Faculty Book Club
The Center for Faculty Excellence is excited to be offering Virtual Faculty Book Clubs on two books in Fall 2020.
Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes
Book Author: Flower Darby & James M. Lang
Book Description (Excerpted from Amazon): “The concept of small teaching is simple: small and strategic changes have enormous power to improve student learning. Instructors face unique and specific challenges when teaching an online course. … This book outlines practical and feasible applications of theoretical principles to help your online students learn. It includes current best practices around educational technologies, strategies to build community and collaboration, and minor changes you can make in your online teaching practice, small but impactful adjustments that result in significant learning gains.” Read more about the book.
Small Teaching Online Book Club Meeting Dates – Option 1:
- Wednesday, October 7 from 9:00-10:30am, virtual via Zoom
- Wednesday, November 4 from 9:00-10:30am, virtual via Zoom
- Wednesday, December 2 from 9:00-10:30am, virtual via Zoom
Small Teaching Online Book Club Meeting Dates – Option 2 :
- Thursday, October 8 from 12:30-2:00pm, virtual via Zoom
- Thursday, November 5 from 12:30-2:00pm, virtual via Zoom
- Thursday, December 3 from 12:30-2:00pm, virtual via Zoom
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
PNW’s One Book, One Community SELECTION FOR 2020-2021
Book Author: Anthony Ray Hinton
Book Description (Excerpted from Amazon): Anthony Ray Hinton spent nearly 30 years on Death Row for a crime he did not commit. “The Sun Does Shine is an extraordinary testament to the power of hope sustained through the darkest times. Destined to be a classic memoir of wrongful imprisonment and freedom won, Hinton’s memoir tells his dramatic thirty-year journey and shows how you can take away a man’s freedom, but you can’t take away his imagination, humor, or joy.” Read more about the book.
The Sun Does Shine Book Club Meeting Dates:
- Tuesday, October 6 from 10:30am-12:00pm, virtual via Zoom
- Tuesday, November 3 from 10:30am-12:00pm, virtual via Zoom
- Tuesday, December 1 from 10:30am-12:00pm, virtual via Zoom
Books Read in Previous Book Clubs
- Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning by James M. Lang (Spring 2020)
- The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean (Spring 2020)
- What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain (Spring & Summer 2019)
- Generation Z Goes to College by Corey Seemiller and Meghan Grace (Fall 2019)