Engage Students with Active Learning
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Looking to make your class more interactive? UMass grad student Victoria Vizzini will share practical strategies for designing engaging activities that help students connect with course content in new, creative ways. Whether you're adapting existing ideas or star ting from scratch, this workshop will equip you with strategies to turn lecture-based material into collaborative activities that help students engage with content and with each other in order to build confidence and self-reliance skills.
Part of the Teaching Academy, a series of pedagogical workshops for ALL UMass grad students and postdocs!
Victoria Vizzini (she/her) is a fifth-year PhD student in the Psychological and Brain Sciences program with a specialization in Developmental Science. She is originally from New Jersey and graduated with Departmental Honors from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Psychology and minors in English and Chinese in 2021. Since her time at UMass, she has served as the instructor of record across several semesters with experience developing creative classroom activities, building student engagement and providing mentorship to undergraduate students. She prides herself on trying to foster an inclusive classroom environment and provide resources for students as they begin to consider professional pathways.
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