There are only _*seven weeks left*_ to register for this exciting
conference.
Those attending are academics and staff coming from all over North
America---all interested in learning issues. You could add yourself to
that number. Simply go to* http://www.letmelearn.org/he2009/ *to
register.**
Conference co-sponsors Let Me Learn and the University of Nevada, Las
Vegas proudly announces the final program:
*3**rd **Annual Forum on Higher Education Learning Issues*
*"Don't Leave Learning to Chance: Understanding Learning Diversity"*
* *
*Thursday, January 15, 2009*
7:30-8:30 *Registration*
8:00-8:30 *Coffee and Danish*
8:30-9:45 *Welcome and Keynote Address*
Doris "Dori" Helms, Ph.D., Provost & Vice
President for Academic Affairs,
Clemson University
9:45-10:00 *Break*
10:00-12:00 *Workshops*
/ I: Don't Leave Learning to Chance: Developing
Purposeful Learners with the
Let Me Learn ProcessŪ/
/ II: Team Based Learning Using the Let Me Learn
ProcessŪ/
12:15-1:15 *Lunch*
1:15-2:15 *Concurrent Session I*
/ The Recruitment and Training of Candidates from
a Non-Educational Field:
Practices that Work/
Daniel Ybarra, Rey Ramirez, Ph.D. and Carmen
Caceres, Ph.D.
/ Assessing the Effectiveness of a Learning
Community Approach to Writing
Instruction/
Sanford Tweedie, Ph.D. and Roberta Harvey,
Ph.D.
2:15-2:30 *Break*
2:30-3:30 *Concurrent Session II*
/ Mastering Forms of Mathematical Expression/
Robert Brown
/ A First Year Seminar Program: Challenges,
Changes, and Chance/
Susan Magun-Jackson, Ph.D. and Pat Murphy
Stevens, Ph.D.
3:30-3:45 *Break*
3:45-4:45 *Concurrent Session III*
/ //Enhancing Medical Student Diversity/
/ /Tom Waldrep
/ //The Role of the Learning Connections
Inventory and Nontraditional Variables
// //in Predicting Freshmen Academic Success/
/ /Cheryl O. Lane, Ph.D.
5:00-6:00 *Wine and Cheese Reception*
*Dinner on your own*
***Schedule of Events*
*Friday, January 16, 2009*
8:00-8:30 *Coffee and Danish*
8:30-9:30 *Concurrent Session IV*
/ //Fostering Creativity in Educational
Leadership Preparation: Pushing Beyond
// //Traditional Learning Boundaries/
/ /Joy Phillips, Ph.D. and Lynn Bradshaw
/ //The Benefits and Pedagogical Rationale for
Teaching Summary Writing Skills
// //to Post-Secondary Second Language Learners
and Non-Traditional Students/
/ /Sybil R. Ishman, Ph.D. and Maureen Barry
9:30-9:45 *Break*
9:45-10:45 *Concurrent Session V*
/ //Using the Brain Dominance Theory to Design
Learner-Centered Education/
/ /Mary West, Ph.D. and Lois Smith
/ /
/ //Factors Affecting Persistence in First-Year
Undergraduates/
/ /Arthur Manjarrez, Ph.D. and Shanda Self
10:45-11:00 *Break*
11:00-12:00 *Concurrent Session VI*
/ //PROJECT SEEDS: Supporting Excellent Education
for Diverse Students/
/ /Dr. April Haulman, UCO SEEDS Director and
/ /Gina Lopez, UCO SEEDS Coordinator
/ /
/ //Assessing the Impact of Organizational
Structure and Co-Curricula Activities
// //on Student Learning and Retention during the
First Year/
/ /Simone Rodriguez-Dorestant, Ph.D., Prof.
Lystra Huggins-Anderson, and
Prof. Kareen Odate
12:00-1:30 *Lunch and Featured Speaker*
/ /Christine Clark, Ph.D., Vice President for
Diversity and Inclusion, UNLV
1:30-1:45 *Break*
1:45-2:45 *Panel Discussion*
/ //UNLV Ed. Leadership Post-Doctoral Students
Discuss How They Use the
// //Learning Connections Inventory in Their
Educational Work Settings/
2:45-3:00 *Break*
3:00-4:00 *Closing Forum*
*Schedule of Events (continued)*
*For more information or to register for the conference, visit
http://www.letmelearn.org/he2009/*
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