May 18-20, 2012
Chicago, IL
“Designing Your Courses
for Greater Student Engagement
and Better Student Learning”
Dee Fink & Associates is offering our next Annual National Workshop on Integrated Course Design in Chicago, IL on May 18-20, 2012.
We have been offering successful campus versions of this workshop for several years. But the Annual National Workshop is even more powerful for two reasons:
- More Time: We have 2 ½ days.
- More Feedback: Each participant receives individualized feedback from trained specialists in each step of the design process.
This workshop will give college teachers from any campus the opportunity to learn about these ideas, apply them to one of their own courses, and receive feedback on their new course design.
This is a “Doing” workshop, NOT a “talking heads” seminar. Participants will spend over 50% of the workshop time “doing” course design: re-designing their courses, sharing their design with others, and getting feedback on their design.
Purpose and Value of this Workshop
In 2003, Fink published a book, Creating Significant Learning Experiences, which laid out a novel way of designing courses so that students have powerful, significant learning experiences. People who have attended previous workshops have made comments such as the following:
“Really, this is probably the best, most cohesive, well-organized and well-paced workshop I have ever attended!”
“Reading the book was valuable, but talking about the concepts made it actionable.” “Loved the way you modeled the process. SO helpful!”
“I am writing to thank you profoundly for the wonderful workshop on ‘Designing Courses for Significant Learning.’ The balance between theory and practice was just right and I got numerous new and helpful ideas for course design.”
“Thank you so much for sharing your approach to teaching for significant learning. I couldn’t stop talking about it to my colleagues!”
Here is what people report about using the ideas of “significant learning” and “integrated course design”:
“I have always intuitively wanted my students to experience the types of significant learning identified by Fink…but I lacked the design structure [until I read Dee's book].”
[A group of teachers working together] “All of us wanted to make changes to our courses, but we never had a structure to help us accomplish these goals before.”
“When I tried these ideas, the energy in the classroom increased significantly…in fact the new energy was palpable!”
People attending this workshop will learn how to use these ideas to design or redesign their courses so that their students have learning experiences that take into account five phases of course design: situational factors, learning goals, feedback and assessment, teaching/learning activities, and careful integration. Workshop leaders will guide participants through all the key steps of this process. Working with a specific course, participants will frame learning goals, incorporate evaluation and assessment, and formulate powerful, active teaching strategies.
Program
In addition to applying each of the key steps of Integrated Course Design to their own courses, participants will receive individualized feedback on their design.
The general agenda for the workshop will be:
Friday, May 18 (8:30 am – 5:00 pm)
- Introduction to general ideas of Integrated Course Design
- Begin working through initial steps
Saturday, May 19 (8:30 am – 5:00 pm)
- Work through remaining steps
- Design a common course in small groups
- Finish individual course designs
Sunday, May 20 (8:30 am – 12 noon)
- Share and review individual course design
Cost
The cost of attending this workshop for college faculty and staff is:
- Before April 1, 2012: $650.00 per person.
- After April 1, 2012: $750.00 per person.
This includes workshop tuition, group lunch on Friday, handouts, and a copy of Creating Significant Learning Experiences.
Quantity Discount: Any institution sending four or more participants to the Chicago workshop will receive a major discount: Cost = $525 per person
NCSPOD Discount: NCSPOD, the national organization for staff and professional development in community colleges, has negotiated an agreement whereby their members receive a $100 discount off the rate for individual participants.
Graduate Student Discount: We are also giving a significant discount to graduate students who attend. Cost = $425 per person.
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
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Phone: 405-364-6464
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Dee Fink & Associates
Course Design Workshop
234 Foreman Avenue
Norman, OK 73069
Your registration will be complete when we have received both your application and payment. Notification of acceptance will be mailed no later than one week after it is received. Cancellations are subject to a 10% fee.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Participants are responsible for making their own lodging reservations. To reserve a room at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare, this can be done either online at: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/
or by calling: 1-800-233-1234. When calling central reservations, ask for the Hyatt Regency O’Hare and be sure to mention the Fink & Associates Workshop to receive the special lodging rates for this workshop.
Room rates for this workshop:
$105 per night (plus taxes) - single or double occupancy if reserved BEFORE April 30, 2012.
After this date, rooms at this rate will be based on availability.