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Teaching Strategies for Nourishing Creativity and Innovation

Mihai Boicu, Ioulia Rytikova, Laura Poms, Jill Nelson, Nathalia Peixoto, Lance Sherry, Gheorghe Tecuci

2016-07-15

Research Experience for Undergraduates: Assessing Ecosystem Health in the Tidal Potomac River

Dann Sklarew, Amy Fowler, Kim de Mutsert

2017-06-06

Preparing for the Worst: How to Use Simulations to Enhance Skill Acquisition and Retention

David P. MacNeil, Katherine E. Rowan, Andrew S. Pyle

2015-09-19

Talk Less, Teach More: Tactics for Converting from Lecture Courses to Active Courses

Jeff Offutt

2016-07-15

Learning Is Fun! Wait...STEM Learning?

Ioulia Rytikova, Mihai Boicu

2015-09-19

Considering Cornerstones for Student and Faculty Development

John O'Connor, Julie Owen, Lisa Gring-Pemble, Elizabeth Freeman, Paul Gorski, Mike Gilmore

2013-09-18

Integrating Multimedia and LMS Tools to Cultivate Creative and Reflective Learners.

David J Miller

2016-07-15

Saving Skidgits: Using a Game to Model Protected Area Management

Jim McNeil

2017-06-06

Improvisation in the Classroom

Deborah Finkelstein

2017-06-06

Teaching Students to Become Creative and Reflective Teachers in Their Discipline

Douglas J Wulf

2016-08-30

Experiential Learning for the Classroom and Beyond

David Heath, Kate Trygstad

2016-07-15

Problem-Based Learning as a Practice of Freedom

Lynne Constantine, Suzanne Scott

2010-10-04

Why and How to Support Students in Team Assignments

Judith Stevenson

2016-07-15

Helping Students Develop Global Understanding Through Situated Learning: A Religion Course Example

Susan Bond, Susan Campbell

2015-09-19

High-Impact Practices: Signature Learning Experiences for Social Action and Integrative Learning

Kelly Dalton, Patty Mathison, Julie Owen, Wendy Wagner

2014-09-18

"TEACHING TABLES:" Real-World Audiences: Finding Ways for Student Scholarship to Resonate Outside the Classroom

Alyse Knorr

2012-09-21

Field-Based Experiential Learning: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Liberia

Patricia Maulden, Lisa Shaw

2012-09-21

Teaching Technology Speed Dating: Finding Digital Tools to Use in Teaching

Katrina Joseph

2017-06-06

From Pedagogy to Policy: Supporting International Students and Multilingualism at Mason

Mary Wells, Sonya Henry, Karyn Mallett, Anna Habib

2015-09-19

Cultivating Creative and Engaged Learners Through Strengths-Based Approaches

Nance Lucas, Linda Schwartzstein

2016-07-15

"TEACHING TABLES I:" Toward Best Practices in Writing Role Plays

Gina Cerasani, Susan Hirsch, Mara Schoeny

2011-10-03

Using Design Thinking to Approach International Student Transition Goals

Robert Graham, Darshana Rogers, Briannah Rivard

2017-06-06

Engaging Students with the DICE Model: Design Thinking, Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship

Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Nathalia Peixoto, Jennifer Suh

2015-09-19

"TEACHING TABLES:" The De-Brief: Experiential Learning through Reflective Questioning

Molly Tepper

2012-09-21

Bridging the STEM Divide: Achieving Success by Engaging Freshmen STEM Majors Through Math Readiness and STEM Boot Camps

Claudette Davis

2016-09-07

Assessment of Capstone Geology Mapping Course: Outdoor, Experiential Learning

Julia Nord, Giuseppina Kyser Mattietti

2013-09-18

Librarian-Instructor Partnerships: Empowering Students to Share Their Research with the Community

Maoria Kirker, Kerry Folan

2016-07-15

Looking Both Ways - Reflection and Debriefing as Capacity Building in Experiential Learning

Sarah Rose-Jensen, Gina Cerasani, Dhirendra Nalbo

2013-09-18

Creating a Sense of Place and Belonging in the Classroom: An Example of Place-Based Education from the Foothills of the Himalayas

Doug Hernandez

2016-07-15

Best Practices and Opportunities at Mason for Global Collaborative Classrooms

Richena Purnell-Sayle, Rick Reo

2015-09-19

A Studio-Style Approach to Astrobiology for General Education Requirements

Harold Geller

2010-10-04

Designing and Implementing Experiential Learning Through Multimedia-Based Activities and Blogging in Asynchronous Online Courses

Larisa Olesova, David Miller

2014-09-18

Considering Ethical and Reflective Practice as Essential Components of Service Learning

Agnieszka Paczynska, Gina Cerasani, Lori-Ann Stephenson

2012-09-21

Creating Global Learning Experiences: Course Design Fundamentals for Internationalizing the Curriculum

Svetlana Filiatreau, Rick Reo

2015-09-19

The (Not-So) Secrets to Successful Research- and Scholarship-Intensive Courses

Bethany Usher

2015-09-19

Students as Scholars: Integrating Independent Research into Undergraduate Education

Shannon Portillo, Danielle Rudes

2011-10-03

Up the Pyramid, Around the Loop—Action Research Cultivates Sustainability Scholars to Green the Campus

Dann Sklarew, Andrew Wingfield, Allison Richards

2015-09-19

The Smithsonian-Mason Semester for Conservation Studies: Advancing Innovative Ways to Teach the Practice of Conservation

Anneke DeLuycker, Jennifer Buff, Stephanie Lessard-Pilon, Jim McNeil

2015-09-19

The Mason Water Forum

Paul Houser, Lisa LaCivita, Bernadette Lemasters

2014-09-18

Teaching at the Tension Points: The Ethical Challenges of International Experiential Learning

Leslie Dwyer, Alison Castel

2013-09-18

The Undergraduate Research Lab: Research Experience for Real Life

Danielle Rudes, Jill Viglione

2014-09-18

New Approaches to Service-Learning Pedagogy - Transformational Learning through Community Engagement

Wendy Wagner, Patty Mathison

2013-09-18

How to Build a Student Scholarship Project

Bethany Usher

2010-10-04

Mason DREAMers: Fostering Inclusion for Our Undocumented Students

Shelley Wong, David Kravitz, Kate Olson, Rodrigo Velasquez, Jennifer Crewalk

2015-09-19

"TEACHING TABLES II:" Teaching Visual Communication: A 20-Year Journey from Traditional Classroom Instruction to Integrated Partial Distance Classes

Cindy Lont

2009-10-05

“Identity Memos” as a Way to Connect Students’ Scholarship to Their Past Experiences

Joseph Maxwell

2011-10-03

Resilience in the Classroom: Wise Interventions to Enhance Creative and Reflective Learning

Fallon R Goodman, Robyn Mehlenbeck

2016-07-15

Embedding Career Readiness into Your Course Curriculum

Raechel Timbers, Saskia Clay-Rooks

2016-07-15

Bibliographic Essays - Inquiry and Engagement

Mara Schoeny

2013-09-18

Stressed, Sedentary, or Centered? How to Create a Culture of Well-Being in Your Classroom with Centered Well-Being Breaks

Suzanne Carmack

2015-09-19

Authentic Learning Experiences in an Online Capstone Course

Robin Ericson, Susan Campbell

2014-09-18

Using Bug-In-Ear Coaching to Improve Instruction

Margaret Weiss, Kelley Regan, Leigh Ann Kurz, Andrew Orenstein, Kevin Good

2015-09-19

Learning in Focus

Susan Hirsch, Ned Lazarus, Julie Minde, Joan Coolidge

2012-09-21

Improved Learning at Environmental Studies on the Piedmont

Tom Wood

2013-09-18

Creating Experiential Learning Opportunities for Undergraduate Students through Federal Work Study

Denise Nazaire

2015-09-19