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The Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center is finalizing plans for the upcoming Fall 2017 Teaching Effectiveness Institute, which will be held on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 17 and 18. Day one of the Institute will address “Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction” and will feature a variety of speakers from NIU. Topics for the day...
NIU’s Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center will host the fall 2016 Teaching Effectiveness Institute Thursday, Aug. 11, and Friday, Aug. 12. The institute is open to all NIU faculty, instructors and SPS and Civil Service staff. Participants can choose to attend either or both days of the Institute. The registration deadline is Friday, Aug....
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NIU’s Spring 2016 Teaching Effectiveness Institute, presented by the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center, will explore questions of “why” and “how” Thursday, Jan. 7. Both the morning session – “Why We Teach: Our Impact at Educators” – and the afternoon’s “How We Teach: Connecting Philosophy with Practice” will be delivered completely online. All that...
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Northern Illinois University’s 2014 Teaching Effectiveness Institute, scheduled Thursday, Jan. 9, and Friday, Jan. 10, will tackle some of the most fundamental questions that educators and their schools face. What works best in the classroom with respect to human motivation and learning? What can instructors do to facilitate learning when they encounter students who seem...
Saundra McGuire
Northern Illinois University’s 2013 Teaching Effectiveness Institute will start with the traditional – the first day is devoted to strategies on motivating students and convincing them to focus on learning rather than grades – before racing to modern times with sessions on optimizing the digital classroom. What’s more, the day of digital talk will take...
Patrick M. Green
NIU’s Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center and the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning will sponsor the Spring 2012 Teaching Effectiveness Institute on “Creating Transformative Education through Experiential Learning.” The workshop takes place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center. Patrick M....