The Large Class Challenge Series: How to be an Imaginative Course Designer?

Speakers: Prof CHAN Che Ting, Chair Professor, Department of Physics

Format: Seminar

In the first seminar, the speaker discussed student motivation, sustained engagement and the movement from memorization to critical thinking are key factors in any large class, and perhaps even more so in freshman science courses. The presenter also highlighted and discussed a number of ways of addressing these factors in both the design and the delivery of the "Physics in Movie" course, an award winning, large enrollment course in the common core.

Workshop Materials:

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Video