Creating Excitement and Overcoming Apathy in the Classroom
Todd Zakrajsek, Executive Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

How can we facilitate learning when we encounter students who seem uninterested and even apathetic toward course content and assignments? Part of the responsibility for learning belongs to students, but, as faculty, we can find new ways to motivate, inspire, and maybe even cajole students to learn. This workshop will demonstrate and explain how we can make classroom learning, perhaps one of the most artificial learning settings, a more meaningful experience for students. Todd Z bases his strategies for increasing student engagement on theories of learning and motivation, and participants will be able to try out and experience first-hand effective techniques.

Sponsored by the Teaching Resource Center and ACC Teaching Scholars Program.