COL 105 Freshman Seminar: Learning is Not a Spectator Sport!
Jennifer Beattie and Katy Goforth Slide 2 Outcomes and Experiences
What outcomes and experiences should successful college students
have? Slide 3 Successful Students Accept Personal Responsibility
Discover Self-motivation Master Self-management Employ
Interdependence Photo courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Slide 4
Successful Students Gain Self-Awareness Adopt Lifelong Learning
Develop Emotional Intelligence Believe in Themselves Slide 5
Learning Outcome 1 At the completion of this course, you will be
able to apply critical thinking skills and present well-reasoned
arguments to form a methodology for completing classroom
assignments and making personal decisions. Slide 6 Learning Outcome
2 At the completion of this course, you will be able to integrate
principles of learning styles and study strategies with personal
time and stress management techniques to form a learning profile
for being a self- directed learner in various educational contexts.
Slide 7 Learning Outcome 3 At the completion of this course, you
will be able to develop a personal education plan and describe
strategies for continually revising that plan in order to achieve
long-range educational goals. Slide 8 Learning Outcome 4 At the
completion of this course, you will be able to display engagement
with the campus community by actively participating in
events/organizations and by establishing respectful, working
relationships with fellow students, faculty, and staff to build a
social support network. Slide 9 Required Assignments Success Teams
31 Success Journals from text Capstone Project (including rubrics)
Diversity Workshop Campus Activities Information Literacy Workshop
TCTC Scavenger Hunt Slide 10 Success Teams Selecting Members
Benefits Possible Links Slide 11 Success Journals Help develop the
8 behaviors/attitudes Create opportunity for reflection/growth
Create a resource for students Slide 12 Capstone Project Cover page
Copy of latest Success Team contract Career Services assignment
Learning Styles Educational Plan Working Relationships Campus
Engagement Slide 13 Cover Page The cover page design is to be
determined by each instructor. Slide 14 Success Team Contract Slide
15 Career Services Assignment This assignment can be determined by
the instructor. An instructor may also use the example assignment
provided in the packet. Slide 16 Learning Styles Students will
identify their learning style using language from the text.
Students will list at least 6 study strategies or techniques based
on the learning style. Students will provide at least 3 examples of
how these techniques were used within the community. Slide 17
Educational Plan Students will state long- term, mid-range, and
short-term goals. Students will detail how they plan to reach the
goals. Students will address how to deal with obstacles. Slide 18
Working Relationships Typed staff interview Typed faculty interview
Tentative course schedule Signed advisor checklist Slide 19 Campus
Engagement 2 campus engagement activity forms Diversity workshop
attendance form Students will discuss in writing their level of
engagement with the campus community, specifically faculty, staff,
and students. Slide 20 Workshops and Campus Activities Linking
Learning with Life: Get Connected Enrichment Series Events SGA
Events MSA Events Diversity Workshop Slide 21 Quizzes/Activities
Active Learning Techniques Content-based Quizzes Projects
(Diversity Project) Essays Cultural Artifact Essay Assignments
Signed Tentative Course Schedule from Advisor Slide 22 Scavenger
Hunt College Customs: eTC Math Lab Writing Center Division Office
Advisor WebCT College Catalog Slide 23 How do you provide specific
and measurable knowledge, skills, behaviors, and values? Slide 24
Learning Styles Thinker: Enjoy pondering facts and theories Doers:
Enjoy taking action Feelers: Enjoy personal connections Innovators:
Enjoy seeking new possibilities Slide 25 Design Grid Example A
Thinker What? 3. Point-Data-Point: Retention (5 minutes) 5. Popcorn
Reading (5 minutes) 6. Point-Story-Point: Success Journals (5
minutes) 7. Mini Lecture on Assignments (20 minutes) D Innovator
What if? 4. Puzzle Exercise (10 minutes) B Doer How? 2. Snowball
(10 minutes) C Feeler Why? Who? 1. Video (10 minutes) 8. Learning
Styles Inventory ( 20 minutes) Minutes: 45 minutes Slide 26 Will it
work? Slide 27 Assignments for Thursday Draft of an open letter to
your students Design grid created using the text and the
facilitators manual. Please make sure each learning style is
addressed at least once. Be ready to share with your
colleagues.
