The Active Learning Initiative Is Transforming Education (Julia Thom-Levy, Cornell University)
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the innovative Active Learning Initiative with Cornell University’s Vice Provost for Academic Innovation Julia Thom-Levy, who is also a professor in their department of physics. Further reading:
- Cornell University’s Education Innovation webpage — https://as.cornell.edu/education-innovation
- Research reveals ‘shocking’ weakness of lab courses — http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/01/research-reveals-shocking-weakness-lab-courses
- Professors, students laud active learning physics lab course — http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/12/professors-students-laud-active-learning-physics-lab-course
- VIDEOS: “That Happened Zero Times Before” and “Sage on the Stage’ Is Dying”
Additional resources discussed in this episode:
- What happens when lightning strikes an airplane? | Scientific American — https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-when-lightni/
- Lightning Strikes: Protection, Inspection, and Repair | Boeing — https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/2012_q4/4/
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