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1-Day Workshop

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1-DAY WORKSHOP

An introduction to empowering learner-centered principles and strategies

 

 

The 1-day workshop is an introduction to engaging and empowering learner-centered principles, research and strategies that improve student learning, retention and graduation rates. The workshop provides a foundation in evidence-based cognitive neuroscience best practices that educators across disciplines can implement. Attendees acquire practical and proven approaches to engage students more fully, and to support students in acquiring the critical soft skills critical to learner performance as well as career effectiveness.  Attendees are invited to develop a plan to deepen their own campus professional development and institutionalize student success practices more fully. To extend their learning beyond the workshop, participants receive access to a web source of hundreds of innovative ways the workshop strategies have been employed by other educators across the curriculum (from Advising to Zoology).

Please note this is a sample agenda.  Times may vary depending on whether it’s a face-to-face or virtual event.

1-DAY WORKSHOP AGENDA:

Day 1
Session Descriptions
9:00-10:15 SESSION 1: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS
Understanding eight qualities that distinguish students who are successful in college from those who struggle.
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 SESSION 2: STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Defining the characteristics of learner-centered education, exploring the evidence from educational neuroscience and classroom research, and experiencing learner-centered structures and strategies that lead to deep and lasting learning.
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 SESSION 3: STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING STUDENT EMPOWERMENT
Exploring non-cognitive strategies that empower students to thrive in a learner-centered environment, helping them reach more of their potential in higher education…and beyond.
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:00 SESSION 4: ADDING TO YOUR LEARNER-CENTERED TOOLBOX
Participants each design a personal plan to implement one or more of the nearly 100 learner-centered strategies provided in the workshop, as well as learning about the extensive On Course resources for supporting their ongoing efforts after the workshop to improve student learning, academic success and retention.
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I want to thank you for your wonderful workshop on Friday. I found a lot of good ideas during the day, and I am looking forward to conducting my own faculty training incorporating some of your learner-centered activities. I can certainly understand why you have such a devoted following of professionals, and I have already received an inquiry about when you will be back. Thank you for your skill and passion. It is always invigorating to be with someone who believes strongly in the craft of education, and puts those beliefs into action. –John Coliton, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Montgomery College, MD

Thank you for the workshop. I have many new strategies to take back to my students! –Laurie Meidl, Coordinator, Supplemental Instruction, Northern Arizona University, AZ

This was a wonderful experience and I am feeling excited about using these tools in my class! I loved how interactive the workshop was and that we actually engaged in the activities that we were learning. –Amber Davies-Sloan, Faculty, Communication and First Year Experience, Yavapai College, AZ

This is the second 1-day On Course workshop I have attended (I also attended the four-day On Course I Workshop), and I’m still learning and relearning. Thanks!–Christine Umali Kopp, Faculty, Psychology, Santiago Canyon College, CA

This is the best workshop/in-service event I have ever attended. Very informative.–Steve Ryno, Faculty, English, Glen Oaks Community College, MI

This workshop changed the way I will approach teaching in the future. –Julie Lucas, Faculty, Health Sciences, Pima Medical Institute, AZ

What a wonderful one-day workshop! The next week people were talking about it all over campus! I am beyond thrilled with the enthusiasm your workshop generated. I was inundated with requests for “clean” copies of the handouts from your session at our division meeting. Thank you for all of your practical, as well as fun, teaching strategies.–Dawn Haden, Quality Enhancement Plan Coordinator, Thomas Nelson Community College, VA

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Workshop Testimonials

I arrived as a skeptic, but by the end of the first day I was converted. These strategies are practical and timely. I am looking forward to implementing them in my courses.
Rodney R. Brooks
Faculty, Accounting
Glendale Community College, AZ
I have never before felt a workshop I attended helped me to teach. This one will!
Lynn Ezzell
Faculty, English
Cape Fear Community College, NC
Since first attending one of the summer retreats in 1997, I’ve held nine On Course workshops for our college, and I plan to offer more.
Philip Rodriquez
Director, Student Affairs
Cerritos College, CA
I am so impressed with how well thought out and integrated every aspect of the workshop is!
Kendal Friedman
Director, Student Success
Rider University, NJ
Thank you for making me a better teacher.
Gregory Walker
Faculty, Anatomy and Physiology
El Camino College Compton Center, CA
On a scale of 1-10, I rate the overall value I received from the workshop as a 15.
Deborah Rayner
Faculty, Computer Science
Harford Community College, MD
This workshop should be required for all faculty, staff, and administrators.
Lamar McWaine
Student Life Coordinator
San Jacinto College, TX
You have created a workshop that, in my 25 years of professional development, is by far the best experience I’ve ever had.
Jennifer Meehl
Academic Advisor
Landmark College, VT
This workshop transformed my professional and personal life.
Susan Pitcher
Director, TRIO
Bay College, MI
I told my Dean that if I took every workshop and conference I had ever attended and rolled them into one, it would not equal what I learned and gained from your workshop.
Jan Trollinger
Faculty, English
Paine College, GA

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