Dear colleagues,<br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This year, CTE is pleased to host “Focus on Teaching Week” (October 15<sup>th</sup> - 19<sup>th</sup>)
– a week dedicated to some of its most popular workshops, as well to
many new and rich sessions. Of particular interest is the workshop “Developing Independent and Autonomous
Learning” (please see details below) which will be facilitated by guest speaker for the week, Professor Mick Healey, a Higher
Education Consultant and Researcher from the UK.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A complete list of the week’s session is available on the CTE website:
<a href="http://cte.uwaterloo.ca/events_registration/index.html?tab=1" target="_blank">http://cte.uwaterloo.ca/events_registration/index.html?tab=1</a> .</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">People may register for sessions on myHRinfo:
<span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="https://myhrinfo.hrms.uwaterloo.ca/psp/SS/?cmd=login&languageCd=ENG" target="_blank">https://myhrinfo.hrms.uwaterloo.ca/psp/SS/?cmd=login&languageCd=ENG</a> .</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CTE69? Developing Independent and Autonomous Learning</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Thursday, October 18, 2012, 9:30 am to 12 noon, FLEX Lab (LIB 329)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.75pt;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Title:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> CTE694 Developing Independent and Autonomous
Learning<br>
<b>Short Title:</b> Promoting Independent Learning <br>
<b>Date:</b> Thursday, October 18, 2012<br>
<b>Time:</b> 9:30 am to 12:00 noon <br>
<b>Place:</b> FLEX Lab (LIB 329) <br>
<b>Description:</b> <i>"Nothing aids one's intellectual development, so much as a period of independent study"</i> Kropotkin (1899)<br>
<i>"Independence ... is not the absence of guidance, but the outcome of a
process of learning that enables learners to work with such guidance as
they wish to take"</i> Knight (1996)<br>
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The capability to learn independently and autonomously is a key graduate
attribute. This workshop examines the nature of independent learning
and explores the characteristics of autonomous learners and the methods
which can be used to help students develop
such characteristics. Participants will discuss how they can apply
selected methods within their courses and the departmental strategies
that can be adopted to promote independent learning over a degree
program. The workshop is illustrated with an extensive
set of mini-case studies of how a range of disciplines, departments and
institutions are encouraging independent and autonomous learning. There
will be an opportunity to plan how you can apply some of the ideas
discussed in your own context.
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<b>Presenter(s):</b> Professor Mick Healey, Higher Education Consultant and Researcher<br>
<b>Note(s)</b>: CTE694 is part of the Focus on Teaching Week offerings through CTE. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.75pt;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I hope to see you there!<br></span></p>
<span style="color:#1f497d"></span><br clear="all">Best wishes,<br>Shannon Dea<br>-- <br>Associate Professor<br>Faculty of Arts Teaching Fellow<br>Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies<br>Department of Philosophy<br>University of Waterloo<br>
200 University Ave. W. <br>Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1<br>(519) 888-4567 (ext. 32778)<br>FAX (519) 746-3097<br>