A facilitated conversation at UBC - Point Grey campus.

1. UBC’s World Cafe What is student-centered learning?

2. facilitators Jan Johnson: Manager, Facilitation and Process Design Cindy Underhill: Learning Resource Design Strategist Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT)

3. what we’re aiming for... A documented collection of your ideas about student centered learning. What does it mean? What do we need in order to support it?

4. how we’ll get there.. Discussion Sticky notes for ideas Grouping ideas according to themes/patterns Collective observations

5. student-centered perspective... “Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn.” - Herbert Simon ( late Prof. Carnegie Mellon University)

6. student-centered principles Active, experiential Shared power between teacher/student: teacher as guide Focus on deep learning* and understanding Learner assumes responsibility for learning Learner constructs knowledge Social context important *intention: to understand (beyond task completion)

7. what does it look like? as a learner Photo by velcro on Flickr

8. or this... as a teacher From wasme on Flickr

9. or this... as a teacher

10. or this... as a teacher

11. or this... as a teacher

12. or this... How do you know? as a teacher

13. or somewhere in between... as a teacher From O’Neill and McMahon 2005

14. Discussion 1 Talk about: What happens when an attempt at creating a student centered environment doesn’t work? Impact on teachers? Learners? Do: brainstorm ideas on flip chart paper choose a few key ideas and write on sticky notes add to wall

15. Discussion 2 Talk about: What are the ingredients for a student centered learning environment that works? Why are those ingredients important? Do: brainstorm ideas on flip chart paper choose a few key ideas and write on sticky notes add to wall change group – one “messenger” stays behind.

16. observations What patterns do you notice? Are you surprised by anything you see? Is there anything missing? Something you would like to move or highlight? One thing that you will take away from the discussion?

17. thank you! Outcomes assembled on UBCWiki: http://wiki.ubc.ca/Documentation:World_Cafe