Date: Thurs., July 15, 2010
Time: 12:00 p.m. Central
Length: 75 minutes
Cost: $229 ($254 after 07/08/10)
Advocates of learner-centered teaching believe that students learn best when they actively engage in the content and take responsibility for their learning. Unfortunately, implementing learner-centered teaching strategies is a challenge for many instructors, especially if they teach large lecture-based classes.
For these instructors, it’s difficult to visualize what student-centered teaching would “look like” in their courses. There might even be a bit of fear of what would happen if students were allowed to help shape the classroom experience.
Faculty Focus invites you to attend Practicing Learner-Centered Teaching in Large Classes, a new online seminar featuring proven case studies of instructors who redesigned portions of their large classes to be learner-centered. You will learn about the specific strategies they used to shift the balance of power to their students to enhance the learning environment, and the impact of learner-centered teaching on student participation and achievement in a large introductory general education course.
Presented by Dr. Carol Hurney, executive director of James Madison University’s Center for Faculty Innovation, this 75-minute session will show you how to:
• make small and meaningful learner-centered adjustments to your courses
• manage changes to the grading process to reflect learner-centered course assessment
• utilize student feedback to successfully implement course improvements
• assess the impact of a learner-centered environment on student attitudes and learning
Implementing learner-centered teaching is more than creating a classroom where students are engaged. It is a philosophical shift in how the instructor approaches the class. This seminar will highlight how to fully embrace the learner-centered paradigm even in your largest classes.
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