Program for the 2022 PDI

Contact Info

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Debora Colbert

Director, Professional Development

Monday, January 10th

10:00 AM

Session Title
Developing implicit bias training for students providing peer-to-peer feedback
Presenters:
Marta Rowh, MD, PhD
Category:
Curriculum Development
Date:
Monday, January 10th 2022
Start Time:
10:00 AM
Session Length:
50 minutes
Room:
LSC 312
Description:
Implicit bias training is generally available to all instructors, but increasingly we are asking students to provide peer-to-peer feedback as part of course evaluation. Implicit bias training should be tailored for this population to include an introduction to evaluating implicit bias, the latest research on implicit bias and its effects in education, and most importantly evidence-based mitigation strategies that can be used by students before providing peer-to-peer feedback. This session will discuss the development of an implicit bias training tool developed by medical school faculty, it's Houston application to a wide variety of fields.
Goals and Target Audience:
Professors and instructors who use peer-to-peer feedback in their courses. Students who have ever given peer-to-peer feedback.

1:00 PM

Session Title
Amplify learning by infusing courses with learning science
Presenters:
Dan Baker,Sam Bechara
Category:
Curriculum Development
Date:
Monday, January 10th 2022
Start Time:
1:00 PM
Session Length:
50 minutes
Room:
LSC 322
Description:
Cognitive science has discovered many techniques for people to learn more efficiently. Instead of expecting students to employ these techniques on their own, why not build them into the structure of the courses you teach? This interactive workshop will introduce and help you brainstorm the introduction or expansion of the concepts of motivating, practicing, retrieving, and interleaving into your classes.
Goals and Target Audience:
Goals: By the end of the workshop participant will be able to: = Define the learning concepts of motivating, practicing, retrieving, and interleaving = Have a rough outline of how to use the learning concepts of motivating, practicing, retrieving, and interleaving in their own classes Target Audience: Anyone who teaches or wants to learn more efficiently

Tuesday, January 11th

10:00 AM

Session Title
Exploring the Future by Looking Back: Reflection as a Tool for Learning
Presenters:
Marta Rowh,Ellen Aster
Category:
Curriculum Development
Date:
Tuesday, January 11th 2022
Start Time:
10:00 AM
Session Length:
50 minutes
Room:
LSC 312
Description:
This session will explore reflection as a tool for students’ learning in institutions of higher education. We will discuss definitions of reflection and share strategies for (and lessons learned from) incorporating reflective activities in undergraduate education. We will close with a discussion on how reflection can be incorporated into attendees’ teaching/instructional environments.
Goals and Target Audience:
The goal of this session is to prompt thought and discussion about how reflection can be a useful, active learning tool in higher education instruction. The target audience is educators engaged in higher education instruction and curriculum design.