On 11/18/14, 5:24 PM, Dee Fink wrote: > > Greetings, members of the DBLE listserv! > > I want to give all members of this listserv a "heads up" about our > new, 2-week online course on "/Designing Courses for Significant > Learning."/ (Described below.) > > If you have faculty on your campus who might be interested in this, > please share with them the attached flyer and/or the email text itself. > > Many thanks, Dee Fink > > > ******************************** > > Recently Dee Fink & Associates designed a _new, two-week online > course_ intended for a broad audience including faculty, adjunct > instructors and instructional designers who want to learn how to > design courses that go beyond lecture, memorization, “teaching to the > test” and other forms of “information in/information out.” > > Based on our previous work together and your interest in Integrated > Course Design, I wanted to be sure to let you know right away about > this new opportunity for the _professional development of your faculty_. > > Instructors who have used principles of Integrated Course Design > in the design of their own courses in the past have reported greater > student engagement, more long-term significant learning and increased > instructor satisfaction for courses delivered in on-line, > “face-to-face” and “blended/hybrid” formats. > > Here is a comment about these ideas, from a participant in one of > our courses: > > */"Significant Learning is the new path to personal and professional > success. Dee Fink’s model provides educators with the theoretical > foundations and practical guidance to design courses that have real, > positive impact on student’s lives.”/**//* > > This new course is a facilitated course in which faculty practice > applying Integrated Course Design principles directly to their own > courses. Participants all receive personalized feedback from > experienced course “Coaches” throughout the course. > > A few comments from faculty who have recently taken the new course— > > */“/**/This course is a must for anyone teaching higher education!”/* > > */“Overall the course was an excellent one.”/* > > */“Your feedback exemplified FiDeLiTy feedback and was spot on in > pushing us to think more carefully about what we should be learning > and how to apply it to our courses.”/* > > */“I appreciate the comments from the facilitators. I wasn't sure what > a course facilitator would do but they turned out to be an important > part of the course. The course itself is a nice example of the ICD > model.”/* > > _Our next course session_ is January 14–28, 2015. > > ·Cost per participant is $349.00 > > Note: The cost is significantly lower for participants from Latin > America, Africa, & Asia. > > ·Close of Registration for this session is January 9, 2015. > > Please see the _attached flyer_ for more information and feel free to > distribute it to your faculty. > > We hope to see you or your faculty in our next session (or a future > session in mid-February or mid-March, 2015)! > > My Best, Dee Fink > > > -- > *********************** > L. Dee Fink > 234 Foreman Ave. > Norman, OK 73069 > Phone/FAX: 405-364-6464 > Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Websites: > www.designlearning.org <http://www.designlearning.org> [multiple > resources on course design] > www.deefinkandassociates.com <http://www.deefinkandassociates.com> > [offer workshops & online courses] > www.finkconsulting.info <http://www.finkconsulting.info> [Fink's > consulting activities & publications] > > **Former President of the POD Network in Higher Education (2004-2005) > **Author of: /Creating Significant Learning Experiences/ (2003, > Jossey-Bass) > **Senior Associate, Dee Fink & Associates Consulting Services > >