| Title: | 01: How People Learn and Implications for Syllabus Design (Preparing to Teach @ VCU) |
| Date/Time: | 1/7/2013 10:05am - 12:00pm
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| Presenter: | Zachary Goodell |
| Registration: | 2 seats available
(Max. Class Size = 24) |
| Building: | Harris Hall 5182 |
| Cost: | $0
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| Sponsor: | Teaching Excellence |
| Audience: |
VCU Faculty and Staff Only
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| Category: | Teaching/Learning |
| Description: | This session will provide the opportunity to explore beliefs participants hold about teaching and learning and how those beliefs align with current theories of how people learn. Instructors` beliefs about teaching and learning impact course design, teaching practice, and student learning, many of which are implicitly or explicitly reflected in a course syllabus. The course syllabus is often the first point of contact instructors have with their students, and this document can offer a framework for student learning throughout the semester. Participants will leave this session with: a better understanding of how you can align your teaching with the science of how people learn, while honoring the need for flexibility, innovation and creativity; alternatives for organizing and presenting the content of a syllabus; methods for developing, communicating, and negotiating instructor/student expectations; approaches for representing how learning objectives, learning activities, and assessments are linked together; and options for creating the conditions for community-building and engagement prior to (and during) the first week of class. |
| Contact: | Phillip Edwards 804-827-0533 pmedwards@vcu.edu |
