Invitation to Bush Pedagogical Luncheon

Teaching faculty and staff are invited to a pedagogical luncheon from 11:45 a.m.to 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 30, in the Prairie-Rose Room in the Memorial Union for enhancing student learning and comradeship among teachers. Judy Pearson, professor of communication and associate dean of arts, humanity, and social sciences college and Paul Nelson, chair and professor of communication will lead the session on "Problem-Based Learning: Problems and Solutions."

In this interactive session, Pearson and Nelson will identify some of the problems faced by those incorporating PBL into their courses. At this juncture, many NDSU professors have become experts on PBL while others are still novices. Nonetheless, both beginning and experienced PBL professors face interesting and complex problems.

What problems are you facing? Be prepared with a short oral or written description of one of the issues with which you are grappling. What solutions can you offer? Please come ready to share ideas that may be responsive to the issues of others.

If you are planning to attend the session, please register before Friday, January 25, by calling Mary Stoa at 1-8671 or sending e-mail to Mary.stoa@ndsu.nodak.edu. A buffet luncheon will begin at 11:45 a.m.

The Faculty Institute for Excellence in Learning (FIEL) is sponsoring this event with a grant from the Bush Foundation to promote active learning in classrooms. For more details, you may visit http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/mehta/bush/ or contact Sudhir Mehta, professor of mechanical engineering, at 1-7871