Civil engineering educators from around the world will meet at NAU next week for workshops on building their teaching skills.<\/p>\n
The American Society of Civil Engineers is hosting its 11th Excellence in Civil Engineering Education Teaching Workshop at NAU from July 12-18.<\/p>\n
Debra Larson<\/strong>, associate dean for the College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences, who helped organize the event, also is hosting two \u201cExCEEd\u201d teaching workshops.<\/p>\n She will lead a workshop focusing on \u201ctried and true techniques\u201d for creating successful teaching and learning environments, as well as a new workshop for previous conference participants who are seeking advanced techniques for engaging engineering students.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a highly regarded conference and it\u2019s an honor to host it and be involved with the creation of workshop content and mentoring activities,\u201d Larson said.<\/p>\n Larson said the workshops provide nearly one-to-one mentoring from seasoned teachers and that \u201cfaculty often report the experience as career changing as they learn how to become a more effective teacher while being efficient with the management of their preparation time.\u201d<\/p>\n The six-day practicum of seminars, demonstration classes and practice teaching sessions addresses improving skills in communications, organization, developing interpersonal rapport with students, teaching with technology and more.<\/p>\n Seminars include a series of demonstration classes\u2014models of high-quality teaching\u2014presented by ExCEEd faculty mentors. Participants then take what they have learned and apply it by preparing and teaching three actual classes in a small-group setting.<\/p>\n \u201cThis collaborative \u2018learn by doing\u2019 format ensures that participants will make noticeable\u00a0improvements in their teaching skills by the end of the course,\u201d said Larson, who along with\u00a0Josh Hewes<\/strong>, an assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering, provided the assistance for the society to hold the workshop conference at NAU.<\/p>\n For information, go to\u00a0asce.org\/exceed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"