Faculty Innovator Cafe

The Faculty Innovator Cafe is a community of scholarly dialogue.  Cafe participants meet four times a semester in the CITL and explore innovative teaching and learning techniques through the use of a common reader, conversational experiences, and peer support.  

If you would like to join this community please reach out to Samantha Blevins, sblevins@radford.edu.

Past common readers are as follows: 

• Spring 2015 - Terry Doyle's “Learner-Centered Teaching: Putting the Research on Learning Into Practice”
• Fall 2015  - Terry Doyle's “Learner-Centered Teaching: Putting the Research on Learning Into Practice” and "Creating Self-Regulated Learners: Strategies to Strengthen Students’ Self-Awareness and Learning Skills" by Linda B. Nilson
  
• Spring 2016 -  "Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning" by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III and Mark A. McDaniel
  
• Fall 2016 - Terry Doyle's “Learner-Centered Teaching: Putting the Research on Learning Into Practice” and "The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony With Your Brain" by Terry Doyle, Todd D. Zakrajsek, Jeannie H. Loeb (Foreword)
  
• Spring 2017 - Selected scholarly articles related to monthly topics of group interest
• Fall 2017 - Terry Doyle's “Learner-Centered Teaching: Putting the Research on Learning Into Practice” and "The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity" by George Couros
  
• Spring 2018 - "Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life" by Susan David; special edition REALISE conversation on Terry Doyle's “Learner-Centered Teaching: Putting the Research on Learning Into Practice”
  
• Fall 2018 - Terry Doyle's “Learner-Centered Teaching: Putting the Research on Learning Into Practice”, "Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era" by Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith; and a special edition REALISE conversation on "Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate into any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation" by Saundra Yancy McGuire
• Spring 2019 - "Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning" by James Lang
• Fall 2019 - "Start Talking: A Handbook for Engaging Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education", Kay Landis (Editor). 
• Spring 2020 - "The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion" by Sarah Rose Cavanagh

If you would like to join this community please reach out to Samantha Blevins, sblevins@radford.edu.