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Segal Seminar Series - "Left Brain, Right Brain: Designing Interactions for Visual Analytics and Creativity"

10/10/2017 - 4:00pm
Series on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at 4 pm in the Ford Design Studio. Light refreshments will be ... Google Maps Illinois US Tuesday, 10 October 2017- 4:00pm to 5:00pm Source Link:  ... Segal Seminar Series- "Left Brain, Right Brain: Designing Interactions for Visual Analytics ...
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TEACHxperts: Learning Strategies to Support Equitable Student Engagement

04/05/2023 - 12:00pm
TEACHxperts: Learning Strategies to Support Equitable Student Engagement How can we ignite student ... engagement in learning and inquiry in our classrooms? How can we go beyond the students most eager to ... apply principles from the science of learning to design structured and inclusive learning activities ...
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Applied Neuroplasticity Workshop

02/11/2020 - 10:00am
based on everything we do and even think. In this workshop you will learn to apply this knowledge to ... cover how the brain works, and different ways to change habits. You'll also experience the only ... Applied Neuroplasticity Workshop Neuroplasticity is the amazing capability of our brains to change ...
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TEACHxperts: Citizen Science: Engaging your Students and the Public in your Research

TEACHxperts: Citizen Science: Engaging your Students and the Public in your Research

04/25/2018 - 12:00pm
Learn more about Citizen Science Discover how they can create a Zooniverse project Engage students in ... TEACHxperts: Citizen Science: Engaging your Students and the Public in your Research Citizen ... Science: Engaging your Students and the Public in your Research Light refreshments will be provided for ...
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TEACHxperts: Citizen Science: Engaging your Students and the Public in your Research

04/25/2018 - 3:00pm
Learn more about Citizen Science Discover how they can create a Zooniverse project Engage students in ... TEACHxperts: Citizen Science: Engaging your Students and the Public in your Research Citizen ... Science: Engaging your Students and the Public in your Research Light refreshments will be provided for ...
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Dr. Rebecca Zorach

Spotlight: Digital Humanities Summer Faculty Workshop Projects

2017-04-19_RebeccaZorach_009.jpg Can you tell us a little bit about the upcoming exhibit at Block based on your project and the ... project used student assistance to catalog public art, specifically murals from the Black Arts Movement of ... University of Chicago How were digital tools used in the course, and how are you using them as you prepare ...
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Mice

Northwestern Digital Learning Podcast: Episode 7, Smellovision

of smellovision has much loftier intentions: to unlock the mystery of how our brains form memories. ... virtual landscape that shows for the first time that the brain can form a map of its surroundings based ... hippocampus. It's a part of the brain that's very deeply involved in learning and memory. ...
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Discussion-Based Teaching: Eliciting Conversation & Navigating Controversy

11/13/2018 - 2:00pm
Discussion-Based Teaching: Eliciting Conversation & Navigating Controversy How can you ... facilitate good discussion among students? What sort of classroom dynamics can equip you to treat ... with a focus on generating student participation and handling uncomfortable issues. The workshop itself ...
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Humanizing pedagogy and asset-based approaches to learning

10/14/2021 - 11:00am
our students in learning contexts of all types. We will explore asset-based learning, and how we can ... Humanizing pedagogy and asset-based approaches to learning What is humanizing pedagogy? What does ... it mean to fully recognize our students as humans? In this interactive session, we will draw on ...
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Humanizing Pedagogy and Asset-Based Approaches to Learning

05/03/2022 - 2:00pm
our students in learning contexts of all types. We will explore asset-based learning, and how we can ... Humanizing Pedagogy and Asset-Based Approaches to Learning What is humanizing pedagogy? What does ... it mean to fully recognize our students as humans? In this interactive session, we will draw on ...
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NLP

Natural Language Processing, Part Two: Advanced Applications

instruments and prepare a weather report. At Northwestern this could be used to generate articles about ... article to the expected readership. At Northwestern this has been used to measure the increase in use of ... works. The third article in this series will offer more examples of how natural language processing has ...
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Searle Graduate Student Teaching Spring Symposium: Searle Teaching as Research Projects (Session 1)

06/15/2021 - 9:00am
students to investigate teaching using some of the same principles they would use in their disciplinary ... research. This is a great opportunity to explore questions being asked about student learning at ... Hours to Improve the Student-Instructor Relationship: Emily A. Schafer, Biomedical Engineering Using ...
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2021-22 Graduate Student Teaching Spring Symposium

06/16/2022 - 10:00am
projects on learning and teaching. “Teaching as Research” encourages students to investigate teaching using ... 2021-22 Graduate Student Teaching Spring Symposium 10AM-11AM: Searle Teaching-as-Research (STAR) ... some of the same principles they would use in their disciplinary research. This is a great opportunity ...
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New Faculty Learning Community

02/04/2021 - 12:30pm
New Faculty Learning Community In this six-week cohort-based learning community, new faculty will ... assessing student learning. The learning community will feature: -Interdisciplinary discussions on ... assessment, especially as they relate to Northwestern students and learning contexts; -Peer feedback and ...
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Students working on an assignment

TEACHxpert: Mark McDaniel

Brain and the principal investigator in the Memory and Complex Learning Laboratory at Washington ... time but not really learning.  What McDaniel and his co-authors point out are various ways students can ... improve their retention of information and how instructors can help train students to study in more ...
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Get Social: Add Yellowdig to Your Course

09/13/2017 - 10:00am
in your Canvas course. Students can share links to articles, videos and more and then comment and ... debate about the shared content. Join us to learn if Yellowdig is right for you and how to set it up in ... Get Social: Add Yellowdig to Your Course Encourage your students to engage in a new way with the ...
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Technology Tools

grade student work and offer feedback  through SpeedGrader. Learn how to use  Crowdmark  software for ... navigation and that any files not intended for student viewing are  restricted.  Learn how to  organize files ... attachment; instead, use Canvas Assignments to collect submissions. Learn how to  create an Assignment  for ...
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Inclusive Teaching Practicum

08/16/2021 - 10:00am
impact students, their identities, and their learning-Apply inclusive teaching principles to their ... Inclusive Teaching Principles and weaves together interactive synchronous sessions, asynchronous learning ... instructors of all levels, backgrounds and teaching contexts. The Practicum is based on the university’s ...
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Get Social: Add Yellowdig to Your Course

01/12/2017 - 10:30am
in your Canvas course. Students can share links to articles, videos and more and then comment and ... debate about the shared content. Join us to learn if Yellowdig is right for you and how to set it up in ... Google Maps Illinois US Thursday, 12 January 2017- 10:30am to 11:30am Source Link:  ...
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Innovation in Teaching Series: A Reinvention of the Research University

05/04/2017 - 12:00pm
http://college.usatoday.com/2016/03/01/mit-dean-to-create-university-with-no-majors-or-lectures/ http://www.economist.com/news/international/21701081-new-crop-hands-universities-transforming-how-students-learn ... centered around project-based learning that is radically different from existing university models. This ... Innovator. Below are links to a couple articles describing Christine’s work. ...
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Northwestern Develops Inclusive Teaching Principles and Practicum

signing up for the practicum as we raise the bar on how we serve and prepare our students.” Learning ... to foster student engagement, participation and learning, and make the classroom more equitable. The  ... Northwestern Principles of Inclusive Teaching  outlines eight principles and their impacts on learning, calling ...
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NLP

Natural Language Processing, Part One: Introduction

and Bing interpret the queries we enter using NLP.   How Does Natural Language Processing Work? ... researchers mainly use machine learning methods to build natural language processing algorithms and models. ... language processing methods that better capture how language is actually used, rather than how syntactic ...
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Professor Stephen Hersh

Deeper Learning through Online Teaching

are research-based approaches that can help student learning go deeper and last longer. The book that ... Hersh's course requires students to read some dense academic journal articles and key concepts of those ... articles are being lost on some students.  Solution: To address this, Hersh requires each student ...
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Learning from Digital Water Cooler Conversations

that can happen within a program of study but outside of the formal classroom. How students use these ... Screen-Shot-2017-05-09-at-10.58.27-AM-29qdgdh.png   IS THERE EVIDENCE OF LEARNING? Informal-Learning ... Learning from Digital Water Cooler Conversations How to utilize informal learning spaces WE’RE ...
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[VIRTUAL} Get Social: Add Yellowdig to Your Course

04/14/2017 - 12:00pm
reside right in your Canvas course. Students can share links to articles, videos and more and then ... comment and debate about the shared content. Join us to learn if Yellowdig is right for you and how to set ... [VIRTUAL} Get Social: Add Yellowdig to Your Course Encourage your students to engage in a new way ...
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Theoretical Thursdays: Trauma-Informed Pedagogy

03/09/2023 - 2:00pm
Imad, M. (2022). Our Brains, Emotions, and Learning: Eight Principles of Trauma-Informed Teaching. ... pedagogical frameworks that cultivate a sense of belonging and inclusion in learning environments. The ... Inclusive Learning, will facilitate these engaged discussions on inclusive teaching pedagogies.   Resource: ...
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Students in Willard B72

Feature Series – Teaching in an Active Learning Environment

project-based or practice-based learning. This combination encourages students to use the theory that we're ... Shakespeare's Stage Key Concepts:  Read Pt. 1 about Robin Soffer’s use of the active learning classroom at 560 ... Lincoln St. Read Pt. 2 about Kevin Boyle use of the other active learning classroom in Willard Hall. The ...
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2023 Fall Quarter Academic Kickoff

09/14/2023 - 9:00am
grad student and postdoc instructors opportunities to learn about and explore institutional knowledge ... Each session is grounded in evidence-based practices and Northwestern’s Principles of Inclusive ... sessions throughout the day facilitated by campus partners and experienced graduate student instructors. ...
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Michel David-Well Scholarship Campus Deadline!!!

11/13/2017 - 12:00am
a monetary value of $80,000 and covers the cost of tuition and living expenses during a two-year master’s ... this scholarship to encourage exceptional American students to pursue their graduate education at ... student who exemplifies the core values embodied by Michel David-Weill: academic excellence, leadership, ...
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TEACHxperts: Developing a Mastery Learning Curriculum

10/13/2017 - 12:00pm
based off of subjective evaluations but integrating features from the mastery learning approach allows ... a more thorough evaluation of the students' knowledge/practice of the material. Using a model that ... of mastery learning and how it has been applied in medical education at Northwestern. The theoretical ...
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