{"283771":{"#nid":"283771","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Engaging Conversations Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAcross disciplines at Georgia Tech, a common goal we have for our students is to prepare them to succeed as professionals after graduation.\u0026nbsp; Not only do we hope to graduate highly qualified candidates for the job market, but we know that students tend to be more invested in learning when they expect to use what they learned.\u0026nbsp; As Ambrose et. al. (2010) argue, students are more motivated to learn when course material \u201cinterests them or has relevance for important aspects of their lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoin us for this brown bag luncheon to discuss ideas for bridging the gap between the classroom and practice as we seek to develop our students as professionals and engage them more in our classes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFaculty Speakers:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDesigning Rubrics to Foster Professional Development\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMary Peek, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201cYou\u2019re Hired!\u201d \u2013 Using a Mock Job Interview to Review Course Concepts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHua Wang, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo register, go to:\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cetl.gatech.edu\/civicrm\/event\/info?id=130\u0026amp;reset=1\u0022\u003E http:\/\/cetl.gatech.edu\/civicrm\/event\/info?id=130\u0026amp;reset=1\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin this brown-bag-luncheon series on the first Wednesday of each month from noon to 1:00 and find out what faculty are doing to engage Georgia Tech students in learning.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Developing our Students as Professionals: Bridging the Gap between the Classroom and Practice"}],"uid":"27276","created_gmt":"2014-03-14 15:23:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:07:14","author":"Felicia Turner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-04-02T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-04-02T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-04-02T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-04-02 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-04-02 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-04-02 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1268","name":"Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFelicia Turner\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:felicia.turner@cetl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Efelicia.turner@cetl.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-9418\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}