DL Week - Distinguished Speaker Series Webinars via Wimba - Learn from National Expert Dr. Lennox McLendon - Gone Tomorrow - Strategies to Support Learner Persistence (CMA)

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Overview

Session II - “What can we do to help students stay?” is the question that will be addressed during our second conversation with Dr. Lennox McClendon. He will share with participants evidence based strategies from our colleagues across the country that complement the strategies found in the research. Together we will examine our present practices. Before the web conversation participants will be asked to complete a chart of their programs persistence activities to help organize the discussion.

Details

A webinar is short for web based seminar. It is a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar transmitted over the web. A key feature of a webinar is its interactive elements – the ability to give, receive, and discuss information. In contrast, a webcast does not allow interaction between the presenter and the audience. Wimba is the webinar tool that CMA SABES uses.

When

February 23, 2009 from 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Where

• online - links will be provided upon registering for this event

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Topics

ABE, ESOL, GED, Technology

Contact info

Eunice Snay
esnay@qcc.mass.edu
508-854-4514

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction

Learning objectives

As a result of this webinar participants will be able to:

· analyze and discuss additional strategies from the research and from colleagues around the country to select those strategies that apply to each participant’s context.

Presenters

Dr. Lennox McLendon

Presenters Bio

Dr. McLendon has taught ABE, ESOL, GED and adult high school in both North Carolina and Virginia. He has been a local adult education coordinator, state adult education staff member, and for twelve years, the Virginia state director of adult education. He has conducted adult learner persistence training with local teachers and program managers in at least sixteen states. As a result, he has accumulated a wealth of evidenced based strategies from your colleagues across the country that complements the strategies found in the research. He is currently the Executive Director of the National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium, Inc.

Prerequisites

If you have never participated in a Wimba web conferencing before a very brief orientation will be offered via telephone and Wimba. Only one orientation is needed. Upon registration an orientation will be arranged

Host RSC

Central Massachusetts Region

PDPs

no