Employing the Principles of Engaged Teaching to Advance Student Learning

Claire Howell Major, The University of Alabama
October 25, 2022

Never has teaching at the college and university level been tougher or mattered more than at this moment. Today’s teachers face era-defining challenges. Yet teaching also remains one of the world’s most rewarding professions. And it’s a profession that those of us who do it care deeply about. In this presentation, participants will learn about the concept of Engaged Teaching, a model of the intellectual effort involved in effective teaching that deepens student learning.

Know your presenter:

Claire Major, PhD is a professor of higher education at The University of Alabama. Her teaching and research interests center on instructional approaches and instructional technology. She has authored and co-authored eleven books, including five with Elizabeth Barkley: Engaged Teaching, Interactive lecturing, Learning assessment techniques, Collaborative learning techniques, and Student engagement techniques. In addition to these, she has published Teaching for learning: 101 intentionally designed instructional activities to put students on the path to success, with Michael Harris and Todd Zakrajsek, and Online learning: A guide to theory, research, and practice. She has published her research in top-tier journals and presented at national and international conferences. Major has also presented public lectures and faculty workshops, as well as online workshops and webinars, for dozens of colleges and universities in the United States and abroad.