CACE Elective Workshops

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CACE Elective Workshops   2013-2014

Unless otherwise indicated, all workshops are 8:30am-4:30pm

Emotional Intelligence and Adult Learning

September 20-21, 2013

In recent years, books like Daniel Goleman's Working with Emotional Intelligence have caught the interest of those working not only in academic circles but in business and industry as well. Goleman suggests that technical skills and academic knowledge are no longer sufficient for success in work or life.  While factual and practical knowledge continue to be important, emotional intelligence plays a valuable role in determining success.  Emotional intelligence includes common-sense, self-awareness, empathy, listening skills, persistence, self-direction and social adeptness.  Adult educators and trainers who want to learn more about emotional intelligence and how it can be fostered in both the workplace and the larger classroom of life will benefit from this workshop.  The practical application of ideas will be emphasized.

CACE elective credit: 15 hours
Course no: 43024 13-01 (Aspects of Adult and Continuing Education)
Fee: $310
Instructor: Genella Macintyre

The Myth of Learning Style Theory: The Search for Individualized Instruction

November 15-16/13

Educators have studied learning style theories for decades. They spend countless hours trying to figure out how to apply learning style strategies to practice by developing courses to suit the needs of four generations (veterans, boomers, gen x and gen y or nexters) , culturally diverse audiences, differences in cognitive thinking etc. Educators group their adult learners and classify them according to their learning styles. For example, it is assumed a young adult from the X generation is savvy with technology and an older adult from the Boomers is not. The learning style theories place restrictions and assumptions on the adult learner who has their own unique learning needs.

This course will provide you with the tools to assess the unique needs of the adult learner. You will learn how to assist learners to take ownership for their success and connect their prior experience to new learning. Participants will facilitate new learning through critical analysis and reflection. This course will give adult educators freedom to guide adult learning while removing them from the restraints imposed by learning style theories.

CACE elective credit: 15 hours
Course no: 43024 13-02 (Aspects of Adult and Continuing Education)
Fee: $310
Instructor:  Carol Paul

Advanced Interpersonal and Communication Skills in Facilitating Adult Learning

February 6, 7, 8, 2014 

In this workshop, you will gain advanced interpersonal and communication skills that you may apply in any adult learning context (and even in your personal life!). The course will offer a balance of theory about interpersonal and group communication approaches, and hands-on demonstrations and experiences. It will provide methods and skills to address every-day interactions in facilitating adult learning, but it will focus on mitigating, defusing and containing particularly challenging and/or out-of-control situations. To meet individual needs, the topics/situations for experiential components of the course will be determined/contributed by participants at the beginning of the course.

CACE elective credit: 20 hours
Course no: 43023 13-01 (Topics in Adult and Continuing Education)
Fee: $340
Instructor:  Anne Poonwassie

Making it Stick: Training Design That Supports Learning Transfer

March 21-22. 2014

A great deal of time and money is spent on workplace training with the goal to transfer the new skills and knowledge gained through training into the "real world" of daily work. However, research shows that over the past 15 years, the reality remains the same: training does not "stick" because the trainee's work environment is not conducive to learning transfer;  trainees remember only half of what was taught; and supervisors remain the biggest barrier to transfer of learning. Trainers are consistently held accountable for the outcome even though transfer of learning is twice as dependent on what happens AFTER the training as DURING the training. The problem is not unique to the workplace. Whether the training is employer-driven or community-based, intended to build advanced technical skills or basic literacy, the problem remains: what can the adult educator do to ensure that learners actually take what they have learned and apply it?

CACE elective credit: 15 hours
Course no: 43024 13-03 (Aspects of Adult and Continuing Education)
Fee: $310
Instructor: Anna Schmidt