Learning Transformation for Educators: Module 1. How do learners learn?

KKU

From the course director

This course will increase your understanding of learning, uplift your teaching skills and help you craft your course for the best outcomes of your learners. The 4 modules intend to help gain a more in depth understanding of the learner, learning outcomes, assessment and feedback, and instructional design. This will enable learners to choose appropriate strategies to foster their own learning and enable teachers to design their course by choosing appropriate strategies to foster learning. Example of technology tools that can be used for instructional design and assessment are provided.

The 4 modules consist of:

Module 1. How do learners learn?

Module 2. Intended learning outcomes

Module 3. Assessment and feedback

Module 4. Instructional design

Module 1. How do learners learn?

This module intends to help gain a more in depth understanding of the learner and how they learn. This helps both learners and teachers identify strategies to incorporate in their learning practice and curriculum design.

Learners will be able to gain appreciation of:

Adult learning theories and how learning is different in learners with experience

Self Determination Theory and how to cultivate internal motivation

Cognitive Load Theory and how not to overload the learner’s brain capacity

Experiential Learning and its benefits

Mindset, how it affects teaching and learning and how to help foster a Growth Mindset

Meaningful Learning and how learning is situated

Metacognition and how it can improve learning

The Professional Learner and how to continuously develop

Course director

Rosawan Areemit

M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University

Instructors

Rosawan Areemit

M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University

Atipong Pathanasethpong

M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University.

Warachaya Phanphruk

M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University.

Wanatcaporn Ussahgij

M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University.

Course Learning outcomes

To understand how learners learn and identify strategies to incorporate in curriculum design.

To understand learning outcomes and choose appropriate learning outcomes for successful learning.

Target Learners

Those who teach and want to maximize their student’s learning, especially for higher education.

Life-long learners.

Level

Intermediate