessee
March 1, 2019
Fostering Deep and Flexible Learning
• Teaching and Learning Summit
• Wiley
• Miami, Florida
February 23, 2019
Integrating Learning, Memory, and Experience
• Teaching and Learning Summit
• Wiley
• Phoenix, Arizona
January 31, 2019
Deep and Flexible Learning in a Digital World
• Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy
• Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
• Blacksburg, Virginia
2018 5
October 12, 2018
Technology, Humanity, and Intentionality
• Educational Technology Summit
• Wiley Publishing
• Hoboken, New Jersey
June 7, 2018
Top Down and Bottom Up: Fully Integrated Learning and Assessment Practices
• Institute on General Education and Assessment
• Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
• Salt Lake City, Utah
June 7, 2018
Integrated Deep and Flexible Learning for the General Education Student
• Institute on General Education and Assessment
• Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
• Salt Lake City, Utah
March 2, 2018
Learning's Not Magic, It's By Design
• Assessment for Courses Programs, and the Core
• School of Arts and Humanities, Pacific University
• Forest Grove, Oregon
January 6, 2018
Integrating Learning, Memory, and Experience
• Management Accounting Section Meeting
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• Phoenix, Arizona
2017 8
October 23, 2017
Integrate Everything: Making the Pedagogical Sausage
• Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference
• James Madison University
• Harrisonburg, Virginia
October 12, 2017
Mind-Centered Pedagogy
• Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning
• International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning
• Orlando, Florida
October 6, 2017
Teaching, Learning, Technology, Memory, and Research
• Teaching with Technology Conference
• Magna
• Baltimore, Maryland
June 2, 2017
Top Down & Bottom Up: Fully Integrating Learning and Assessment Practices
• Institute on General Education and Assessment
• American Association of Colleges and Universities
• Chicago, Illinois
June 2, 2017
Flipping the Class: Fostering Deep and Flexible Learning
• Institute on General Education and Assessment
• American Association of Colleges and Universities
• Chicago, Illinois
Presentation: PowerPoint
(132 MB)PDF
(2 MB)
Videos: Crazy OnesDivide 25 by 5Irish SeaDog Running to Ocean
Activities: Encoding Specificity
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
May 2, 2017
Active Learning, Proactive Teaching, Deep and Flexible Knowledge
• Teaching and Learning Conference
• Florida A&M University
• Tallahassee, Florida
February 24, 2017
Using the Learning Sciences to Enhance Learning, Agency, and Equity
• AACU General Education and Assessment Conference
• American Association of College and Universities
• Phoenix, Arizona
January 12, 2017
Deep and Flexible Knowledge, Course Embedded Assessment, and Instructional Assessment Strategies
• Winter Teaching Symposium
• University of Arkansas
• Fayetteville, Arkansas
2016 19
November 19, 2016
Active Learning, Proactive Teaching, Deep and Flexible Knowing
• Educational Assessment Workshop
• Office of Educational Assessment, College of Wooster
• Wooster, Ohio
November 12, 2016
Unpacking the Student Life Cycle
• Advancing Undergraduate Education in America’s Research Universities Conference
• Pennsylvania State University
• State College, Pennsylvania
Presentation:
Videos: None
Activities: None
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
October 14, 2016
Innovation: Making Things Better
• Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL)
• International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL)
• Salt Lake, Utah
October 13, 2016
Teaching, Learning, Innovation
• International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning Conference
• International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning
• Salt Lake City, Utah
Presentation: PowerPoint
( MB)PDF
( MB)
Videos: None
Activities: None
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
October 7, 2016
Top Down and Bottom Up: Fully Integrating Teaching, Learning and Assessment Practices
• Assessment Academy
• Thomas Nelson Community College
• Hampton, Virginia
October 4, 2016
Designing Integrative Learning Experiences
• Professional Development Day
• Slippery Rock University
• Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Presentation: PowerPoint
(4 MB)PDF
(2 MB)
Videos: None
Activities: Reconstructive Memory
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
October 4, 2016
Implementing Interdisciplinary Learning Experiences
• Professional Development Day
• Slippery Rock University
• Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Presentation: PowerPoint
(98 MB)PDF
(2 MB)
Videos: Divide 25 by 5End of PublishingWe Are Sinking
Activities: None
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
September 29, 2016
Teaching and Learning in/for the Future
• Faculty as Designers of Student Success
• Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence
• Salt Lake City, Utah
Presentation: PowerPoint
(212 MB)PDF
(1 MB)
Videos: None
Activities: None
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
September 29, 2016
Goals of Higher Education
• Faculty as Designers of Student Success
• Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence, University of Utah
• Salt Lake City, Utah
Presentation: PowerPoint
(12 MB)PDF
(2 MB)
Videos: Herding Cats
Activities: None
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
August 22, 2016
Teaching So All Can Learn: Integrating Inclusive and Active Learning
• Conference on Inclusive Pedagogy
• Juniata College
• Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Presentation: PowerPoint
(63 MB)PDF
(1 MB)
Videos: None
Activities: None
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
July 9, 2016
Thinking More Clearly, Learning More Deeply: Active Learning, Working Memory, & Silver Bullets
• AmericanHonors Conference
• AmericanHonors
• Denver, Colorado
July 4, 2016
Flipping the Class (Beyond the Hype): Fostering Deep and Flexible Learning
• Institute on General Education and Assessment
• American Association of Colleges and Universities
• Boston, Massachusetts
June 4, 2016
Research, Myth, and Rhetoric: What do we Know and Not Know about Learning?
• Institute on General Education and Assessment
• American Association of Colleges and Universities
• Boston, Massachusetts
Presentation: PowerPoint
(62 MB)PDF
(4 MB)
Videos: Irish SeaMultitasking Driver
Activities: Incidental and Intentional LearningMultitasking
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
May 26, 2016
Active Learning + Proactive Teaching = Deep and Flexible Student Learning
• Center for Teaching and Learning
• Hamline University
• St. Paul, Minnesota
May 10, 2016
Teaching, Learning, Innovation
• Ed Tech Academy
• Roane State Community College
• Harriman, Tennessee
May 10, 2016
Working Memory & Mindfulness: Reducing Distractions and Increasing Learning
• Ed Tech Academy
• Roane State Community College
• Harriman, Tennessee
Presentation: PowerPoint
(51 MB)PDF
(4 MB)
Videos: Divide 25 by 5Multitasking Driver
Activities: MultitaskingWorking Memory Capacity
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
February 18, 2016
Assessment for Free: Fully Integrating Learning and Assessment Practices
• Conference on General Education and Assessment
• American Association of Colleges and Universities
• New Orleans, Louisiana
February 18, 2016
Using the Learning Sciences to Enhance Student Agency through Inclusive Pedagogy
• Conference on General Education and Assessment
• American Association of Colleges and Universities
• New Orleans, Louisiana
Presentation: PowerPoint
(90 MB)PDF
(3 MB)
Videos: Irish Sea
Activities: Chunking and Meaning
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
February 9, 2016
Flipping Your Class: A Step-by-Step Process for Designing an Effective Learning Environment
• Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy
• Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Virginia Tech
• Blacksburg, Virginia
2015 9
October 23, 2015
Pedagogical Innovation
• Innovation in Teaching Conference
• University of Georgia
• Athens, Georgia
July 25, 2015
Flipping Your Class: A Step-by-Step Approach
• Instructional Technology Mini-Conference
• Western Virginia Community College
• Roanoke, Virginia
July 24, 2015
Learning, Memory, and Technology: Working Memory and Learning Effectiveness in a Technology-Rich Environment
• Instructional Technology Mini-Conference
• Western Virginia Community College
• Roanoke, Virginia
June 26, 2015
Active Learning & Working Memory: Fostering Deep, Sustained, and Flexible Learning
• Process Education Conference
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Richmond, Virginia
May 20, 2015
Active Learning & Innovation : Leveraging Research, Not Rhetoric, in Pursuit of Deep and Flexible Learning
• Teaching and Learning Symposium
• University of Wisconsin
• Madison, Wisconsin
May 18, 2015
Fair and Defensible Grading: Strategies for Enhancing Student Learning and Assessment
• Center for Teaching and Learning
• Indiana University
• Bloomington, Indiana
Presentation: PowerPoint
(17 MB)PDF
(5 MB)
Videos: Herding CatsWe Are Sinking
Activities: Multitasking
Strategies: None
Handouts: None
May 18, 2015
Teaching Large Classes: Strategies and Course Design
• Center for Teaching and Learning
• Indiana University
• Bloomington, Indiana
May 5, 2015
Flipping the Classroom: The Basics
• Connections Conference
• WEAVE
• Blacksburg, Virginia
February 9, 2015
From Silver Bullets to First Principles: Effectively Leveraging Technology in Higher Education
• ELI Annual Meeting
• EDUCAUSE
• Anaheim, California
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