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Learning
Styles: Instructional Strategies Using Technology
Welcome to a University of Northern Iowa Professional
Teacher Competencies Workshop focusing on technology-based
instructional strategies tailored to a variety of learning
styles.
This workshop is designed for K-12 classroom teachers, special
education staff, technology staff development coordinators,
and media specialists who have an interest in developing instructional
materials.
How do children learn? How can teachers choose instructional
strategies that will best fit the learning needs of different
children? These questions will be addressed in this workshop.
In this online workshop, we will be exploring four modules
of instruction, each contributing to our understanding of
how students learn and how teachers can address through their
teaching the differences in learning: Theories of Learning,
Learning Styles, Instructional Strategies, and Evaluation.
Within each area of learning, you will find five areas: Introduction,
Readings and InTime Videos, Activities, Resources, and Evaluation.
You will soon find that this organization will become second
nature to you since it is maintained through each module of
instruction.
Within each module of instruction, you will be reading about
each topic, examining videos demonstrating the topic being
discussed, and you will engage in discussion activities and
curriculum development projects that will demonstrate your
understanding of each unit of instruction. The aim of the
workshop is that you will create materials that are useful
to you immediately in your classroom.
Conducted completely online with no face-to-face class sessions,
this workshop allows you to participate from your home or
school computer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Objectives
This workshop is organized around four modules. Module objectives
reflect the sequence in which workshop material will be covered.
You will:
- Formulate a personal theory of learning.
- Analyze InTime Videos.
- Interpret the InTime model.
- Compare and contrast various learning styles.
- Analyze various instructional strategies.
- Analyze various methods for evaluating student learning.
- Develop a unit of instruction that includes theories of
learning, learning styles, technologies to assist in instructional
strategies, and evaluation.
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Readings
Reading materials are included within the text of each workshop
module and are available on the WWW. No textbook is required
for this workshop. Within each module, additional references
will be listed but not required.
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Faculty
Dr. Cristine Clarke
Cris' background information
Dr. David Spidal
Dave's background information
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Prerequisites
To effectively participate in this workshop, you need to
send and receive email, including attachments. You will need
regular, dependable access through an Internet Service Provider
and a browser such as Netscape 4.5+ or Internet Explorer 5.0+.
You will use this connection frequently to search the Web
and to interact with your Instructor and other participants
through email. Also, you will discuss and share assignments
by way of our private class Discussion list. All projects
will be exchanged by email, and your Instructor will provide
suggestions and comments by reply email.
Very important: Please review the full
technical requirements for this workshop, including the
download and operation of RealPlayer software.
Take a few minutes to review the Frequently
Asked Questions, (FAQs).
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Exemplary
Projects
Feel free to investigate these exemplary
projects that were
developed in previous sections of Learning Styles: Instructional
Strategies Using Technology .
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Registration
To Register: Contact Jacky
Abromitis
DATES: October 1 - November 30, 2003.
Last date to register: October 1, 2003.
Limited seating available! Register early. Registration may
close prior to October 1.
CREDIT: 3 semester hours graduate credit
Tuition: $280 per graduate credit hour
Tuition is payable by university billing, MasterCard, or Visa
at the time the workshop begins.
Enrollment is limited to 15 participants, so register early.
Check out the list of additional online workshops.
For additional information about the workshop, email your
comments or questions to:
Contact: Jacky
Abromitis
Teacher Competencies Program
Department of Teaching
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614-0613
phone: (908) 229-4448
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Orientation
Activities
After you are enrolled, complete the Orientation
Activities.
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