Melissa Peet Workshop Dr. Melissa Peet, Academic Director for the Integrative Learning and MPortfolio Initiative at the University of Michigan. Dr. Peet will focus on helping us develop a community of practice around reflective teaching and learning and will make us aware of the existing resources that we have within our faculty and staff community. Following the open forum, she will conduct a two-day workshop for faculty and staff involved in Project REAL, a co-curricular record program. On a national…

Dr. Christy Price Why Don’t My Students Think I’m Groovy? Engaging Modern Learners What factors influence student motivation and desire to learn? Obviously, there are some influences beyond our control, but research in educational psychology suggests one thing we can do to increase student engagement is to create learning environments that are in some ways linked to, and supportive of, the current student culture.   Handout