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.

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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1-Day Workshop

1-DAY WORKSHOP

1-DAY WORKSHOP AGENDA:

If you are interested in requesting a workshop for your campus, click on the Request Workshop Information button. If you are interested in attending a national workshop, click on the Register Now button.

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