Magna Online Seminar
Teaching & Learning Rhythms: Tools to Enhance Student Engagement
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Teaching is, in many ways, a performance art. When you approach the podium, you are much like an actor taking the stage.
You never know exactly what is going to happen in the classroom and how students are going to respond to the material you present. Because of this ever-present uncertainty, you want to be both in the moment and aware of the moment, sensing when to go with the flow, and when to help shape the flow.
Your ultimate goal as a teacher is to become a spectator, as students become 
engaged with the course material and take charge. Ideally, leadership is handed back and forth in the classroom, in a delicate balancing act.
Believe it or not, there is a method to creating these ideal learning conditions.
In Teaching & Learning Rhythms: Tools to Enhance Student Engagement, multiple teaching award winner Alex Fancy of Mount Allison University will train professors and instructors in how to capture that elusive flow when teaching seems effortless and students are excited and eagerly involved in learning.
This video online seminar will cover:
• Ways to resolve ongoing issues of “flow” in the classroom
• Finding the right balance between information and reflection, repetition and variation, and low and high energy in your classroom
• Engaging students as “co-managers” of learning
• Shaping rhythms to provide a sense of engagement
• Teaching as a dramatic performance and energy exchange
• Analyzing your course structure with attention to short and long-term rhythms
• Why rhythm and balance are essential to shaping classroom communities
• The six-act approach to teaching
• Ways to manage a disengaged student
• Working with natural ebbs and flows in the teaching dynamic
• Centering yourself in the college classroom
• Mindfulness and reflection on your teaching process
You will also receive a brief white paper outlining the theory behind this recommended approach to teaching, along with 100 questions for self-assessment of your teaching performance.
About the presenter
Alex Fancy is a long-time professor in the Modern Languages and Literatures Department at Mount Allison University in Canada. He has been recognized for his award-winning teaching across campus, regionally, and nationally.
Fancy has received multiple awards for his experimentation, passion, and involvement with teaching throughout his career. He was the first recipient of Mount Allison’s Herbert and Leota Tucker Teaching Award in 1984 and was awarded the Association of Atlantic Universities’ Distinguished Teaching Award in 1991. He has also earned the coveted 3M National Teaching Fellowship. In addition, he has been chair of the Council of 3M Teaching Fellows. In this position he was actively involved in bringing the validation of teaching to a wider audience, including decision makers.
Great Value
The cost to attend this 90-minute, video online seminar is just $249, regardless of the number of participants from a single sign-on location. This means that you can expose an unlimited number of faculty members to these innovative teaching strategies without paying a cent more. The best way to take maximum advantage of this offer is to reserve a large meeting room or conference center for the event.
Who should attend?
This seminar is designed for faculty members and educational developers at all levels and in all types of post-secondary institutions. It is also appropriate for administrators with a special interest in encouraging teacher reflection and self-assessment.
Event Date: 10/14/2010
Time: 12:00 pm Central
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Bring questions
Come prepared to join in this discussion of enhanced teaching practices. Our expert presenter will set aside time to take questions from participants during this live event.
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