Best Teaching Practices Expo
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Apps and Tools for Teaching/Learning
- Emma Bloomfield, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies, “An App that Measures Students’ Real-time Understanding During Class” Poster | Handout
- Joe Ervin, Visiting Assistant Professor, Academic Success Center, “Games and Learning” Poster | Handout
- Lori Johnson, Assistant Professor in Residence, Lawyering Process, “Class Polling Devices and Learning” Poster | Handout
- Ed Jorgensen & Guyman Hall, Lecturers, Computer Science, “First-Year Experience Teaching Tools” Poster | Handout
- Gabriel Judkins, Assistant Professor in Residence, Geosciences, College of Sciences, “Visualization for Spatial Comprehension” | Poster
- Darrell Lutey, Associate Director Instructional Technology Services, Office of Information Technology, “Lecture Capture / Flipping / Clickers” | Poster
- Kim Nehls, Executive Director of ASHE and Visiting Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology & Higher Ed, “A Gaming App that Increases Learning” Poster | Handout
- Daniel R. Siciliano, Lecturer, Accounting, Lee Business School, “Facebook Group in ACC 202" | Poster
Assignments and Rubrics
- Lawrence Mullen, Professor, School of Public Policy and Leadership, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, “Photo Assignments: An Exploration of Student Retention Rate” | Poster
- Sang Duck Seo, Art Department, graphic design assignment and sample rubrics
- Laurel Pritchard, College of Liberal Arts 100E rubric
Community Engagement, Identity and Inclusion
- Erika Abad, Assistant Professor in Residence, Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies, College of Liberal Arts, “Profiling as Pedagogy – Difficult Dialog in Practice" | Poster
- Elena Gandia Garcia, Assistant Professor in Residence, World Languages and Culture, College of Liberal Arts, “Volunteering in the Community: Combining Service and Learning | Poster
- Rian Satterwhite, Director, Service Learning & Leadership, Division of Student Affairs, “Establishing Service-Learning Criteria at UNLV | Poster
- Alison Sloat, Assistant Professor in Residence, College of Sciences, “Rebel Science Camp: Outreach Through Engagement" | Poster
Engaging Students
- Michelle Arroyo, Teaching and Learning, College of Education, "Connecting with Students as a Motivator for Learning" | Poster
- Erika Engstrom, Department of Communication Studies, "Critically Thinking about Real-World Content and Practices: The Theory Show & Tell" | Poster
- Ed Jorgensen and Laxmi Gewali, College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science, "Nifty Data Structures Projects" | Poster
- Steve Hayden, Teaching and Learning, College of Education, "Enacting Agency through Influence on Power Relationships" | Poster
- Jenna Heath, Academic Success Center, "Career Development in Curriculum: COLA 100E" | Poster
- Julian Kilker, Urban Affairs, "Data-driven assignments for clear, transparent, and efficient teaching" | Poster
- Erica Marti, Ryan Sherman, Haroon Stephen, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Construction, "Fostering Student Engagement: Four Strategies" | Poster
- Kassandra Moore, Career Services, "Professional Development: COLA 100L" | Poster
- Kimberly Nehls, Marketing and International Business, "Infographics as Data Visualization" | Poster
- Viktoria Savatorova Mathematics, College of Science, "Active Learning and Transparency in Teaching Gateway Mathematics Courses" | Poster
- Tim Self, College of Hospitality, "Reality in the Classroom: Teaching Critical Thinking with Scenarios" | Poster
- Emily Shreve, Academic Success Center, "Connecting Ethics to FYS Class Participation" | Poster
- Brandy Smith, Academic Success Center, "Quote of the Day: Increasing Student Engagement with Textbooks and Common Readers" | Poster
- Erica S. Tietjen, Urban Studies Program, School of Public Policy & Leadership, "Body Continuum Polling: A Dynamic Technique for Any Classroom" | Poster
- Jenifer Utz, Angela Hammond, Life Sciences, "A Strategy to Increase Formative Assessment and Student Engagement during Labs" | Poster
Evidence of Student Achievement
- David Waldman, Department of Film
- Sang Duck Seo, Department of Art
Games and Learning
- Sara Mathis, Lecturer, Communication Studies, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, “Are Dogs Better Than Cats?: Teaching Oral and Written Persuasion Skills" | Poster
- Cass Shum, Assistant Professor, William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, “Enhancing Student Learning with Word Games" | Poster
- Erica S. Tietjen, Lecturer, School of Public Policy and Leadership, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, “Using a Breakout Box to Encourage Critical Thinking in the Classroom" | Poster
Metacognition and Teaching
- Tiffany Barrett, Physical Therapy, "Categorization of Exam Questions to Improve Metacognition" | Poster
- Janna M. Bernstein, Student Engagement and Diversity, "What are Funds of Knowledge? A Collaborative Approach to Education" | Poster
- Bryan Blankfield, Honors College, "Reducing Anxiety While Boosting Creativity: Lessons from the Progymnasmata" | Poster
- Melissa Bowles-Terry, Head, Educational Initiatives, University Libraries, “The Impact of Library Instruction on Student Success" | Poster
- Jorge Ramon Fonseca Cacho, Computer Science, "Engaging Assignments Increase Performance" | Poster
- Celeste Calkins, College of Education, and Mary-Ann Winkelmes, Faculty Affairs & History Department, "A Teaching Method that Boosts UNLV Student Retention" | Poster
- Joe Ervin, Assistant Professor in Residence, Academic Success Center, “Self-Assessment in the College Curriculum" | Poster
- Joe Ervin, Nathan Slife, Academic Success Center, College of Education, "Double-Loop Learning: An Approach to Critical Thinking" | Poster
- Dan Gianoutsos, Academic Success Center, "Benefits of Formative Teaching Observations" | Poster
- Steve Hayden, Professor, Teaching and Learning, College of Education, “Developing a Teaching Philosophy Statement" | Poster
- Sara Jordan, School of Medicine, "Using Microanalysis (MFD) to Teach & Train Students" | Poster
- Rosalie Kalili, School of Medicine, "Using Problem-Based Learning to Promote Self-Directed Learning @ Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV" | Poster
- Deborah A. Obara, Educational Psychology and Higher Education, "Student-Led Discussions" | Poster
- Elana Paladino, College of Sciences, "Mentoring meetings increase student performance on “high stakes” projects in STEM" | Poster
- Carolina Meza Perez, The PRACTICE at the College of Education, "Trauma-Informed Schools and Educators" | Poster
- Nathan Slife, Assistant Professor in Residence, Educational Psychology and Higher Education, College of “Education, Dialectical Teaching Strategies for First and Second-Year Students" | Poster
- Alison Sloat, College of Sciences, "Pre-tests Improve Students’ Critical Thinking" | Poster
Online Learning
- Matthew Bernacki, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology & Higher Ed, Online Tools that Help STEM Students “Learn to Learn” Poster | Handout
- Lori Candela, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, “Reducing Online Students’ Isolation” Poster | Handout
- Leeann Fields, Assistant Director, Office of Online Education, “Tips-n- Tricks for Online Teaching” Poster | Handout
- Tiffiany Howard, Associate Professor, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts, “Instructional Methods That Improve Outcomes for UNLV Students in Virtual Classrooms" | Poster
- Sharon Jalene, Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences, "Student Outcomes - Online vs. Hybrid" | Poster
- Yeonsoo Kim, Instructional Artist and Heather Whitesides, Assistant Instructional Designer, Office of Online Education, “Agile Instructional Design for Learning" | Poster
- Robyn Raschke, Associate Professor, Accounting, Lee Business School, “Creative Student Engagement" | Poster
- Benjamin Root, Instructional Programmer, Office of Online Education, “Add Interactive Elements to Videos Using H5P" | Poster
- Benjamin Root, Jennie Tran, Joey Kim, Philip Cheung, Office of Online Education, "Student Polling in WebCampus" | Poster
- Kristina Schmid, Peter McCandless, Eddie Gomez, Office of Online Education, Math Learning Center, Office of Online Education,"Dynamic Lightboard Videos" | Poster
- Cecilia Turman, Graduate Student, Teaching and Learning, College of Education, “Web Based, Personalized and Experiential Learning" | Poster
- Jenifer Utz, Assistant Professor in Residence, School of Life Sciences, College of Sciences and Matthew Bernacki, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology and Higher Education, College of Education, “Web-based Self-Assessment Improves Exam Performance" | Poster
- Jenifer C. Utz, and Matthew L. Bernacki, "Voluntary Web-Based Self-Assessment Quiz Use is Associated With
Improved Exam Performance. "Journal of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (August 2018). - Heather Whitesides, Assistant Instructional Designer and Yeonsoo Kim, Instructional Artist, Office of Online Education, “Benefits of Hybrid Courses for Students and Faculty" | Poster
Other Best Practices
- Jacimaria Batista and Erica Marti, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Construction, “Continuous Lab Feedback” Poster | Handout
- Roberta Sabbath, Adjunct Faculty, Department of English, “Getting Students to Talk (Even the Shy Ones)” Poster | Handout
- Daniel R. Siciliano, Lecturer, Accounting, Lee Business School, “Internships for Accounting Students" | Poster
- Nathan Slife, Assistant Professor in Residence, Educational Psychology & Higher Education, “Building Relationships for UNLV Students’ Success” Poster | Handout
- Haroon Stephen, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Construction, “My Best Teaching Practices” Poster | Handout
- Diane Villa, Assistant Professor in Residence, Psychology, “Evidence, ‘Truthiness,’ and Critical Thinking” Poster | Handout
- Mary Wammack, Part Time Instructor, History, “Introducing Students to Faculty Scholarship” Poster | Handout
Peer Learning and Flipped Instruction
- Emma Bloomfield, Assistant Professor, Communications, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs and Kathryn Rafferty, Assistant Professor in Residence, School of Life Sciences, College of Sciences, “Working Groups as Classroom Management Style" | Poster
- Dak Kopec, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, “Interior Architecture’s Use of Rotating Teams" | Poster
- Erica Marti, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering, “Instructors Learn from Homework, Too: Data Collection to Facilitate Reteaching Before the Test" | Poster
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Publications
- Candela, Lori (School of Nursing), "Using Contextual Curriculum Design with Taxonomies to Promote Critical Thinking." In Sarah B. Keating, ed., Curriculum Development and Evaluation in Nursing, 3d ed, Springer, 2004.
- Krishen, Anjala. "Catch It If You Can: How Contagious Motivation Improves Group Projects and Course Satisfaction." Journal of Marketing Education, 35, 3 (July 2013): 220-230.
- McMahon, Cian. "Cartoons in the Classroom: Using Digitized Political Characters to Teach Migration and Ethnicity." Journal of American Ethnic History (Summer 2014): 87-93.
- Pollman, Terrill. "The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Examples and Model-Based Learning in the Classroom." Journal of Legal Education 64, 2 (November 2014): 298-333.
- Seo, Sang Duck. "A Case Study of an Andragogical Model in Design Education: Experiments in interactive teaching and learning in graphic design pedagogy." Conference Proceedings, Design Research Society (DRS) ‘2010 International Conference Design & Complexity’, Montreal, Canada (July 7–9, 2010).
Self-identity / Self-efficacy and Learning
- Emmanuel Ayim, Assistant Professor in Residence, Kinesiology and Nutrition Science, “Self-identification and Graduation Rate Increases” Poster | Handout
- Jori Beck, Assistant Professor, Teaching & Learning, and Christina Santoyo, “Mastery Learning” Poster | Handout
- David Copeland, Associate Professor, Psychology, “Cumulative Exams (with a twist)” Poster | Handout
- Malayka Neith Cornejo, Graduate Assistant, Teaching & Learning, “Building Community and Metacognition” Poster | Handout
- Ed Jorgensen, Lecturer, Computer Science, “Class Splitting for Large Lecture Courses” Handout
- Elana Paladino, Assistant Professor in Residence, College of Sciences, “Providing Annotated Examples Increases Science Learning” Poster | Handout
- Shelly Volsche, Graduate Student and Visiting Lecturer, Academic Success Center, “Intersectionality/Diversity and Learning” Poster | Handout
Service Learning and Site-based Learning
- Nathan Hanke, Director, Service Learning, Student Engagement & Diversity, “Service Learning” Poster | Handout
- Rian Satterwhite, Service Learning and Leadership, "Designing engaged learning experiences: Service-learning" | Poster
- Anna Smedley-Lopez, Assistant Professor in Residence, Sociology, “Service Learning: SLICES” Poster | Handout
- D. Villa, C. Stockwell, M. Cohen, K. Stucki, Psychology,"Civic Engagement and Service Learning Partnerships" | Poster
- Erica Tietjen, Lecturer, Public Policy & Leadership, “The Las Vegas Wash: Student Real-world Site Involvement” Poster | Handout
Syllabi and Course Descriptions
- Terrill Pollman, Boyd School of Law, Lawyering Process partial syllabus including course goals and grading criteria
- Terrill Pollman, Boyd School of Law, Law, Language and Leadership class description
- Haroon Stephen, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, Statement with representative syllabus pages
Teaching Materials
- Gabriel Judkins, Geoscience Department
- Haroon Stephen, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction
Teaching Philosophy Statements
- Alexander Barzilov, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Pradip Bhowmik, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Cian McMahon, Department of History
- Micah Stohlmann, Department of Teaching and Learning
Undergraduate Research
- Kim Nehls, Visiting Assistant Professor, Executive Director, ASHE, College of Education, “Tea-Searching with Undergrad and Grad Students: Moving Beyond STEM" | Poster