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.

Published: 2016-06-03

Introduction and Table of Contents

1-6
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AAU Award Recipients

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

7-15
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Articles

THINKING CREATIVELY ABOUT “RETREAT” TIME IN UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS

M. Tanya Brann-Barrett

17-25
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INSIDE THE LAB/OUTSIDE THE BOX: INTERPRETING NONVERBAL MESSAGES IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Sarah Farrow, Dawn White

26-36
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DARE TO BE INNOVATIVE: TECHNIQUES FOR BEING MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY ENGAGING WHEN TEACHING LARGER CLASSES

Angie Kolen

37-39
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TURN ON YOUR PHONES PLEASE: FROM DISTRACTION TO ENGAGEMENT WITH MOBILE LEARNING

Robert Lawson, Kathy Snow

40-48
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LEARNING TO LEARN: CREATING COMMUNITY BEFORE CRAMMING IN CONTENT

Pat Maher, Emily Root

53-59
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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

49-52
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“TEACHING OUTSIDE THE BOX”: A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS?—IN SEARCH FOR A NEW PARADIGM FOR “TEACHING AND LEARNING”

Thomas Mengel

60-63
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NO MORE MASTERPIECES: A CASE OF PEER MODELLING IN WRITING HISTORY

Tracy Moniz

64-66
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THE UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES OF APPLYING MINDFULNESS TO CRITICAL THINKING

David Sable

67-69
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TEACHING LARGE ONLINE CLASSES: HOW CAN PROFESSORS PROMOTE ACTIVE LEARNING WITHOUT EXHAUSTING THEMSELVES?

Heather Schmidt

70-77
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PEER-LED TEACHING AND SUPPORT TO REDUCE EATING DISORDERS ON CAMPUS

Kathryn Weaver

78-92
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Abstracts

AAU Teaching Showcase Abstracts

John Luxton

94-111
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