That's How Learning Works?!?! - Fundamentals for Educators 

($59 / 2 hours)

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You are pouring your heart and soul into your teaching, dedicating yourself to crafting a beautiful course for students. Unfortunately, the students are not learning as much as you want them to learn — plus the students seem disconnected and disengaged. This lack of learning and disengagement by the students is crushing for both you and your students, leading to challenges and frustration.

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Your dream is for students to learn well, with students creating a deep understanding of the knowledge and skills in your course — plus enjoying your class each day! Students look forward to your classes, bringing enthusiasm and being deeply engaged. Students know that each class is focused on efficient and effective learning, helping each student make strong progress.

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This concise course will help your teaching journey, giving you tools to create classes focused on learning. In this course, you will:

• Understand the fundamental ideas for how people learn through Belcher’s Model for Learning.

• Use Belcher’s Model for Learning as a diagnostic and organizing tool when evaluating any part of a course.

• Apply these fundamentals immediately to your work.

• Although changing your teaching practices can be scary, staying stuck is frustrating.

 

Using the ideas in this course will remodel your teaching practices, leading to beautifully-crafted courses that generates efficient and effective learning by your students!​​

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The Principles of Learning through Fresno Pacific University 

($460 / 3-hour graduate course)

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​How do humans learn? How do the ways that humans learn affect you and those you teach and lead? This course will integrate theories from neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, and other disciplines into a framework for the principles of learning, then show you how to apply the framework for the principles of learning. By applying the framework for the principles of learning in your areas of influence, you can maximize learning for everyone you teach and lead.

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