Members of the "Designlearning" List:
Last month, I shared some information about two new online courses that Dee Fink & Associates are starting to offer.
At this time, I simply want to let everyone know about the Annual National Workshop we will be doing again this coming spring. In the past we have offered this in Chicago; someone reserved all the hotel rooms near O'Hare airport for the weekend we wanted, so we have moved the coming version to MINNEAPOLIS, MN.
Below is some information about it.
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Dee Fink & Associates
“Designing Courses for Significant Learning”
This coming May 20-22, 2011, Dee Fink & Associates will host their Annual National Workshop on “Designing Courses for Greater Student Engagement & Better Learning” in Minneapolis, MN.
This workshop teaches participants how to design their courses in a way that leads to greater student engagement and better student learning.
What We Will Do At the Workshop
The workshop lasts 2½ days, starting Friday morning and ending on Sunday at noon. During that time, we will work through a learning-centered approach to designing courses. During each phase, participants will have time to apply the ideas that have been introduced, to the design of a course of their own choosing.
Special Value of This Workshop
We do many workshops for college campuses on this topic, and they are good. But this national workshop is the most powerful workshop we do, for two reasons:
· On most campuses – with the demands on faculty time, we only get ½ to one day of workshop time.
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At this workshop, we have 2-5 times as much
time.
2. Every participant gets frequent, individualized feedback on their work.
· We have Feedback Facilitators for every group of 6-8 participants.
· In each phase of the process, each participant gets feedback from the other participants and from the Feedback Facilitator – and gets to see the work of other participants.
The other special characteristic of this workshop is that it is a “Doing” workshop, not a series of “talking heads.” Over 50% of the workshop time is spent actually designing a course of your own choosing – and getting feedback on that design.
What are the “Take-Away’s”?
When participants complete this workshop, they will have accomplished two things. They will have…
1) Learned how to design any set of instructional activities, from a few class sessions to a whole course to a program curriculum.
2) Completed the design of one course of their own choosing.
For Whom Is This Workshop Intended?
This workshop has major value for two groups of people:
Impact of This Workshop
Participants in past years have made the following comments about this workshop:
“Really, this is probably the best, most cohesive, well-organized and well-paced workshop I have ever attended!”
“Reading the book was valuable, but talking about the concepts made it actionable.”
“When I tried these ideas, the energy in my classroom increased significantly…in fact the new energy was palpable.”
Where Can You Find Information About Registering for This Workshop?
You can find additional information about the workshop itself, its cost, lodging, and procedures for registering, on our special webpage for this workshop: www.deefinkandassociates.com/minneapolis11
Note: There is a Group Discount
of 25% if 4 or more people from the same institution register for the workshop. Also, this year we have an additional discounted rate for Graduate Students. This workshop would be great preparation for their future teaching responsibilities.
We hope you will consider both attending this workshop yourself and/or suggesting it to other faculty members at your institution.
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