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Workshop on: "DESIGNING COURSES FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT STUDENT
LEARNING"
This workshop examines the role of course design in the overall act of teaching, and then
leads participants through a new way of designing courses which is the subject of my
book, Creating Significant Learning Experiences (Jossey-Bass, 2003).
L. Dee Fink is a nationally recognized expert on college teaching and faculty development. After receiving his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1976, he accepted a faculty position at the University of Oklahoma. In 1979 he founded the Instructional Development Program at the University of Oklahoma and served as its director until his retirement in May 2005. He was president of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education (2004-2005), the primary professional organization for faculty developers. At the present time he works as a national consultant in higher education. He is the author of Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses (Jossey-Bass, 2003) and co-editor of Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching (Stylus, 2004).
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