The Eighth Annual
TRU Teaching Practices Colloquium

This year's theme...High Impact Practices (HIPs)

Keynote address: Undergraduate Research: High Impact Teaching, Research and Learning.

Connie Varnhagen, University of Alberta

How can we best help our students develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes to tackle the big problems facing our word? How can we help students learn critical thinking, communication, and team work? How can we help students explore their strengths and identify their roles as global citizens and leaders “in society? The answers to all these questions are: We can have the greatest impact on our students through engaging them and supporting them in undergraduate research and creative works.

Connie Varnhagen is currently a Professor of Psychology at University of Alberta. She is the co-chair of Teaching, Learning & Technology Subcommittee on Social Media. In 2010, she received the University of Alberta Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Connie has taught Research in Human Animal Bond, Basic Psychological Principles, Integrated Science, and Advanced Topics in Development: Children & the Web. She is the Academic Director: Undergraduate Research Initiative