Ed-Tech mailing list members,
Registration is now open for the first Lunch and Learn session for Spring 2006. Go to www.snurl.com/aprilmann to fill out the registration form. If you have trouble with that link, go to www.miami.edu/iac and click on the Lunch and Learn Series menu item.
April Mann, one of the 2005 Excellence in Teaching Award winners, will be talking about "The Personal Course Guide." This is a learning activity that could be applied to every course, in my opinion, and it could increase in student learning. What really makes this session exciting, to me, is that it focuses on student learning. When teaching, we often focus on course content, teaching techniques, or assessment processes. We often lack a clear answer to the question, "How do students learn in this course?" In April's learning activity, students distill the most important information in the course as well as their learning goals, down to a single page. This process, repeated during the course, helps them to learn what the course is about, and how it is relevant to their lives. April will do a much better job of explaining things.
I encourage you to come and participate in this lunch and learn session. The session will be recorded and made available on the www.miami.edu/iac > Lunch and Learn Series page for those who cannot attend,
Lunch will be served. Registration is limited and required. If you will be attending, please note the starting time (12:20 PM) and the location (Whitten Student Union, Room 226-A/Flamingo Ballroom).
Bill Vilberg
Assoc. Dir. of Instructional Advancement
