Thursday, October 26, 2023
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Center for Teaching Excellence
Thomas Cooper Library, Room L511
This session is being delivered in a face-to-face format. You'll need to come to the offices of the Center for Teaching Excellence to attend. There is not a virtual option available to attend this presentation.
Late arrival and/or early exit from the workshop invalidates receiving credit.
Utilizing integrative learning principles, the presenters will share examples of how high impact practice (HIP) characteristics are incorporated across different disciplines and identify classroom assessment techniques (CATs) that can be applied across a variety of academic settings. Participants will have opportunities to share examples of reflection and integrative learning principles in the design of assignments and appropriate assessment methods for their classroom.
This workshop is a required session for a certificate of completion in Integrative and Experiential Learning.
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If you have an existing training account with the Division of Human Resources, Office of Organizational and Professional Development, you do not need to create an account. You can login using your HR training username and password. By logging in to register for CTE events, your complete training record for both CTE and HR trainings will be available with a single account and login. Check Training Record.
Charlie Pierce
Faculty Executive Director
Center for Integrative and Experiential Learning
Charlie Pierce is the Faculty Executive Director of the Center for Integrative and Experiential Learning. He leads a team of professionals dedicated to supporting student learning through Experience by Design and Graduation with Leadership Distinction. He is originally from the small state of Rhode Island and a proud alumnus of Northwestern University (MS, PhD) and the University of New Hampshire (BS), where he was indelibly shaped by professors who cared deeply about their students.
Pierce has been a faculty member at USC since 1998 and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in geotechnical engineering. He is passionate about fostering a love of learning in his students while helping them develop lifelong professional skills such as critical thinking and decision making. He has spent the past decade and a half creating inclusive, hands-on, student-centered learning environments across engineering, in and out of the classroom, through the adaptation of collaborative problem-based learning.
Amber Fallucca
Associate Director
Center for Integrative and Experiential Learning
Amber Fallucca serves as the Director of the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) and Associate Director of the Center for Integrative and Experiential Learning. She leads the assessment initiatives aligned with the Center for Integrative and Experiential Learning, including Graduation with Leadership Distinction, and provides support for office and campus-based initiatives. Fallucca also holds an Affiliate Faculty role in the College of Education with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies.