In Spring 2022, the University of Colorado Denver Learning Assistant (LA) Program celebrated its 10th year of supporting STEM student success. LA Program Coordinator Julie Bickner and program creators Dr. Laurel Hartley and Dr. Bud Talbot were part of the celebration.
Institution: University of Colorado Denver
Location: Denver, Colorado
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University of Colorado Boulder science education professor Valerie Otero won the 2023 Svend Pedersen Award and Lecture from Stockholm University for her major and lasting contribution to science education.
Institution: University of Colorado Boulder
Location: Boulder, Colorado
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How undergraduate learning assistants make large-enrollment courses feel more human
By Beckie Supiano, March 21, 2025
Thanks to Laurie Langdon from CU Boulder for meeting with CHE writer Beckie Supiano, and for setting the landscape for the article. Thanks to Julie Donnelly from Univ. of Central Florida as she welcomed Beckie into her class and helped set up connections to other UCF faculty so that Beckie could get observations and conversations to inform her article. Thanks to the LAA community for work across the Alliance that helps to make the LA Model a success.
Institution: University of Central Florida
Location: Orlando, Florida
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Check out TLAR Volume 29, #4 Summer 2025 for two papers from LAA community authors: “Teaching Undergraduate Learning Assistants about Giving Effective Feedback” by Betsy Feldman (McIntosh) at the University of Colorado Boulder, and “Flipping the Classroom with Learning Assistant (LA) Study Groups” by Deanna Acosta and her colleagues at Rutgers University.
With the Giving Effective Feedback paper, you can find readings given to LAs in the LA Pedagogy Course in Appendix 1, while the paper itself is a small research project examining how LAs are able to engage with this information based on the reading.
As an official publication of the International College Learning Center Association (ICLCA), The Learning Assistance Review (TLAR) seeks to foster communication among higher education learning center professionals. Its audience includes learning center administrators, teaching staff, professional or student worker tutors, consultants, mentors, faculty members, and administrators interested in improving post-secondary students' learning skills. TLAR is available free of charge to all ICLCA members.
Institution: University of Colorado Boulder and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Location: Boulder, Colorado and New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Teaching Spotlight: Dr. Christine Altinis - Creating Confident Learners in the Lab and Beyond
May 15, 2025
Institute for Teaching, Innovation, & Inclusive Pedagogy
Institution: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Posted on: 1 month(s) ago
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