Atl syllabus spring 2016

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Academy of Teaching and Learning - SPRING 2016 SYLLABUS A cohort workshop series designed to engage you in the process of creating significant learning experiences for your students Created and facilitated by: Adam Barragato & the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning $&5- t 1BSL -JCSBSZ

Course Overview

The Academy of Teaching and Learning (ATL) is an intensive, six-session, cohort workshop series that will engage you and your colleagues in five research proven areas of teaching and learning that help create significant learning experiences for your students. These five areas include building rapport, understanding your learners, engaging learners in active learning strategies, assessing student learning outcomes, and strategically creating and aligning learning goals with appropriate assessments and learning activities. Fink (2003) believed significant learning takes place when students learn valuable skills (such as critical thinking and real world problem solving) that can be applied years after a course has ended. Drawing on Fink’s philosophy, Adam Barragato, fixed-term faculty member at Central Michigan University, will facilitate learning by modeling each of the five research

proven strategies in hopes of creating a significant learning experience for you and your colleagues. Each strategy is like a pillar. When all five pillars are aligned and executed properly, they support significant learning experiences. Before entering each session, please engage in the weekly session resources via Blackboard. They will prepare you for the conversations, activities, and assignments in each session. At the end of the series you will apply what you learned by creating a portfolio of 10 deliverables designed to help you facilitate significant learning in one or all of your courses. Remember, instructors come in all different shapes and sizes and when it comes to learning, one size does not fit all. Therefore, you are encouraged to think about the needs of your courses as well as your teaching perspective as you engage in this series. This series is designed to help you interpret the five principles and apply them as you see fit.


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