Designing for Dialogue in the Classroom and Online...
The Changing Face of the Classroom
by Dr. Elena Carbone ~ Associate Professor ~ University of Massachussets ~ Amherst, MA
As online education evolves, faculty are challenged to design quality online courses. Indeed, an increasing number of faculty are expected to teach online, despite the fact that they may have little or no teaching experience in traditional or online formats. >>more
Dialogue Education: Potential Impact on Teaching and Learning in Urban School Systems
by Christelle Estrada ~ Director, Professional Development, High School Support,
During the last two months I have had the privilege of learning with educators from three urban districts in Utah by being the instructor for two graduate, hybrid on-line courses through National University in San Diego. >>more
Collective Vision: A Faculty Development Plan Utilizing Dialogue Education
by Sharon Fredericks ~ Education Division Director/Instructor ~
College of Menominee Nation, Keshena, WI
CMN’s mission is to infuse the curriculum with Menominee culture and values. This responsibility falls primarily on faculty. Since 85% of CMN’s faculty are non-Indian, this is an especially difficult task. A qualitative design consisting of 3 phases of inservice will be conducted to fulfill the objectives of this plan.
The Dialogue Education model will be used for each phase of the training. >>more
Dialogue Education at American University
by Michael Gibbons and Maria Jessop ~ American University, Washington, DC
Where did the seeds of Dialogue and ‘Dialogue Education’ originate at AU? Two wellsprings seem clear at this point (there may be others but we are still discovering them). >>more
THE BIG AWAY: Using the 4 A’s in a Continuing Education Setting
by Kathy Hickman ~ Education Manager ~
Alzheimer Society of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Teaching in the Dementia Studies program within the Continuing Education department of a city college has provided me with an opportunity to apply the Principles and Practices of Dialogue Education in a way that has assisted my learning of the approach and, I believe, the learning of the students in my class. >>more
Pre-schoolers and Dialogue Education
by Jodi-Beth McCain ~ Mount Ranier, MD
My daughters attend a local cooperatively-run school called Christian Family Montessori School. In her first year there, Aleja would come home telling me about the good shepherd, and holding a mustard seed or tasting honey. >>more
Dialogue Education: Walking the Tightrope Between the Ivory Towers of Learning
by Danielle Pécore-Ugorji ~ Program Analyst ~ Canadian Foodgrains Bank ~ Winnepeg, Manitoba
Last night, while most thought I was lecturing to a bored bunch of students, I was actually at a masquerade. And I didn’t even have to skip class to go. I simply had to give students a license to be subjects of their own learning. >>more
Start Modeling Dialogue Education in your Syllabus
by
Jeanette Romkema ~ Global Learning Partners ~ Toronto, Ontario
Bringing Dialogue Education into higher education may not be as difficult as you think. College and university setting are often seen as rooted in tradition and academic expectations. >>more
Seven Challenges to Dialogue Education in a Theological College
by Dr. Johanna Selles, EdD ~ Assisant Professor ~ Emmanuel College, UofT ~ Ontario
During our summer camping vacations with my parents, we would spend long hours on the beach at various provincial parks. Because the Great Lakes water seemed to take the whole summer to warm up, my father would enter very gradually, tentatively splashing water left and right over his arms, trying to get used to the chill. My mother, by contrast, would dive into the first wave with fearlessness that could take your breath away. My attempt to use DE in the university classroom has more in common with the gradual entry method than the brave plunge, but the results at times still take my breath away. >>more
From Practice to Praxis
by
Mary Thompson, Anne-Marie Lanctot, and Luisa Ciofani ~ McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
From January to April 2007 we had the privilege of team teaching a Women’s Reproductive Health course to 71 undergraduate, multidisciplinary students. We saw this as a great opportunity to apply Dialogue Education (DE) principles over a set period of time to the same group and explore its impact on learning. >>more
The Learning Needs and Resources Assessment: A Podcast
by Dr. Jane Vella and Dwayne Hodgson
Listen to this interview on Jane's back porch describing the vital importance of a Learning Needs and Resources Assessment to any curriculum or training design. >>more
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