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Wednesday, September 25, 2013


The National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) is pleased to announce that it will be offering three FREE webinars on course redesign in the coming months.

 Fall 2013 Webinar Series
 Each hour-long webinar features an NCAT Redesign Scholar, the project leader of a highly successful course redesign, describing the redesign project with a particular focus on its distinguishing characteristics. After a presentation, the lead faculty member is available to answer questions and provide additional specifics about the redesign. Each hour-long webinar will occur at 1 pm eastern time:
  • October 8, 2013: Redesigning American History and European History at the State University of New York at Potsdam presented by Jim German, featuring the effective use of undergraduate learning assistants.
  • November 19, 2013: Redesigning Principles of Chemistry at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore presented by Jennifer Hearne, featuring active engagement in science education at a historically black institution. 
  • December 10, 2013: Redesigning statistics at Niagara County Community College presented by Dan Miller, featuring the transferability of a statistics redesign to developmental math.
Registration is required, but there is no registration fee. To register, go to http://www.theNCAT.org/Webinars/2013Webinars.html.

Videos of prior webinars may be accessed at http://www.theNCAT.org/Webinars/2013Webinars.html.
  • Redesigning General Psychology at Frostburg State University
  • Redesigning Computing and Information Literacy at Arizona State University 
  • Redesigning developmental math at Cleveland State Community College, Chattanooga State Community College and Northwest-Shoals Community College.
NOTE: You will need to register before viewing each webinar.

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