{"119891":{"#nid":"119891","#data":{"type":"event","title":"C21U Practitioner\u0027s Leading Edge Talk with Amy Pritchett","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPRACTITIONERS\u0027 LEADING EDGE APRIL 23 12-1 AT MiRC 102A\u0026amp;B\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EC21U is hosting\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/c21u.gatech.edu\/practitioners-leading-edge-talk-series\u0022\u003EThe Practitioners Leading Edge Talk Series\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to highlight some of the most innovative thinkers in the Higher Education space. This talk is given by Professor Amy Pritchett from Aerospace Engineering on \u201c\u003Cstrong\u003EProblem-based learning in a content-intensive large engineering class\u003C\/strong\u003E\u201d.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ERegister online\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/civicrm\/event\/info?id=48\u0026amp;reset=1\u0026amp;id=48\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis semester, we\u0027ve experimented with shifting AE3515 \u0022System Dynamics and Automatic Control\u0022 to a problem-based learning format.\u0026nbsp; Students were grouped randomly into 10 teams of 12-13 and assigned 4 large problems.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Just-in-time\u0022 instruction is used to lecture on topics that students requested and could cogently justify relative to the problem, roughly 1 hour per week.\u0026nbsp; The remaining 3 hours per week are group-meeting times, facilitated by graduate students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;This talk will discuss both the logistical details faced in using such a pedagogy (e.g. the need for multiple facilitators for 4 hours per week versus the assignment of a single 20 hour-per-week TA to the course) and the learning experience of the students.\u0026nbsp; Students in the midst of the course will join in the presentation.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Aerospace Engineering Professor Amy Pritchett speaks on her experiences with problem-based learning in large classrooms."}],"uid":"27552","created_gmt":"2012-03-27 18:13:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:58:33","author":"Emily Ivey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-04-23T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-04-23T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-04-23T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-04-23 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-04-23 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-04-23 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"66244","name":"C21U"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:hua.ai@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EHua Ai\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}