Discover the power of learning-centered teaching in this engaging, hands-on workshop. “Learning-centered” emphasizes the backward design process: starting with student learning outcomes. Teachers become “architects” or “designers” of learning environments aimed at achieving student learning outcomes. This approach does not neglect the needs and interests of the individual student but brings into focus what we want a student to be able to do and know after the experience. Participants will explore practical strategies that actively engage students, understand the “why” behind these approaches, and gain tools to immediately apply in their own teaching. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Explain real-world learning
• Explain hands-on learning
• Design an example for a learning experience (scenario, case study, problem, etc.) that is relevant to your discipline and enables real-world and hands-on learning.

Instructors

Barbara Berthold, University of Texas at Arlington

Schedule

This one-session online event meets on Wednesday, September 23rd at 8-9pm Gulf / 12-1pm Eastern / 11am-12pm Central / 9-10am Pacific/Arizona.

Audience

This session is relevant to anyone that wants to learn and apply “learning-centered” approaches in their own teaching.

Registration

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This workshop has no cap, and registration opens on Monday, August 17th at 10am CT. Once registration opens, it will remain open until the day of the event.

Accessibility

If you have access needs, please let us know what they are. Contact Zoe Zuleger (zmzuleger@wisc.edu), who is supporting this event, to let us know how we can help you have a successful experience. In addition to meeting individualized needs, we will also take measures throughout the event to support accessibility for all our students:

• Enabling live captioning in synchronous sessions
• Incorporating multiple modes of interaction into synchronous sessions

About CIRTL Programming

CIRTL Network programming is designed to develop future faculty committed to implementing and advancing evidence-based teaching practices to create undergraduate educational experiences that are accessible to all learners. Participants can explore our programming in any order, and to whatever extent supports your own teaching development needs and interests. To help participants understand what they can expect across all our programming, all CIRTL programming aligns with four broad learning goals; within those goals, programming might provide participants improving evidence-based teaching.

This event supports the following CIRTL learning goals:

• Goal 1: Develop evidence-based teaching knowledge. See more Goal 1 programming.
• Goal 3: Cultivate teaching skills through reflective improvement. See more Goal 3 programming.