International Forum on Active Learning Classrooms University of Minnesota

August 9-11, 2017

Final Schedule

Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017

10:00am-

3:00pm

REGISTRATION

BH 3rd floor,

HelpingU Desk

11:15-

11:45

Tour of Bruininks

Hall

Jeremy Todd,

University of

Minnesota Twin

Cities

Preconference

Workshops

12:00-1:15 Options for

interactivity in

ALCs: Strengths,

limitations,

opportunities

Kelsey Metzger,

University of

Minnesota

Rochester; David

Langley, University of

Minnesota Twin Cities

Maximizing the

features of an ALC to

help your students

reach higher cognitive

levels

Sue Wick, University of

Minnesota Twin Cities

2

BH 312 BH 330

1:30-2:45 Preparing

instructors for

teaching in Active

Learning

Classrooms:

Recommendations

for establishing a

faculty learning

community

Christina Petersen,

University of

Minnesota Twin Cities

BH 312

Your learning space

planning effort just got

a little easier:

Introducing FLEXspace

2.0

Lisa Stephens, University

at Buffalo: The State

University of New

York; Rebecca Frazee,

San Diego State

University

BH 420B

3:00-4:15 “Accessifying” your

active learning

course

Ilene

Alexander, Lindsay

Matts-Benson, Ann

Fandrey, Scott

Marshall, & Sara

Schoen, University of

Minnesota Twin Cities

BH 312

Gathering feedback and

data about teaching in

an ALC

Kris Gorman, J. D.

Walker, and Paul

Baepler, University of

Minnesota Twin Cities

BH 330

Writing to learn in the

Active Learning

Classroom

Dana Gierdowski, North

Carolina State

University; Laura

Giovanelli, Wake Forest

University

BH 420B

5:00-6:00pm Reception

3

The Commons Hotel, Mezzanine Level, Meridian Foyer

6:00pm Dinner

The Commons Hotel, Mezzanine Level, Meridian Ballroom

7:00pm Opening Remarks

Robert McMaster, Vice Provost and Dean, Office of Undergraduate

Education, University of Minnesota

Thursday, Aug 10, 2017

Time Activity

7:30-9:30

The Commons Hotel

10:00am-2:00pm

HelpingU Desk

Bruininks Hall 3rd floor

Registration

7:30-8:30 Breakfast The Commons Hotel, Mezzanine Level, Meridian Ballroom

8:30-9:30 Keynote Address

Adam Finkelstein, McGill University, Quebec, Canada

The Commons Hotel, Mezzanine Level, Meridian Ballroom

Time Sessions

10:00-

10:45

Paper

Managing teams

in ALCs to

promote student

development

Paper

Learner behaviors

and motivation are

the keys to

successful active

learning

Paper

The expectations of

adult-ing:

Developing soft skills

through ALCs

Paper

Transforming Power

Points to practical

pedagogy

Roundtable

Reimagining the

classroom project:

Let’s ask the

students!

4

Sue Wick,

University of

Minnesota Twin

Cities

BH 330

Gary Smith,

University of New

Mexico

BH 114

Marybeth Stalp and

Susan Hill, University

of Northern Iowa

BH 312

Veronica

Alfredsson,

Gothenburg

University, Sweden

BH 420B

Ava Wolf, University

of Illinois-Urbana

Champaign

BH 432A

11:00-

11:45

Paper

Researching the

environment in

active learning

spaces (REALS):

Are there impacts

on instruction,

student

engagement and

learning?

Susan Hillman,

University of New

England;

Michelle

Carpenter,

Herman Miller, Inc.

BH 330

Paper

Supporting

different instructor

pedagogies and

student activities in

a flexible

classroom

Cindy Finelli &

Aaron Johnson,

University of

Michigan

BH 114

Paper

Hope is not a

strategy: Classroom

practices in an

immersive active

learning degree

program

Kelsey Metzger,

University of

Minnesota

Rochester;

David Langley,

University of

Minnesota Twin Cities

BH 312

Paper

An investigation of

students’

satisfaction towards

the active learning

environment

Hui Chen, Beijing

Normal University;

Mingze Sun,

Northwestern

University;

Fengkuang

Chiang, Beijing

Normal University;

D. Christopher

Brooks, EDUCAUSE

BH 420B

Roundtable

ALCs and

information literacy

across the

curriculum: Using

one to promote the

other

Kimberly Feilmeyer,

Hamline University

BH 432A

12:00-

12:45

LUNCH

The Great Hall

Coffman

5

Memorial Union

12:45-

1:30

POSTER SESSION

The Great Hall

Coffman Memorial

Union

A template for

creating Active

Learning

Classroom

assignments to

support flipped,

active, and team-

based

approaches to

learning

Christina Petersen,

University of

Minnesota Twin

Cities

Addressing

achievement gaps

in STEM through

Active Learning

Classrooms:

Preliminary

findings from a

majority-minority

university

Carolyn Hushman,

Aurora Pun, &

Sushilla

Knottenbelt,

University of New

Mexico

Move over, Power

Point: Creating final

video projects in

silviculture

Marcella Windmuller-

Campione, University

of Minnesota Twin

Cities

Active learning and

gamification: A

significant learning

exercise on

sustainability and

the water footprint

of food

Phillip Chaney &

Lindsay

Doukopoulos,

Auburn University

The role of

technology in

enhancing Active

Learning

Classrooms in the

attainment of 21st

century skills in

higher education in

Nigeria

Awoyele Ifeoluwa

Oladipupo,

Adeyemi College of

Education, Nigeria

Supporting active

learning in a

terrible classroom

Janni Aragon,

University of

Victoria

Active Learning

Classrooms

Jodi Scott & Steven

Lee, University of

British Columbia

6

1:45-2:30

Plenary Address

The year of the ALC

D. Christopher Brooks, EDUCAUSE

BH 220

2:45-

3:30

Paper

Beyond the

content:

Community &

belongingness in

the Active

Learning

Classroom

Lisa Cravens-

Brown & Melissa

Beers, The Ohio

State University

BH 330

Paper

Design of active

learning spaces for

blended learning

groups - the

teacher

perspective

Marcus Sundgren,

Marcia Hakansson-

Lindqvist, Jimmy

Jaldemark, Peter

Mozelius, & Lena-

Maria Oberg,

Mid Sweden

University, Sweden

BH 114

Paper

An observation

protocol for learning

glass use in active

learning

environments

James Frazee &

Bernie Dodge,

San Diego State

University

BH 312

Roundtable

Exam integrity at

round tables:

Challenges &

solutions

Scott Roberts,

University of

Maryland

BH 420B

Demonstration

“Meet the

Stakeholders”: A

scenario-based

game to enrich

consensus building

skills among

learning space

stakeholders

Jeffrey Ashley &

Susan Frostén,

Philadelphia

University

BH 530B

3:30-

3:45

BREAK

BH 114

7

3:45-

4:30

Paper

Leveraging

strategic

planning to

support active

learning space

design

Melody Bowdon

& Don Merritt,

University of

Central Florida

BH 330

Paper

Catching sight of

students’

understanding:

A matter of space?

Ase Tieva, Roger

Ahlgren, & Bengt

Malmros,

Umeä University,

Sweden

BH 114

Paper

Active learning: How

do we know it works?

Mike Reese,

Johns Hopkins

University

BH 312

Paper

If we build it they

will learn, right?

Collaborative

evaluation of

Active Learning

Classrooms

Caroline Hilk,

Nicole Nelson,

Kimberly Feilmeyer,

& Tracy Williams,

Hamline University

BH 420B

Roundtable

Maintaining and

innovating in an

established ALC

program

Anna Bostwick

Flaming & Tino

Kaltsas,

University of Iowa

BH 530B

Evening dinner

on your own

Friday, Aug. 11, 2017

7:30-8:30 BREAKFAST

The Great Hall,

Coffman

Memorial Union

8:30-9:15 Paper

Learning space

design as a

participatory

process

Paper

AMPing courses: A

campus-wide peer

mentor program to

support active

learning

Paper

Active learning: No

ALC required

Roundtable

Active learning

buildings: The

opportunities and

challenges of

building beyond

Active Learning

Demonstrations

Virtual games in

Active Learning

Classrooms: Utilizing

social presence

theory to enhance

experiential

8

Marie Leijon,

Michael

Svedemar,

Agnes Jensen

Carlén, & Pontus

Kallstrom,

Malmo

University,

Sweden

BH 330

Scott Roberts,

University of

Maryland

BH 114

Bruce Reeves, Kara

Hanson, & Amanda

Evans,

University of

Minnesota Duluth

BH 312

Classrooms

Jason FitzSimmons

& Karen Neubauer,

Purdue University

BH 420B

simulations

Michael Kraten,

Providence College

BH 530B

Framing the first

year one-shot

session in an Active

Learning Classroom

Kimberly Feilmeyer

& Kristofer Scheid,

Hamline University

BH 432A

9:30-

10:15

Paper

Learning

innovation

through learning

space design

Paper

“The ALC is relaxing

AND makes me

more focused!”

Paper

A victim of our own

success: Orchard

Commons

Roundtable

Supporting faculty

who teach in ALCs:

Sharing

experiences,

perspectives, and

data on what works

Demonstrations

Digital skills for your

career: Active

Learning Classroom

use

Janni Aragon,

University of Victoria

BH 432A

9

Jon Dorbolo,

Oregon State

University;

Tom Bauer,

Bora Architects

BH 330

Veronica Alfredsson,

Gothenburg

University, Sweden

BH 114

Jodi Scott & Steven

Lee, University of

British Columbia

BH 312

Stephanie

Rohdieck & Sam

Craighead,

The Ohio State

University

BH 420B

Meta-active

learning: Actively

learning about

active learning

Beverly Bondad-

Brown, Jeff Suarez-

Grant, & Maria

Fernandez,

Cal State University

Los Angeles

BH 530B

10:30-

11:15

Paper

Zoned for

Interaction: An

empirical study

of the University

of North

Carolina’s first

active learning

hall

Dana

Gierdowski,

North Carolina

State University;

Bob Henshaw &

Andrea

Reubens,

University of

North Carolina

Paper

Enhancing

student

learning in

the Active

Learning

Classroom

Deb Wingert &

Christina Clarkson,

University of

Minnesota Twin

Cities

Paper

The room isn’t

enough: Garnering

support for active

learning

Kris Gorman,

University of

Minnesota Twin

Cities; Amanda

Evans, Kara Hanson,

& Bruce Reeves,

University of

Minnesota Duluth

Roundtable

Developing

students to

succeed in Active

Learning

Classrooms

Lindsay

Doukopoulos,

Monique Laney, &

Konrad Patkowski,

Auburn University

Paper

RUM FOR LARANDE:

A Scandinavian

network for active

learning

Nora MacLaren,

UIT/The Arctic

University of

Norway; Maria

Sunnerstam,

University of

Gothenburg,

Sweden; Hans

Antonsson,

Academiska Hus,

10

Chapel Hill

BH 330

BH 114

BH 312

BH 420B

Sweden

BH 432A

11:30-12:15 Closing Address

Past, present, and future: Active Learning Classrooms as catalysts for evidence-based

teaching

Robin Wright,

National Science Foundation and the University of Minnesota

BH 220