Description:

Light refreshments will be provided for this brownbag talk:

Do you wish your large introductory survey course felt more like a small discussion-based seminar? Have you thought about making your class more “active,” but have reservations? This talk presents one instructor’s journey from the lecture hall to an active learning student-centered classroom. As she candidly discusses her successes and challenges in exploring innovative ways to engage students, she will share some of the motivations, experiences, techniques, and classroom tools involved in adjusting instructional approaches and students’ expectations to an intentionally active classroom dynamic. Attendees will be given the opportunity to reflect on the ways that active learning may relate to their own particular contexts.

This talk is a part of the TEACHxpert speaker series.

About the Speaker:

Ashley M. Purpura is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Purdue University. She is an Instruction Matters: Purdue’s Academic Course Transformation (IMPACT) fellow, and a Cornerstone: Integrated Liberal Arts Program fellow. She regularly teaches religious studies, oral and written communication, and critical thinking to a broad range of diverse students, and has experience with online, hybrid, active-learning, and traditional classroom settings.