Intersections: The RIT Podcast Ep. 20: The Learning Assistant Program

01/08/2019 9 min
Intersections: The RIT Podcast Ep. 20: The Learning Assistant Program

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Episode Synopsis

Learning assistants bring a different perspective to a student’s educational experience. At RIT, the Center for Advancing STEM Teaching, Learning & Evaluation trains undergraduates to be learning assistants, and facilitate small-group or other interactions in the classroom. Dina Newman, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, and recent biology graduate Gretchen Horst talk about how the program works and the goals it achieves.
Read a transcript of this podcast: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/RIT%20Learning%20Assistant%20Podcast%20Transcript.pdf

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