Day 1 - Morning

We kicked off the course with a great session by Dr. David Roberts. David inspired us to invest in our professional development to improve our teaching, He also talked about the ladder of competence and the goal to move from unconscious incompetence to mindful competence.  He reminded us that we don’t cover material, we uncover knowledge.

He shared Alvin Toffler’s powerful quote:

“The illiterate of the 21^st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

In the next talk, we learned about the “Science of Learning” from Dr. Hayes. This first session was meant to set the foundation for the whole course and some of the concepts introduced by Dr. Hayes will be discussed further throughout the course. We purposefully interleave concepts and use retrieval throughout this course! Dr. Hayes talked about Adult Learning Theory and active learning strategies and encouraged everyone to try out these strategies. Dr. Hayes shared her framework for the Science of Learning as an umbrella term that includes how memory works, dual process theory, adult learning theory, cognitive learning theories, and active learning strategies: