INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / OCTOBER 10, 1989

 

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Faculty Workshop Series II (Fall 1989)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@ "Instructional Media Services" @ | "Critical Thinking"

Open House This workshop will explain what is meant by ‘critical
Instructional Media Services better known as IMS is a thinking’, distinguishing it from creative thinking,
multimedia production centre, dedicated to supporting problem-solving and other notions of “thinking”.
teaching at the Callege. Participants will be introduced to classroom - related
This Open House will acquaint you with how IMS may techniques which promote the development of Critical
assist you in creating quality teaching aids (devices) or Thinking Skills.

in providing assistance with your special projects. Presenter: John Black, Philosophy instructor,

Presenter: IMS Staff recently completed writing the
Date: October 3, 1989 (Tuesday) section on Critical Thinking in the
Time: 1200-1400 report, Meeting Challenges Across
Location: Room 3142 (3rd Floor North, the Curriculum

behind the Thheatse) Date: October 31, 1989 (Tuesday)
@ “Learning Styles" Time:  e
Leaming Styles, as an orientation to teaching and Location: 1811
leaming, proposes that students demonstrate unique @ "CD ROM Demonstration"

relative strengths and weaknesses in the manner in
which they access information from a teaching en-
vironment.

CD ROM siands for Compact Disk Read Only
Memory. It is a very powerful piece of computer
technology which is located in our Main Library for
This workshop will assist you to identify the mix of use by the College Community.

leaming styles in your classes. In addition it will assist
you to design Icaming activities which will-take into
consideration the preferred styles of your students
(learmers).

CD technology enables the storage of vast quantities
of information which in tum may be accessed easily
by the user.

CD ROM puts at our fingertips several computer pack-
ages:

1, Microsoft Bookshelf

2. The Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia

3. The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific Terms

4, The P.C. Sig (1200 + public domain programs
available for copying-free of charge)

5. Programmer's Library (Manuals & Program

You will identify your own preferred and backup
learning styles using Honey and Mumford’s Learning
Styles Questionnaire. Kolb’s Experiential Leaming
Model will also be presented for your consideration.

Presenter: Eugene Hrushowy
(Faculty P.D, Consultant &
Instructor in the Child & Youth
Care Program)

Routines)

Date:

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