What are the benefits of building learning experiences that are place-based and get students out of the classroom and into the world?
How can professors/educators effectively design deep learning experiences that extend beyond their campus and classroom?
What is transfer and how can it be used to generate experience?
Participants will leave this workshop brimming with ideas to explore and energized to design and redesign future courses.
What participants can expect
This workshop is interactive. Through a series of seminar-style discussions and small breakout groups, participants will explore ways to make the content of their course memorable, transferable and transformational for students. Participants in this workshop will learn alongside experienced educators who have developed recognized, place-based programs over several decades.
The cost of the workshop is $150
June 28, 2023
10 AM-12 NoonIn Your Living RoomVia Zoom
You can also register here for a three-day Summer Institute on Super Courses and Small Teaching JUNE 14-16 Online
For more information contact Marsha Bain.
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