Based on the positive feedback we received from this year’s program, we have decided to extend the theme of developing effective teaching strategies by devoting our next conference to “Creating Significant Learning Experiences” based on the popular text by L. Dee Fink, PhD. Dr. Fink believes in and expands on Bloom’s taxonomies by addressing skill acquisition specific for the learner in higher education. Dee Fink, PhD, has developed a program that provides the educator a step-by-step guide for revamping course design and materials and essentially incorporating significant learning experiences that enhance student learning. Many of the well recognized leaders in adult education have applauded Dr. Fink’s taxonomy of significant learning. At the end of the 2-day workshop, the dental hygiene educator attending this course will recreate a clinical or didactically based-course (attendee choice) based on the taxonomy of significant learning.
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AGENDA
Thursday, May 31, 2012
| REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST | 07:45 - 08:45 AM |
| WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS | 08:45 – 09:00 AM |
| KEYNOTE | 09:00 – 10:30 AM |
The Joy and Responsibility of Teaching Well
L. Dee Fink, PhD
When we teach, our actions as teachers have the potential not only to fulfill our responsibility to students and society but also to give us the deep joy that comes when we do something important, well. There is growing evidence that although college-level teaching is extremely important in today’s world, we are not doing a very good job of educating our students. In this presentation, we will examine our traditional responses and suggest alternative responses - to four central issues of teaching: WHAT we teach, HOW we teach, how we GEAR UP as teachers, and WHO we are as educators. If we can re-think and revise our responses to these four issues in ways that improve student learning, we can experience the deep Joy that comes with doing something very important – WELL!
| BREAK | 10:30 – 10:45 AM |
| CREATING SIGNIFICANT LEARNING EXPERIENCES | 10:45 – 04:00 PM |
This hands-on workshop will provide the learner/educator conceptual and procedural tools for designing instruction. For the remainder of the workshop, participants will learn how to systemically combine foundational educational principles (active learning, educative assessment) with the taxonomy of significant learning. During the workshop, the educator/learner will actively participate in using these ideas to design or redesign their courses so that their students will have learning experiences that take into account five phases of course design: situational factors, learning goals, feedback and assessment, teaching/learning activities, and careful integration. Working with a specific course, participants will frame learning goals, incorporate evaluation and assessment, and formulate powerful, active teaching strategies.
| LUNCH | 12:00 – 12:50 PM |
| BEST PRACTICES IN SIGNIFICANT LEARNING & MARKETPLACE RECEPTION | 04:00 – 05:00 PM |
Whether you are familiar with Dr. Fink’s work or not, consider sharing your best practice in creating significant learning experiences for students with your colleagues. For more information see call for Best Practices Abstract. In addition, dental health care vendors will be invited to provide information on the latest products and services that enhance the practice of dental hygiene. Beverages and light hors d’oeuvres will be served, compliments of UT Health Science Center San Antonio, Department of Dental Hygiene.
Friday, June 1, 2012
| CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST | 08:00 – 08:50 AM |
| CREATING SIGNIFICANT LEARNING EXPERIENCES | 09:00 AM – 04:00 PM |
L. Dee Fink, PhD
| OVERLUNCH | 12:00 – 1:00 PM |
This informal opportunity allows faculty to share ideas, concerns and teaching strategies with other faculty who teach the same course.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
BEST PRACTICES IN CLINICAL ASSESSMENT EVALUTATIONS
Role plays, case studies, games, stories, and collaborative learning, creating learning experiences that enhance student learning outcomes is becoming more challenging these days. What changes have you incorporated in your course design that have enhanced student learning? Share your best practice that focuses on designing and developing tools and techniques that promote a richer level of learning with your colleagues. Selected abstracts will be presented at the Market Place/Reception, Thursday, May 31, 2012 from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Faculty may present through a poster or table clinic.
Abstracts (limited to 200 words) will be peer-reviewed based on the following:
Submit your abstract to: Dadian@uthscsa.edu by April 9, 2012. Notification Deadline is April 16, 2012.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
CLINICAL FACULTY CALIBRATION: HANDS-ON ACTIVITY AT UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER SAN ANTONIO
Combining the past popular topic of calibration with new attention to teaching curved ultrasonic inserts; this 4-hour course now offers the opportunity for group agreement on difficult clinical issues. The combination session will focus on the calibration of calculus detection, determining clinical attachment loss on real patients, and explore teaching curved ultrasonic inserts. The dental hygiene clinic provides an ideal environment for groups of faculty to conquer calibration issues and focus on common solutions. Patients in the clinic will provide an opportunity to practice and calibrate results. Mary Jacks RDH, MS and Emelda Hernandez, RDH, BS will facilitate the combination classroom and clinic session. For your convenience, transportation to and from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio Dental Hygiene Clinic and Grand Hyatt Hotel will be provided. Please register early as space is limited.
Tuition: Early bird special before March 16, 2012: $165 After March 16, 2012: $195
PRESENTER
L. Dee Fink, PhD currently works as a national
and international consultant in higher education. He leads 30 to 40 workshops each
year nationally and internationally for faculty and administrators about what can
be done to promote better teaching and learning. He is frequently invited to be
a conference speaker on the subject of “Creating Significant Learning Experiences.”
In 2004-2005 he was president of the POD (Professional & Organizational Development) Network in Higher Education, the largest faculty development organization in the world. In 2003 he published a book on “Creating Significant Learning Experiences” (Jossey-Bass). From 1979 to 2005 he served as the founding director of the instructional Development Program at the University of Oklahoma. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1976.
LOCATION AND LODGING
Grand Hyatt San Antonio
Enjoy your visit to San Antonio and the conference at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio, 600 E. Market Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205. Make your reservations directly with the Grand Hyatt San Antonio, indicating your attendance at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio Dental Hygiene Educators Workshop by May 2, 2012 to obtain a special conference rate of $145 per night single or double occupancy. Call 1-800-233-1234 or 210-224-1234 for reservations. All reservation requests must be accompanied by a first night room deposit, or guaranteed with a major credit card. For on-line information about the Grand Hyatt San Antonio go to [Grandsanantonio.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/].
SPONSORS
UT Health Science Center San Antonio is most appreciative to the following businesses for their sponsorship to this workshop: Colgate, Hu-Friedy, Philips Oral Health, Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products.
