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Topic: What Motivates Students? What Interests Students?
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Gateway facilitator: Marvin Druger, Arts & Sciences
What Motivates Students? What Interests Students? “If students study only because they want to get a good grade or be the best in the class, they do not achieve as much as they do when they learn because they are interested.”¹ In this session, three faculty members will discuss their ideas for motivating students, followed by a general discussion.
¹Bain, K. (2004). What the Best College Teachers Do. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 33.
Summary Notes • Booklet

Topic: Technology to Support Student Motivation
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Gateway facilitator: Sam Clemence, L.C. Smith College of Engineering & Computer Science
In considering how technology may support student motivation, one must consider “the need to adapt technology to learners, rather than to adapt learners to technology.”* In this session, we will learn about some interesting technologies used for teaching, about campus resources for teaching students research skills, and how blogs can be used as a motivational tool.
^{*Gooler, D.D. cited in G. Roger Sell (1996–7) “Challenges in Using Technology for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education,” Essays on Teaching Excellence: Toward the Best in the Academy.}
Summary Notes • Booklet • Technology to Support Student Motivation: Weblogs

Topic: Bringing Aspects of Faculty Research into Undergraduate Classes
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Gateway facilitator: Jerry Evensky, Arts & Sciences
Faculty often feel conflicted between the amount of time they want to spend on research and the time they need to prepare for their classes. But it’s also important for undergraduates to understand what kind of research their professors are doing. This session will feature several professors from a variety of disciplines who will discuss how they bring aspects of their research into the classroom.
Summary Notes • Booklet

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