My primary interests while at the CFI focused on applying ideas from cognitive
science and psychology to improve student learning. If you talk to me
long enough about this, you'll probably hear about any of the following
topics:
- Active learning and collaborative learning
- Cognitive load theory
- Formative assessment
- Metacognition
- Peer Instruction
- Specifications grading
My activities with the CFI have included the following:
- jmUDESIGN Co-Lead Facilitator (2018 - 2020)
- jmUDESIGN Group Learning Facilitator (2014 - 2017)
- Teaching Analysis Poll Consultant (2015 - present)
- Teaching Toolbox Author
- Individual Consultations
- Workshop Facilitator and Guest Speaker
- "Teaching, Fast and Slow: Using Cognitive Science to Increase Student Engagement,"
Bridgewater College Invited Talk
- "Toward Successful Cooperative Learning: Enhancing Small-group Work," JMU CFI Workshop Fall 2018
[Keynote
| PPT
| PDF]
[Handout PDF]
- "Active Learning 101: Why and How to Get Started," JMU CFI New Faculty Orientation 2018
[Keynote
| PPT
| PDF]
[Handouts]
- "Active Learning 101: Why and How to Get Started," JMU CFI New Faculty Orientation 2017
[PDF slides
|CATs]
- "When is Too Much Not Enough? Using Cognitive Theories of Learning to Shape Instructional
Choices," JMU CFI May Symposium 2017 [Keynote
| PPT
| PDF]
- "When is Too Much Not Enough? Using Cognitive Theories of Learning to Shape Instructional
Choices," JMU CFI May Symposium 2017 [Keynote
| PPT
| PDF]
- "Teaching Fast and Slow: Using Peer Instruction for Active
Learning," JMU CFI May Symposium 2016 [Keynote
| PPT
| PDF]
- "Technology for Content Delivery, Formative Assessment, and Reflection,"
Bridgewater College Annual Pedagogy Project 2015 [Keynote
| PPT
| PDF]
- "Wading through the Pedagogy Alphabet Soup,"
JMU CFI May Symposium 2015 [Keynote
| PPT
| PDF]
