8:00 – 8:40
Breakfast
8:55 – 9:00
Welcome
9:00 – 10:15
Keynote Address
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:30 Concurrent
Sessions I
11:45 – 1:00
Lunch
Awards Presented
1:15 – 2:15
Concurrent Sessions II
2:30 – 3:30
Concurrent Sessions III
Special
Thanks to Our Sponsors
The
Michigan Developmental Education Consortium would like
to thank
everyone
that helped put together this conference.
The support
from the members and their institutions
made this
day possible.
MDEC 2008 will open with two concurrent workshops on
Thursday, April 10, from 1 to 4 p.m.
The first, exploring assistive technology will be led
by Stephanie Kreseen of Landmark College. Ms. Kreseen
will show how assistive technology, developed for
students with disabilities, can help any student who
struggles to learn a particular subject. Landmark
College is one of the only accredited colleges in the
United States designed exclusively for students with
dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(AD/HD), or other specific learning disabilities. Many
of the students in our developmental classes have
learning disabilities, but they may not know much about
the ways technology could help them be more successful.
And we have many students who do not have learning
disabilities but who, nevertheless, struggle to learn.
They too can benefit from assistive technology.
The second workshop, Turning a Study Skills Course
into a Learning Framework Course, will be led by our
Friday keynote speaker, Dr. Russ Hodges. According to
Dr. Hodges, the hallmark of a learning framework course
is the presentation of theoretical models as the
curricular core. While such courses teach study skills
and learning strategies as applications, the skills are
taught at a sophisticated, reflective, individualized
level, which is characteristic of collegiate learning.
Traditional study skill courses teach students specific
and simplified study techniques and methods; the focus
is on the acquisition of the skill, not the
comprehension of why and how human learning can be
enhanced. By comparison, learning framework courses
teach students the psychological processes involved in
collegiate learning (cognitive skills); the focus is on
the comprehension of human learning based on current
theories. Students then develop individualistic learning
strategies based on their knowledge of these theoretical
underpinnings.
The workshop is based on Educational Psychology 1350,
Effective Learning—a course taught at Texas State
University-San Marcos. Named a model course the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board, Effective Learning
has four main areas of focus: self assessment factors
that impact learning, self regulation for learning,
cognitive theory and strategies for learning, and
self-change strategies for learning.
MDEC is excited to offer two workshops that have
applicability to any professional in our field. We all
work with students who struggle to learn, and we all
recognize the need to help them learn more efficiently.
Come join us on Thursday afternoon!
