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The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
Box 1912
Brown University
96 Waterman St.
Providence, RI 02912
(401) 863-1219
Click here for directions
Welcome to the Sheridan Center
The Sheridan Center supports Brown University's long-standing commitment to excellence in teaching and learning through our broad range of programs, services, activities and resources for the Brown teaching community.
What's New
Sheridan Center Learning with Technology Series:
This workshop series focuses on innovative ways to enhance learning. By creating a student-centered learning environment, instructors can use technology to deepen students’ understanding and engagement and facilitate the transmission of ideas. Effective use of technology can empower students to make meaningful connections with each other and with the course material.
F 2/24( Part 1) Extending the Classroom Learning Community with Technology
W 3/7 NSF CAREER Award Workshop
F 4/20 (Part 2) Electronic Media and the New Horizons of Education
View Examples of student projects:
Harvard Shorts
Yunon Audio Clip
F 4/20 (Part 2) Electronic Media and the New Horizons of Education - Hands On
View Workshop Trailer:
For a list of Sheridan Center Program topics from Fall 2010 to present, click here.
Events
F 2/24( Part 1) Extending the Classroom Learning Community with Technology
M 2/27 Sheridan Teaching Seminar lecture & Certificate I lecture #5, "Teaching as Persuasive Communication”
F 3/2 Contemplative Pedagogy workshop
The Year of Reflective Learning
Join us this year to explore the theme of Reflective Learning (or metacognition). Click here to learn more.
You may also wish to read the recent Liberal Education article, “Learning How to Learn: Metacognition in Liberal Education”, which features - among others - our November workshop leader Prof. Karl Wirth (Macalester College).
new resources
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1/17/12 Chronicle of Higher Education article: “Metacognition and Student Learning”
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11/6/11 Chronicle of Higher Education article: "Why Digital Natives Aren't Necessarily Digital Learners"
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11/6/11 Chronicle of Higher Education article: "A Social Network Can Be a Learning Network"
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11/4/11 Chronicle of Higher Education article: "As Emphasis on Student Evaluations Grows, Professors Increasingly Seek Midcourse Feedback"
- 8/19/11 Chronicle of Higher Education article:"Want to Be a Good Researcher? Try Teaching"
