SoTL: Scholarship of Teachingand Learning

Lee Hays

Problem-based LearningLearning how to resolve complex problems with PBL• Students work in groups to

learn from others as they solve ill-structured problems

• Designed to increase critical thinking, analytical, and presentation skills as students ponder:• What is the problem?• What information is

needed?• Who should be

involved?• What are the relevant

legal issues?

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Lulu Sun

Research-Based Teaching InnovationsIncorporating proven teaching practices• NSF Grant – Applying Second Language Learning Techniques to

Learning Programming (with Christina Frederick)• Flipping the Classroom, Screencasts (with Hongyun Chen, Shuo

Pang)• Peer Instruction and Poll Everywhere• Supplemental Multimedia Online Learning Tool (SMOLT) in

Engineering Education• Active Learning and Inquiry Guided Learning in a Graphical

Communications Class

Farshid Azadian

Locus of ControlExamining students’ perceptions about who is responsible for student learning.

Yan Tang

Deliberate Practice, Adaptive Learning, EntrepreneurshipEnhancing learning in a variety of ways

• Using Deliberate Practice and Adaptive Learning in a Dynamics Course

• Collaborations between Math, Physics, and Engineering Teaching (with Jayathi Raghavan, Bereket Berhane)

• Service Learning and Entrepreneurship – Project Haiti (with Marc Compere)

• Using Concept Maps in Teaching

Service Learning

Emily Faulconer

Environment Science Students Making a Difference

Janet Tinoco

Professional Presentation SkillsAligning with Aviation Industry expectations

Among the organizations contacted, PowerPoint was the only software package used.

Many companies prefer the use of templates to standardize presentations

Based on the data collected, the next phase of the project involves preparing ERAU students to give professional presentations in their industry

SOTL, Service Learning, and STEM

Sally Blomstrom

Improving Students’ STEM Literacies

Scholarly Teaching

Knowledge of Teaching and

Learning

SOTLScholarship of Teaching

and Learning