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COL 105: Freshman Seminar

COL 105: Freshman Seminar. Let’s Talk About Learning! Summer Training 2011. Let’s talk About Why We’re Here. Low persistence/High drop out rates From “sink or swim ” to challenge and support Profound changes Inability to adapt = withdrawal Best predictors for success/persistence.

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COL 105: Freshman Seminar

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  1. COL 105: Freshman Seminar Let’s Talk About Learning! Summer Training 2011

  2. Let’s talk About Why We’re Here • Low persistence/High drop out rates • From “sink or swim” to challenge and support • Profound changes • Inability to adapt = withdrawal • Best predictors for success/persistence

  3. Let’s Talk About COL 105 • Provides an academic, cultural, & social transition • Uses a learning-centered approach • Practical tools for success

  4. Let’s Talk About “Learner-Centered” • Traditional Teaching • Are these students learning? • Is this teacher teaching? • Is this teacher-centered or learner-centered?

  5. Let’s Talk about “Learner-Centered” • What do you think it means? • Metaphors

  6. Let’s Talk about “Learner-Centered” • Learner-centered teachers “position themselves alongside the learner and keep the attention, focus, and spotlight aimed at and on the learning processes” (76). • “Learner-centered teachers are there every step of the way, but the real action features students and what they are doing” (77). Weimer, Maryellen. Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice. Jossey Bass: San Francisco, 2002.

  7. Let’s Talk About What We Know

  8. Let’s Talk About What We Know • Learning Styles • OnCourse categories • VARK categories • Other categories?

  9. Let’s Talk About How We Do It • 7 Principles from Maryellen Weimer Weimer, Maryellen. Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice. Jossey Bass: San Francisco, 2002.

  10. Let’s Talk About How We Do It • Designing Learner-Centered Education • 3 steps of facilitating experiential learning • 13 Strategies for Effective Facilitation

  11. Idea Buffet Help yourself to as much or as little as you like!

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