From Teaching to Learning
Time/Location: Sept 27, 2004 213 UCE
Presenter: Neil Fleming

Neil Fleming was our special guest speaker at the Leadership Luncheon Series for September. Neil facilitated a discussion over breakfast, yes breakfast, with various campus leaders on the paradigm shift from teaching to learning that is occurring in American Universities.

Survey resultsrated the overall effectiveness of this workshop as "Good." However, all survey responders whole-heartedly agreed that our campus paradigm needs to shift to a great degree towards learning-centric? Obstacles to making this shift include an inadequate reward system for good teaching and the concern that this focus might become too time-intensive for the instructor.

Neil Flemingis retired Director of the Education Centre at Lincoln University, New Zealand. His major challenge there was improve the quality of learning and teaching through his own research and active staff development programs. He specializes in faculty workshops on student learning styles, evaluation, curriculum development, teaching improvement, professional development, assessment and innovations in learning. His biography as well as information on the VARK systems can be found at http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=biography.