Schedule of Events
Upcoming FIT Speaker schedule
Innovations in Teaching with Visual Technology
Tuesday, October 27, 4:15-5:30 pm, in Room 225 ILR Conference Center
Speakers will include Peter V. Scrivani, Clinical Sciences; Rajesh Bhaskaran, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; and Peter Gierasch, Astronomy.
At Innovations in Teaching with Visual Technology, Cornell professors will share their experience using visual tools to support learning. The presentations and discussions will focus on benefits that apply across disciplines.
Technologies used include:
- A web-based tutorial that guides students through the process of developing research designs and analyzing results. The tutorial includes interactive animations, video and quizzes.
- Tutorials for leading statistical software packages that are hoped to be expanded into a comprehensive, searchable, wiki-based online learning system covering a large number of case studies, ranging from basic to advanced.
- A liquid wave tank that helps students to visualize equations and conduct astrophysics experiments.
- 5/4/2009 Supporting ITA (International Teaching Assistant) Development: From Learning Space to Learning Portfolios, Kim Kenyon and Theresa Pettit
- 4/21/2009 On-line Supplemental Problem-Solving for Nutritional Sciences, David Levitsky, Elise West, and Joy Swanson
- 02/23/09 Digital Enhancement of Introductory Physics, Matthias Liepe
- 02/03/09 Use of Online Materials to Support a Course in Property Law, Greg Alexander and Eduardo Penalver
- 12/03/08 Digital Video for Studying 2D Mechanics, Phillip Krasicky and Erich Mueller
- 11/11/08 Self-Paced Computing-Programming Courses, David Gries and Daisy Fan
- 10/22/08 Learning Through Listening: Audio Transects of New York, Andrea Hammer