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2024 AOM Annual Meeting

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359: First-Class Ideas for the First Class: Premium Activities to Promote Learning (10643)

Saturday, August 10, 2024
12:15 – 13:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)
Location: Hyatt: Randolph 2
Session Number: 359
PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Teaching
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/JQJLRr
“You have only one chance to make a first impression.” The first class session of the term is an opportunity for faculty members to discuss the topics the course will cover and demonstrate their teaching style, philosophy, and expectations—to give students a sense of how the course will play out (a realistic course preview; see Wanous, 1973). Unsurprisingly, first impressions can affect not only relationships, but ideas (Kahneman, 2011). New semesters mark new beginnings. The first class can be an opportunity for faculty to thoughtfully reinvent themselves, rekindle their enthusiasm for teaching, and proactively reduce academic stagnation. This professional development workshop (PDW) will provide a variety of activities that instructors can use to clarify course content and objectives while engaging students. Presenters represent a variety of institutions (teaching- and research- oriented, private and public, small and large, etc.) and academic areas (human resources, organization behavior, leadership, strategy, and management). In an open-space format, presenters will share their original proven first-class, first class activities along with supplemental teaching materials. This interactive workshop will allow attendees to self-select activities that they can use immediately in their own classes.