forum to look at learning
Wed., Jul 15
University Forum XLIII: "How Students Learn"
On August 26, 2009, the university will hold University Forum XLIII: "How Students Learn" from 8:30 a.m.-noon. The forum will feature keynote speaker Dr. Todd Zakrajsek (pictured at left) on "How Students
Learn: Strategies for Teaching from the Psychology of Learning."
Abundant research demonstrates that learning takes place when the
student's mind actively engages in the material. The major problem is
determining how to increase that activity. Within the discipline of
human memory, learning, and cognition exists a vast body of literature
dealing specifically with this issue. Forum participants will gain an
understanding of the basic concepts in human learning, how to present
information so that students most effectively encode it into long-term
memory, and how to help students know when they know.
Dr. Zakrajsek is the executive director of the Center for Faculty Excellence at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was previously the director of the Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching at Central Michigan University and the founding drector of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Southern Oregon University, where he also taught as a tenured associate professor in the Psychology Department. Dr. Zakrajsek received his Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from Ohio University. He has written two introductory psychology instructor's manuals for McGraw-Hill and a student study guide for Addison-Wesley. He has also published and presented widely on the topic of student learning, including workshops and conference keynote addresses in over 30 states and four countries in the past several years.
The forum will take place in the Charles Garner Recital Hall, ENC 112. Breakfast refreshments will be provided. Following the keynote address, a buffet luncheon will be served (12:00 - 1:00 p.m.) in the Engleman Hall Seminar Center, ENB 121.
To register for the event and for the luncheon, e-mail the Faculty Development Office at facultydevel@southernct.edu no later than Friday, August 21, 2009. Contact: Bonnie Farley-Lucas, Coordinator, Faculty Development (farleylucab1@southernct.edu).
