Notifications begin on April 16. The outcome is an administrative plan for a learning team that coordinates content of courses, the program theme, and the freshman common book. Preferences are given to group applications. Participants discuss the theoretical underpinnings of learning communities and apply them to Freshman Connections. Accommodating these develop-mental and emotional needs in the learning environment increases their retention rate.
Participants explore the research, discuss theories of learning, and analyze teaching practices.
The seminar meets each afternoon of the first week of each summer term and provides required skills for Web 2 seminar. Pedagogical Foundations of Web Designs Participants analyze Web designs as reflections of sound pedagogy. Criteria and benchmarks developed by participants are applied to creating a web site for a specific course. Assumptions underlying several techniques are analyzed and critiqued for consistency with higher-order cognitive development. Techniques or methods of solving problems are based on sound pedagogical theories.