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Learn about increasing student engagement in new MSU Tech Break podcast

Want to increase engagement in your class (and make sure students are also attending class)?

Listen to Episode 5 of the student-led MSU Tech Break podcast, “Student Engagement and Ways to Use Twitter.”

In the fifth Tech Break episode, education student Meghan Hurley talks with MSU Assistant Professor of Physics Vashti Sawtelle about technology in the classroom. Read Full Article →

Brown Bag: Results from Teaching Physics to Large Sections using the Digital Version of University Physics

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  • Gary Westfall, College of Natural Science

In this session Gary will summarize experiences in teaching PHY 183, first-year calculus-based physics for scientists and engineers, to three large sections (825 students total). The course was taught at MSU during the fall semester 2015 using the digital version of the textbook “University Physics” by Bauer and Westfall.  Read Full Article →