This Teaching Essentials for Adult Learners (TEAL) workshop is designed to help guide industry experts in a variety of roles as they transition to a teaching role in a post-secondary context. Through hands-on activities, independent research, collaboration with colleagues, and teaching practice, participants will examine and demonstrate the skills, knowledge, characteristics, and attitudes that support a successful teaching and learning experience. This workshop includes asynchronous and synchronous sessions, and covers a variety of topics to introduce participants to best practices in adult learning.
Prerequisites
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What you will learn
- Building rapport and community
- Your instructor role best practices
- Knowles' 6 assumptions and andragogy
- ARCS model of adult learning motivation
- Learner motivation and engagement techniques
- Active adult learning practices
- Questioning strategies
- Bloom’s taxonomy
- Writing good learning outcomes
- The BOPPPS lesson plan system
- Assessment strategies
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.