Special Topics in Teaching (CTE219)

Description: Join us for two interactive presentations by doctoral students taking part in the advanced Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) program, and find out more about the educational research interests of your fellow graduate students across campus. This will be a 1.5 hour-long presentation session followed by questions from participants that will count towards your Fundamentals workshop credit. It will be of special interest to those in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines and to those thinking about continuing into the advanced CUT program, after completing the Fundamentals.

Classroom Assessment Techniques in Engineering Courses
Mostafa Farrokhabadi, Recipient of the 2015 Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering (1 hour)
 

This workshop will introduce participants to Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs), a collection of in-class strategies that instructors can use as a formative assessment for monitoring students’ progress throughout the term. Four classroom assessment practices will be discussed and demonstrated in the workshop. Participants will leave the workshop with concrete ideas for using CATs in their courses.

Entrepreneurship Education for Engineering Students: Theories and Models
Arash Soleimani, Management Sciences (30 min)

Entrepreneurship is a concept that refers to the process of translating an idea into business. Is entrepreneurship education successful in creating new companies? What are the different models in entrepreneurship education for engineering students? This presentation will provide a brief overview of the research on entrepreneurship education with a focus on engineering students. It will also address best  practices of entrepreneurship education in other technology schools. The findings of the research presented during this talk can be used to inform entrepreneurship education programs in engineering schools.

Notes:

• Participants will receive an attendance credit if they arrive on time and stay until the end of the event.
• A maximum of one special topic workshops can be counted towards your Fundamentals certificate.

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