UPCOMING EVENTS:
Jan JMM 2020
PAST EVENTS:
Jun 11 - 15 Hybrid Course Re-Design
Mar 31 Supervisor-Science Olympiad of Middle and High School
Jan 10-13 Joint Mathematics Meetings
Dec 02 Judge South's BEST Robotics Championship
Nov 09 Faculty Focus: Diversity Discussion
Nov 09 Team Based Learning: Feedback and Team Assessments
Oct 26 Beyond Course Design: Engaging Students in Online
Oct 05 Beyond Course Design: Teaching and Peer Evaluating
Sep 14 Active Learning: Motivation and Metacognition
Jul 24-28 NSF CBMS Conference 2017
Jun 19-22 Learning to Teach online workshop
Apr 25 COSAM Tea(ching) Time: Integrating Active Learning in Science and Math
Apr 19 Active Learning Integration: Building Activities
Mar 28 COSAM Tea(ching) Time: Space Issues in Science and Math Lectures
Mar 22 Maximizing Space
Mar 17-19 Southern Regional Algebra Conference
Feb 28 COSAM Tea(ching) Time: In-class (clicker and related) Assessment Strategies
Feb 22 Active Technology and Assesement
COSAM Tea(ching) Time: Backword Course DesignSuccessfully Hiring Graduate Assistants
JMM
The New York Times education Resources workshop
Panopto (and Canvas)
8 Simple Standards that Will Improve Online Course Design
Current Teaching:
Collage Algebra.
Research Interests:
Mathematics Teaching in Collages; Representation Theory of Finite Groups; Multilinear Algebra.
K. A. Avantha Indika, Ph. D.
(Avantha Kodithuwakku)
Lecturer/APA
Department of Mathematics
The University of Kansas, USA
Ph.D. Mathematics
Auburn University, USA
Digital Certificates
Professionally go by the name Avantha Kodithuwakku and reside and work in Lawrence, KS USA. Earned a Ph.D. in mathematics in the year 2013 from Auburn University in USA. served as a senior lecturer in mathematics at the University of Colombo, a visiting assisting professor at Auburn University and currently a Lecturer/Academic Program Associate at the University of Kansas.
Interests:
Teaching, Mathematics, Theoretical Physics, Astronomy, UFOs, Metaphysics, Movies.