As we begin a new school year, you may be wondering how to improve your use of LOs in your courses. Well, never fear Chip Nataro is here! Please join us for SLiThEr #39 on Thursday, October 6th at 3 pm Eastern as Chip Nataro (Lafayette University) will lead a discussion in "Learning Object (LO) Development and Course Structuring". Please sign up here for the discussion:
Join us on Thursday, September 22nd at 4:00 pm Eastern for a panel discussion about the PUI Faculty Job Search. Our panelist will be Madalyn Radlauer (San Jose State), Jacob Lutter (Univ. Southern Indiana), and Chris Whitehead (Union College). They will bring the perspectives of those who have recently navigated the process and those who have served on faculty search committees. Please pass this along to anyone you know who is interested in applying to faculty jobs at primarily undergraduate universities. We are looking forward to a great conversation!
Please join us on Wednesday, June 22 at 4:00 pm Eastern for our 37th SLiThEr. Benny Chan (TCNJ) and Nancy Williams (Claremont Colleges) will lead a discussion on identity in the context of an inorganic chemistry course. We would love for you to come join the conversation!
Dear Colleagues,
As we head into June, it is time to be thinking about upcoming SLiThEr events. While the entire schedule is not quite set yet, I can provide a brief glimpse into what could be coming up this summer.
In a follow-up to our publication that describes inorganic chemistry instructional laboratories within the United States, we share findings related to the use of Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE’s) in inorganic chemistry courses.
The Grand Experiment has been going on for the past couple of years where we are trying to understand how to support inorganic professors in adopting evidence-supported teaching approaches.
After a brief break due to a live ACS meeting and the struggle to try to catch up after that meeting, it is time to have our next SLiThEr. For those of you who might be unfamiliar with what a SLiThEr is, it is a Zoom presentation/discussion of a topic of interest to the community. These events are recorded and posted to our YouTube channel. You can get a list of past SLiThErs and links to the videos here. For April, our SLiThErs have a theme of inclusivity.
Please join us for our 31st SLiThEr event on February 16 at 3pm EDT! In this session, facilitators Wayne Pearson, Tim Herzog and Kim Mullane will introduce you to the benefits of using Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) in your classroom. POGIL is a student-centered, group-learning instructional strategy and philosophy developed through research on how students learn best.