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The Moraine Valley Learning Academy (MVLA) offers courses taught by, and for, Moraine Valley faculty. What is an MVLA class?
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CTL-MVLA-101-FA08 This course is designed to present faculty with various techniques for recognizing and defusing behavioral situations in the classroom. This class is designed to offer all faculty additional techniques and resources to help create and maintain a positive learning environment. The purpose is to: (1) Present faculty with techniques to create a safe and positive classroom learning environment, (2) Strategies for behavior management, and (3) Campus support mechanisms available should additional support become necessary. Learning Objectives:
GREENING YOUR CURRICULUM The main objective of this course is to teach instructors how to properly incorporate sustainability into their curriculum. Sustainability is defined as: Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. As professors our sustainability goal is to foster the development of knowledge, ethics and the skills necessary to make choices and decisions that will enhance the quality of our students’ lives without damaging the planet for future generations. Incorporating issues of sustainability into the curriculum may include general issues dealing with recycling, discussing literature dealing with sustainability concepts like Garbage Land (the book chosen for One Book One College), researching how different societies approach issues of sustainability and social justice, analyzing the psychology, economics, history, science or math of sustainability, or analyzing current issues of sustainability in the different forms of media. Professors from all disciplines will find connections to sustainability through this course. Through online discussions, research and critiques, students will create a unit infused with sustainability. Assessment techniques will also be addressed. Discussion will take place addressing current issues of sustainability in light of the class participants’ disciplines. After completing this course, instructors will be able to:
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING: THE DYNAMIC CLASSROOM CTL-MVLA-102-FA08 Collaborative learning involves students working together as part of a cooperative effort to understand material or complete a task. This course provides an understanding of collaborative learning from a variety of disciplines and classroom settings and encourages participants to consider activities, assignments, and projects within their own disciplines. The course includes assessment and evaluation of collaborative learning in the classroom and culminates with individual student projects. Learning Objectives:
Registration
Process For more information, please contact Joe Chaloka at (708) 974-5320 or Barbara Martin at (708) 608-4044. |
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