The SIMPLE Design Framework for Teaching Development Across STEM

Authors

  • Jill Nelson George Mason University; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Volgenau School of Engineering

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13021/G8itlcp.9.2017.1890

Keywords:

active learning, active learning classrooms, learning spaces, pedagogy, digital pedagogy

Abstract

The purpose of the NSF-funded SIMPLE Project is to develop faculty communities of practice that promote evidence-based interactive teaching across STEM. Over the past three years, teaching development groups have been formed in eight STEM departments at Mason. Participants in these teaching development groups have been trying new interactive teaching strategies in their classrooms and documenting the process in the form of a design memo. In the context of the SIMPLE Project, design memos pursue two goals: prompting instructors to engage in reflection about their teaching, and serving as sharable artifacts for other instructors interested in adopting similar strategies. This poster presents the six principles that guide SIMPLE teaching development groups and describes different ways these principles have been enacted across the groups at Mason.àMore information about the SIMPLE project can be found on the project website:àsimple.onmason.com.àà

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Author Biography

Jill Nelson, George Mason University; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Volgenau School of Engineering

Jill Nelson is an associate professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason Unviersity.

**2014 GMU Teaching Excellence Award**

Published

2017-06-21

Issue

Section

4:15pm-5:30pm POSTER SESSION (Group A- 4:15-4:45pm)