Teaching Generation NeXt
Date: Friday, March 27, 2015
Time: Keynote and Luncheon 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM; Workshop 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Tucker Technology Center – Room 139
Koehler Event: Teaching Generation NeXt offers two possible events for registration. On March 27, 2015, The Koehler Center will host Dr. Mark Taylor. Dr. Taylor will present his keynote, “Meet Generation NeXt: Understanding and Teaching Today’s Learners,” during a luncheon open to all faculty and staff from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM. A workshop will follow lunch from 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM: “Techniques in Teaching Today’s Learners.” Faculty and staff may attend both the keynote luncheon AND the workshop. Alternately, faculty and staff are welcome to attend only the keynote luncheon or only the workshop. We ask that you register for each of the two possible events separately.
Keynote: Meet Generation NeXt: Understanding and Teaching Today’s Learners
Date: Friday, March 27, 2015
Time: Keynote and Luncheon 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Tucker Technology Center – Room 139
Today’s learners are different. Our traditionally aged students have characteristics and expectations that present unique challenges to those of us charged with teaching, serving and supervising them through their university experience. Their issues with academic preparation, responsibility and self-esteem, consumer expectations, use of technology and styles of interacting can impact, and interfere with, their learning, persistence and academic success at school, and workplace readiness and success. There is fairly compelling evidence that they are not responding particularly well to traditional instruction in traditional academic settings in terms of learning outcomes and workplace readiness. This program will help faculty and staff understand the social, personal and academic traits and preferences our students bring to college, how these characteristics impact learning, persistence and success, and how we can best help all of our students reach their educational and personal goals in the changing educational landscape.
Workshop: Teaching Today’s Learners
Date: Friday, March 27, 2015
Time:Workshop 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Location:Kelly Center, Cox A
This workshop will help faculty transition more fully to a model of learning based on increasing student activity and leveraging available technologies to improve instructional efficiency and effectiveness. An instructional model and methods to increase students’ responsibility for their own learning, personal ownership of class goals and to improve students reaching meaningful learning and developmental goals will be described with immediately applicable techniques appropriate and effective with all learners.
About the Speaker
Dr. Mark Taylor is an award winning speaker recognized internationally as an educator, expert and consultant who is on the forefront of transformations in educational practice and workplace management. As an authority on the traits, developmental issues and learning outcomes of today’s young people, he is dedicated to helping schools better understand and serve our students for learning, development, persistence and successful integration into the after college world. Dr. Taylor has worked with over 500 organizations, businesses and schools in 47 states, and made presentations at numerous state, regional, national, and international events. Publications include numerous book chapters, invited pieces, and articles in professional journals including his recent articles on “Teaching Generation NeXt.” Dr. Taylor holds graduate degrees from the University of Arkansas and academic appointments at Arkansas State University and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Graduate School.