The National Institute on Scientific Teaching and Macmillan Learning have partnered together to offer a third and final iteration of this 6-week professional development program to train educators seeking support in creating more effective remote learning opportunities.

Although active learning techniques have been shown to improve student performance on average, Dr. Elli Theobold will address the question of whether active learning can also be a partial solution to achieving equitable student outcomes. In this webinar, she will share recent work demonstrating that opportunity gaps—differential performance between PEERs (Persons Excluded due to Ethnicity or Race) and over-represented students—were reduced by 75% in college STEM courses when instructors incorporated active learning strategies, but only when active learning was implemented in a majority of class time.

MURAL is a digital workspace perfect for remote, visual collaboration. After a short presentation on how Aimee and Scott use MURAL in their 'scientific thinking' course, participants will be given the chance to create a collaborative concept map of their own using the provided prompt.

The National Institute on Scientific Teaching and Macmillan Learning have partnered together to offer a third and final iteration of this 6-week professional development program to train educators seeking support in creating more effective remote learning opportunities.

Meghan Bathgate returns for this happy hour to share her remarkable research on how much the acquisition of supports weigh in, when attempting to implement lasting change in individual and institutional teaching practices. Her findings show how to develop an inclusive environment and eventual cultural change.