Vol 18 (2014)

This is the 18th Volume of the Atlantic Universities' Teaching Showcase Proceedings, representing work presented at the AAU Teaching Showcase hosted at Cape Breton University in Fall 2014.  The theme of the Showcase was Teaching Outside the Box: Innovation and Its Constraints.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Table of Contents
 
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AAU Award Recipients

It's Not A Mystery: Just Be There - 2014 AAU Award Winners Plenary Session
 
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7-15

Articles

THINKING CREATIVELY ABOUT “RETREAT” TIME IN UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS
M. Tanya Brann-Barrett
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17-25
INSIDE THE LAB/OUTSIDE THE BOX: INTERPRETING NONVERBAL MESSAGES IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Sarah Farrow, Dawn White
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26-36
DARE TO BE INNOVATIVE: TECHNIQUES FOR BEING MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY ENGAGING WHEN TEACHING LARGER CLASSES
Angie Kolen
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37-39
TURN ON YOUR PHONES PLEASE: FROM DISTRACTION TO ENGAGEMENT WITH MOBILE LEARNING
Robert Lawson, Kathy Snow
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40-48
LEARNING TO LEARN: CREATING COMMUNITY BEFORE CRAMMING IN CONTENT
Pat Maher, Emily Root
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53-59
CREATING TEACHING CHAMPIONS: TAKING THE GRADUATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Jill McSweeney, Nayha Acharya, Giovanni B. Celli, Colin Jackson, Marissa Ley, Raghav V. Sampagni
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49-52
“TEACHING OUTSIDE THE BOX”: A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS?—IN SEARCH FOR A NEW PARADIGM FOR “TEACHING AND LEARNING”
Thomas Mengel
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60-63
NO MORE MASTERPIECES: A CASE OF PEER MODELLING IN WRITING HISTORY
Tracy Moniz
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64-66
THE UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES OF APPLYING MINDFULNESS TO CRITICAL THINKING
David Sable
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67-69
TEACHING LARGE ONLINE CLASSES: HOW CAN PROFESSORS PROMOTE ACTIVE LEARNING WITHOUT EXHAUSTING THEMSELVES?
Heather Schmidt
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70-77
PEER-LED TEACHING AND SUPPORT TO REDUCE EATING DISORDERS ON CAMPUS
Kathryn Weaver
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78-92

Abstracts

AAU Teaching Showcase Abstracts
John Luxton
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94-111