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Star%ngPoint:PedagogicalResourcesforTeachingandLearningEconomics

MarkMaierGlendaleCommunityCollege(CA,USA)

CathyManducaSERC,CarletonCollege(MN,USA)

KimMarieMcGoldrickUniversityofRichmond(VA,USA)

Sco6SimkinsNorthCarolinaA&TStateUniversity(NC,USA)

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How did Starting Point get Started?

 EarlierworkbySimkinsandMaier•  FocusedonadapEnginnovaEonsacrossdisciplines

 Needforreadilyaccessible,easy‐to‐usesetofresources

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What is Starting Point? Aneconomicpedagogicportalthatseeksto:

  IntroduceeconomiststoinnovaEveteachingstrategies–withinandbeyondthedisciplines

 Providetoolstointegrateandassessresearch‐basedteachingstrategiesinclassroomseWngs

 PromotesharingofteachinginnovaEonsandexamplesimplemenEngtheseinnovaEons

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What is Starting Point?

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Why use Starting Point?

 CentrallocaEonforcomprehensivesetofpedagogicalresources

 PromoEngtheconceptofa“teachingcommons”

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How can Instructors use Starting Point?

 Learningaboutspecificpedagogictechniques Browsingtheteachingexampleslibrary

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What’s Different about Starting Point?

 CentrallocaEonforresources Extensivepedagogictopiccoverage Developedininterdisciplinaryteams  IntenEonallyadapEnginnovaEonsacrossdisciplines Dynamiclibraryofexamples Contentmanagementsystemframework(modularandshareable)

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Starting Point – An Example

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