Welcome

1. Welcome Sarah Gersh

2. Learning Styles • Auditory • Visual • Kinesthetic

3. Importance of Learning Styles • Every student has a different learning style • Higher Education • Expected for students to adapt to instructors • Consider different methods to reach as many students as possible • Not all courses lend themselves to methods • Goal consider learning styles when creating a course.

4. AuditoryPrefer learning through listening • Oral summaries of material • Read material aloud • Prefer listening to lectures

5. VisualPrefer learning by seeing • Maps or flow charts • Highlight or color code notes • Flash cards or write out checklists

6. KinestheticPrefer learning through doing • Role play to act out content • Body movement while reciting material • Pacing, mouthing ideas • Gaming • Second Life

7. Second LifeOnline Virtual World • Enables Second Life users to interact using Avatars • Users can socialize and participate in group activities • Used in Higher Education • Duke University • Boise State University • University North Carolina- Charlotte • Stanford- virtual library

8. Second LifePros and Cons Pros: • Increased level of interaction • Builds relationships that can increase participation • Students more engaged by virtual field trips Cons: • Students resist high learning curve • Connects with gaming and devalues as learning tool • Computer system requirements

9. SummaryLearning Types • Considerdifferent methods to reach as many students as possible • Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic • Not all courses lend themselves • Identify course by course • Assess • Pause, consider learning styles when creating course