Active Learning Implementation Support Workshop
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
2:30–5 p.m. AST
Dalhousie University, Marion McCain Building, room 2017
Join us for an interactive workshop led by Steelcase Learning.
Part 1 ( 1 hour): Reviewing active learning methodologies and how to best leverage your Active Learning Classroom on campus.
Part 2: ( 1.5 hours) Instructors are encouraged to bring their syllabus for review and collaboration on how you might approach your learning style to align pedagogically with how the active learning classroom was designed.
*Seats are limited to 30 attendees.
Facilitator
Marisa Sergnese, MEd
Applied Research & Learning Consultant
Steelcase Learning
Marisa Sergnese has over 25 years of experience working in a variety of educational settings as a teacher, consultant, adjunct faculty member, and school administrator. As a learning strategist, her focus is on designing engaging, inclusive learning sprints to support educators' attention to the use of physical space to enhance opportunities for meaningful, authentic student learning experiences. She is instrumental in networking educators both nationally and internationally to advance growth mindset, skill development, and research projects.
Her understanding and practice of the change management process, coupled with a focus on developing growth mindsets that influence school culture, are key attributes to her practice as a principal consultant with the Steelcase Learning group.
Working in both virtual and face-to-face interactions with faculty and leaders to effectively shift to more learner-centered teaching and learning environments promoting higher-order thinking skills, Marisa brings awareness to how physical space impacts behaviours that support both students and school teams with their wellbeing and emerging life-long learning skillsets.
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Dalhousie University, Marion McCain Building