Self-Assessment: A Teaching Style to Foster Dialogue and Enhance Learning

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Self-Assessment: A Teaching Style to Foster Dialogue and Enhance Learning - Online Classroom

Evening webinar on using self-assessment to enhance your course instruction with Steve Smith. This session will be online only.

  • Casual

6:30-8pm via Zoom Meeting
Meeting link will be sent to registered attendees on the day of the session.

Please Note: This presentation will include Interaction and breakout room discussions to encourage engagement 

Want to streamline learning while empowering your students all at once? Using self-assessment tools is a great way to foster more dialogue and empower students to take charge of their own learning. This interactive workshop will offer educational theory and practical applications of weaving self-assessment into outdoor education. Participants will receive supplemental reading and examples of self-assessment forms to adapt for their programs. 

Steve Smith is a risk management consultant at Experiential Consulting, LLC. He has worked in the outdoor industry for over twenty years, including hundreds of days in the field instructing, administrative leadership roles with national organizations including Outward Bound and The Student Conservation Association, and helping The Mountaineers envision and launch Progressive Climbing Education as a member of the Adult Education department. Steve served as chair of the Wilderness Risk Management Conference (WRMC) for three years. He has a master's degree in English composition, along with six years of university-level teaching experience, and earned a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification from the Society for Human Resources Management, all of which help him view outdoor education through a variety of educational and administrative lenses. A regular speaker at regional and national conferences, Steve strives to make his presentations fun, engaging, and practical. He lives in Seattle and enjoys exploring the mountains, forests, and coastlines of the Pacific Northwest. 

ONLINE ONLY

This seminar will be delivered online as a Zoom meeting. You will need access to a computer with a speaker and camera, as well as high-speed internet. The session will be primarily presentation with some Q&A. Information about how to log-on to the Zoom meeting will be sent a day or two before the session.

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Computer or device (preferably with a speaker and camera), as well as high-speed internet.

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