#  2018-2019 - LInc Faculty Fellowship Discussion Group 

 



 **2018-2019 - The LInc Faculty Fellowship Discussion Group**

 Monthly discussions among LInc Faculty Fellows centering on course and instructional transformation. Discussion focus on key principles in teaching and learning, and on research-based recommendations on instructional techniques aimed at improving student learning.

 LInc Faculty Fellows: Sheila Jasanoff, Na Li, Hanspeter Pfister and Stuart Shieber  
LInc: Eric Mazur, Lisa Frontado   
LInc Pedagogical Fellows: Salma Abu Ayyash, Robert Haussman, and Efrat First and Yuval Hart.   
  
**Backward Design**   
September 6, 2019   
Discussion Leader: Eric Mazur, PhD

 **Articulating Learning Objectives – Using Blooms Taxonomy to Write Effective Learning Objectives**   
September 13, 2018   
Discussion Leader: Eric Mazur, PhD

 **The Effect of Prior Knowledge on Student Learning**   
October 11, 2018   
Discussion Leader: Stuart Shieber, PhD

 **Principles of Knowledge Organization – the Novice and Expert Learner’s Brain**   
November 8, 2018   
Discussion Leader: Hanspeter Pfister, PhD

 **The Development of Expert Thinking**   
December 6, 2018   
Discussion Leader: Eric Mazur, PhD

 **Effective Practive: Making Knowledge Useful, Accessible and Transferable**   
February 14, 2019  
Discussion Leader: Efrat Furst, PhD

 **Enhancing Learning through Practice and Feedback**  
March 14, 2019   
Discussion Leader: Na Li, PhD

 **Practical Implementation of Pedagogies: Peer Instruction, Team Based Examination and a Novel Approach to Homework**  
April 11, 2019   
Discussion Leader: Eric Mazur, PhD