Workshops

WORKSHOPS

ENGAGING RESPONSIBLE LEARNERS through Purposeful Assessment

Presented by the Department of Educational Foundations and Inquiry and the Center for Professional Development Workshops at National-Louis University

Full Workshop Description

ESR582E SPRING WORKSHOP | Eight Weeks, 1 Semester Unit

Using a student-centered learning and accountability approach, participants will explore the essentials of engaging students in their learning process. Participants will experience a collaborative action research project to design and implement a flexible instructional plan that will encourage students to take ownership of their learning. Participants will co-create personalized learning plans with students to track identified learning outcomes based on learning and performance needs. Participants will invite students to choose from a set of options as evidence of their learning and purposeful assessment.

Registration

February 22 - April 2, 2010, www.nl.edu, www.nl.edu/ncewired/professional_development.cfm

Location, Time, and Dates

Wheeling Campus | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on April 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6, 20, 27

Questions

Please contact Sheri Israelsen, sisraelen@nl.edu or Kerrie Butler, kbutler@nl.edu, or call (847) 947-5247

Instructor

Doris Wells-Papanek, M.Ed.

AN INTRODUCTION TO SENSORY INTEGRATION AND HOW WE LEARN

By Doris Wells-Papanek, M.Ed.

Full Paper: Sensory Integration Overview

Abstract

We as humans, spend every moment of our waking hours receiving input via our sensory system. Our brain interacts with the senses to regulate the quality and the quantity of the information we process. The most current brain based learning research tells us that 99% of the input we receive is discarded, leaving only 1% to hold onto in our short-term memory. In order to attend to our work, activity, or interaction, we learn over time to tune out extra stimuli and only respond to select information. Of the information we deem important, our working memory is responsible to decide how to act or react within 20 seconds, assuming we are juggling about seven items or less. From there we tap into our long-term memory to connect with existing knowledge and past experiences.

Tailored Learning Tools

Doris Wells-Papanek, M.Ed.

Learning Design & Research

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