1-week On-demand Individual Access
Andrew Gerhart is a professor of mechanical engineering and assistant chair of the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics, and Industrial Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He has developed undergraduate and graduate courses in fluid mechanics, creative problem solving, leadership, engineering design, and first-year introductory engineering. He is the supervisor of the Thermal Science and Aerodynamics Laboratories, coordinator of the Aeronautical Engineering Minor and the Interdisciplinary Design & Entrepreneurial Applications curriculum, and faculty advisor for the student branch of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics & SAE Aero Design team. He facilitates workshops worldwide for K–12 and higher education instructors, focusing on active, collaborative, problem-based, and entrepreneurially minded learning, as well as training professional engineers in creative problem solving and innovation. Gerhart was awarded the 2010 Michigan Professor of the Year, Lawrence Tech’s teaching and faculty awards, and two leadership awards from the Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD). He was elected to ESD’s College of Fellows and serves on the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Performance Test Code Committee for Air-cooled Condensers.
Last Updated: 06-17-2021
-
- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can I Develop Opportunity-minded Learners?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- This 20-Minute Mentor assists instructors in best preparing their students for a meaningful career post-graduation through implementation of numerous methods that foster skills of opportunity-identification and huntfulness.
- Select options
-
- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Personal Development
How Can I Be a More Productive and Effective Teacher?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty who are looking for career advice and professional development, this 20-Minute Mentor presents expert advice directly from outstanding research professors during the past forty years.
- Select options
-
- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can I Write Better Exam Questions to Measure Student Performance and Learning?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty seeking advice on writing more effective exam questions, this 20-Minute Mentor provides many tips and strategies for reinvigorating exam question sets to provide students better examinations.
- Select options
-
- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can I Increase Exam Security with Custom Question Banks?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty who want to increase their exam security, this 20-Minute Mentor demonstrates how to use question banks to create unique exams and improve academic integrity.
- Select options
-
- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
Giving Narrative Shape to Your Online Classroom
- $39.00 – $799.00
- More than ever, students are motivated by knowing how a course will serve them in future learning or in life after college. This Magna Online Seminar helps faculty create a narrative that connects daily learning to future careers.
- Select options
-
- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Seminars
How to Run Your Online Classroom So It Doesn’t Run You!
- $39.00 – $799.00
- For faculty teaching online who are overwhelmed with the process and unable to create a meaningful learning experience, this Magna Online Seminar presents strategies to establish and manage workflow in order to control the classroom and make space for creative teaching.
- Select options
-
- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Classroom Management, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can Understanding Group Dynamics Lead to Better Group Work?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For educators who are looking to maximize productivity and success in their student group work, this 20-Minute Mentor explores free resources that benefit group dynamics and can be implemented into your classroom to ultimately improve successful group work.
- Select options
-
- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Online Course Design and Preparation
How Can I Effectively Move Peer Reviews Online?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For online teachers who need to engage students in a peer view of written assignments, this 20-Minute Mentor details specific instructions of how to accomplish this online, as well as what technology tools are best suited for this process.
- Select options
-
- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Student Engagement
How Can I Help Students Who Are Struggling with Online Learning?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For online teachers who are struggling with students who are not succeeding in online courses and need support, this 20-Minute Mentor details an array of easy-to-use strategies that will have a big impact on student success.
- Select options
-
- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Delivery and Instruction
What Are Practical Solutions for Managing My Online Teaching Workload?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- This 20-Minute Mentor will provide a variety of practical solutions for faculty to use to manage their online teaching workload, including ways to effectively provide student feedback in less time and how to eliminate “time-stealers".
- Select options
-
- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
How Can I Incorporate Best Practices into My Online Teaching?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty teaching online who are in need of advice on effective online teaching, this 20-Minute Mentor provides best practices from an experienced online educator for creating and delivering your course.
- Select options
-
- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Seminars
Contemplative Pedagogy for Purposeful Teaching
- $39.00 – $799.00
- For faculty who are frustrated with the rapid, "get-it-done" pivot to remote instruction, this Magna Online Seminar provides strategies and tactics to immediately incorporate contemplative pedagogy into your teaching practice to provide more meaningful instruction and interactions.
- Select options