Peter Felten, assistant provost and director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, delivered two keynote addresses for the Appalachian College Association (ACA).
On June 6 at Milligan College, Felten and Randy Bass (Georgetown University) offered the keynote at the annual meeting of ACA presidents and academic deans. Bass and Felten spoke about “Low-impact educational practices (formerly known as the curriculum).”
On June 7 at Brevard College, Felten presented the opening address at a week-long teaching and learning seminar for 100 faculty from ACA colleges. Felten’s talk was titled: “’This course is different because I care so much’: Teaching for deep learning.”
The Appalachian College Association is a consortium of 36 private liberal arts colleges and universities spread across the central Appalachian mountains in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.