On Course Workshop: Presented by, Kelly Falcone & Al Trujillo Palomar college

1. Station-to-Station: Covering the Syllabus and Setting the Tone for a Learner-Centered Class on Day One On Course Workshop: Presented by, Kelly Falcone & Al Trujillo Palomar college

2. Instructor Information • What is the instructor’s e-mail address? • What is the instructor’s phone number? • Where is the instructor’s office located? • What are the instructor’s office hours? • Does the instructor have specific communication guidelines? What are they? • What are at least 3 “significant events” that may affect a student’s attendance in class that would be important to communicate to your instructor?

3. Success team • A Success Team is a group of students who help each other succeed in class. Students in a Success Team share contact information in order to contact each other to ask questions and for other help in the course. • This is your Success Team! Exchange contact information with your classmates. Also, give your team a team name and add it to the list at this station • As a group, discuss what each of you will do to help each other succeed.

4. Course assignments/exams • How do you earn points for this course? (number of exams and assignments; point values). • What is the policy for make-up or late assignments/exams? • Go around to each member of the group and share how many units each of you are taking this semester. • How difficult does the workload seem for this course (easy, medium, hard, …ridiculous?)

5. Course topics • Review the course topics or lecture topics. Have each person in the group share which topic they are most excited to learn about and why. • Is the content for this course different than what you thought? How so? • What questions do you have about the course topics that you hope get answered in the lectures?

6. Study Skills • Take turns telling the group what one study skill or study tip has worked particularly well to help you succeed in your past classes. • Identify one new study technique you can employ this semester to help you be more successful in college.

7. communication and collaboration skills for future employment • In your group discuss the following three quotes and whether you agree or disagree with them: • "The number one reason people lose their first real job is not a lack of technical skills, it is because they can’t get along with other people." National Job Service • "51% of employers said their employees did not work well with others." USA Today - March 15, 1999 • "Communication skills and working in a team were listed as abilities that were missing in newly graduated students." National Alliance of Business

8. Academic Integrity • Is there a statement about academic integrity in the syllabus? What does it say? • What does academic integrity mean to you? • What are some common violations to the student code of conduct? • What are the consequences to violating the student code of conduct? • What would you do if you knew a student was cheating in class or plagiarizing assignments?

9. Qualities of successful students • At this station, work as a group to come up with 3 qualities/characteristics of successful students. • Write these on sticky-notes and add them to the big board at this station. • Note that you CANNOT duplicate any that are already on the board!

10. Q and a with the instructor • This is your time to get to know your instructor better! (no question is too unusual to ask) • What questions do you have about the course? About your instructor? About any station you’ve completed?

11. How do you learn best? • How do you learn best? Auditory, visual, kinesthetic, or a combination? • Edgar Dale's Cone of Learning represents how much we remember from different ways of learning. He says, we remember about… • 5% - 15% Verbal or Written • 10% - 20% Visual • 40% - 50% Visual and Verbal • 60% - 70% Discussion • 90% of what you experience Do you agree with this explanation of how we learn?