Breakout 1: Course Design with the Brain in Mind

Presenter Information

Ginger Howell Ph.D.

Location

Heritage 209

Start Date

9-5-2019 10:00 AM

End Date

9-5-2019 10:30 AM

Description

Course design plays a huge role in the success of a course. In fact, designers and instructors claim that course design greatly impacts the success or failure of the course with regard to student understanding and student experience. In this session, we will examine how the design of activities can impact students’ knowledge construction and how course structure both affects the brain’s ability to organize information and impacts the emotional experience. Join this session to see practical examples of how to create course design with the brain in mind!

About the Author

Dr. Ginger Howell, Instructional Designer and Educational Technologist, has over 10 years of experience in teaching and designing instruction for online, on-ground, and hybrid environments. Ginger has a BA in Early Childhood Education, MA in Teaching, MS in Educational Technology, and a PhD in Instructional Design for Online Learning. Ginger currently works for Hazelden Betty Ford designing courses for their online program at the Graduate School of Addiction Studies. She trains faculty, staff, and students on technology, brain-based design, and accessible learning. She occasionally teaches an orientation course to prepare students for online learning. In addition, she creates virtual learning modules and advises the training department at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.

When she’s not designing, training, or instructing, she manages to keep four children alive - all the while shaping them into well-rounded individuals. In her free time, she and her husband enjoy transforming their 1992 home into the 21st century.