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The Belmont University Teaching Center August 2009 Workshop


Aug. 18 & 19, 2009


Massey Boardroom



Integrated Course Design for Significant Learning


Featuring 
Dr. Virginia S. Lee


  • Head of consulting firm specializing in teaching, learning and assessment in higher education with special expertise in inquiry-guided learning, course and curriculum development, and institution-wide undergraduate education reform efforts including quality enhancement plans
  • Served as Associate Director, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, North Carolina State University, and Director, Graduate Student Teaching Programs and Consultant, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • 2008-09 President of the Professional & Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
  • On editorial review boards of Innovative Higher Education, The Journal of Faculty Development, and To Improve the Academy
  • Editor of Teaching and Learning through Inquiry: A Guidebook for Institutions and Instructors (Stylus; 2004) that describes key aspects of the inquiry-guided learning initiative at NC State, which she led.
  • Consultant in Dee Fink & Associates
Dr. Lee received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill; M.B.A., Stern School, New York University; and B.A. cum laude (English Literature), Smith College.

Workshop Description:
 Most faculty members would like to see more of their students have a significant learning experience -- that is -- to be more fully engaged in the learning process and to achieve more significant learning by the end of the course. To do this, we need to define more specifically what we mean by “significant learning” and then design that kind of learning into our courses.

In this interactive workshop, we will review the integrated course design model, focusing on the key factors that allow instructors to design significant learning into their courses in a systematic and intentional way.

These key factors include situational factors, significant learning goals, appropriate learning activities using a holistic active learning model, assessments for each learning goal, and a powerful teaching strategy.

With feedback from the other workshop participants and the facilitator, participants will have an opportunity to apply each element of the model to one of their own courses and to develop a plan for implementing the model more extensively in their courses in the months ahead.

Workshop Schedule
  • Tuesday, Aug. 18, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Virginia Lee Workshop with lunch
  • Wednesday, Aug. 19 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; Campus Safety and Student Mental Health Workshop
To register: Call 460-5423 or respond to Nanci Alsup via email . Please indicate whether you will eat lunch at the workshop on Tuesday so that we have an accurate count for catering.