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Course
Title: Strategies for Empowering
Students to Become Active, Responsible Learners (Pre-requisite:
completion of an On Course I Workshop) This course is offered online by the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Fall semester only.
Course
Description: This course focuses on
practical strategies for empowering college and university students to become
active, responsible learners. Participants in this course learn a variety of
highly effective learner-centered methods that not only appeal to various
learning preferences but also motivate students to take charge of their own
learning. These methods are drawn from best practices in psychology, education,
business, sports, and personal effectiveness. Additionally, participants
learn to apply the seven domains of influence by which educators can guide
students to achieve greater academic success. This course is appropriate for
college faculty from all academic disciplines, instructors of college success
courses, counselors, student affairs staff, TRIO personnel, and administrators
seeking strategies for improving student academic success and retention. (3
Graduate Credits)
Course Objectives:
Students in this course will…
A.
Learn and implement proven strategies for empowering students to become active,
responsible learners who are self-motivated, self-managing, interdependent,
self-aware, emotionally intelligent, and self-confident.
B.
Learn and implement effective learner-centered strategies. These strategies fall
into one or more of seven domains available to educators for influencing the
stated and collateral learning of students: 1) College and Classroom activities,
2) Assignments, 3) Evaluation and Feedback, 4) Modeling, 5) Environment, 6)
Policies and Rules, and 7) Programs and Curricula.
C.
Engage in a discussion-board conversation with classmates, exploring and
evaluating the effectiveness of their implementation of learner-centered
educational practices for empowering college and university students.
D.
Become part of an international community of many thousands of college educators
(via the On Course e-Newsletter) exchanging best practices for improving
student academic success and retention.
E.
Publish their experiences and outcomes of
implementing learner-centered educational strategies for empowering students. Articles
of appropriate quality will be published in the On
Course Newsletter, an Internet publication with more than 50,000 subscribers
from colleges and universities in the United States,
Canada, and around the world.
Course
Assignments: Successful students in this course will…
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Possible
Points
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Course
Assignments
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Attend
an On Course I Workshop
in its entirety (21 hours). Highly Recommended: Attend the 3-hour optional evening session.
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Write
and submit to your instructor a Schedule of Personally Chosen Deadlines
for your ten Journal Entries and three Articles. All assignments must be
completed by the end of the semester.
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Write
and post on your personal class home page a Personal Introduction.
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100
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Write
and submit to the instructor Journals 1-10 from On Course:
Strategies for Success in College and in Life, most
recent edition. (10 points each).
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100
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Write
and submit to the instructor an article about the implementation of a
learner-centered strategy from an On Course resource (i.e., On Course I
Workshop, On Course Facilitator’s Guide, or On Course Web Site), following
the article format provided by the instructor.
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100
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Write and submit to the instructor an article about the
implementation of a learner-centered strategy from a source OTHER THAN an
On Course resource; that is, a strategy the student learned from any
source other than On Course or one the student designs him/herself, following
the format provided by the instructor.
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100
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Write
and submit to the instructor an article about the implementation of a
learner-centered strategy found in either an On Course resource or any
other source, following the format provided by the instructor.
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100
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Write
and post on the course DISCUSSION BOARD your constructive Feedback
regarding Articles posted by your Success Team members, following the
feedback guidelines provided by the instructor.
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500
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Total
Possible Points
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Grades:
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A
– 450-500 points
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B
– 400-449 points
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C
– 350-399 points (no credit)
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D
– not given
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F
– 0-349 (Course Requirements Not Met)
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Required
Text:
Downing,
Skip. On Course: Strategies for Success in College and in Life (most recent
edition). Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.
NOTE:
Students with impaired sensory, manual, or speaking skills are encouraged and
have the responsibility to contact the Office of Continuing Education toll
free 888-281-9472 regarding reasonable accommodation needs. Students requiring
reasonable accommodation needs must be registered as a student with a
disability.
Course
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