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Monday

July 14
Foundations of Human Thinking & Learning

11:30 AM- 12:00 PM

Registration

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Welcome Lunch

12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

 

  • What is the Science of Learning?
  • How should educators think about employing this field?

 

12:50 PM - 2:10 PM

 

  • How does the brain work to make sense of reality?
  • What are ‘bottom-up’ and ‘top-down’ processing, and how does each impact learning?
  • How do we help people move into ‘top-down’ mode when desired?

 

2:10 PM - 2:25 PM

 

  • Reflection Activity + Discussion

 

2:25 PM - 2:40 PM

Coffee Break

2:40 PM - 3:55 PM

 

  • How does the brain function?
  • How does learning impact this function?
  • Are skills, talent, and abilities inborn? And what does this say about learning?

 

3:55 PM - 4:10 PM

 

  • Reflection Activity + Discussion

 

4:10 PM - 4:25 PM

Coffee Break

4:25 PM - 5:20 PM

 

  • How does learning change across the lifespan?
  • What is going on with teenagers to make them so ‘unique’?
  • Are adults different?

 

5:20 PM - 5:30 PM

 

  • Discussion

 

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Welcome Reception

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Dinner on the Sierra Madre Village Patio

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Tuesday

July 15
Key Principles of Human Learning & Application

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Breakfast

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

 

  • Review
  • Extensions
  • Pressing Questions

 

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

 

  • What is the process of translation?
  • How does this impact the application of Science of Learning?
  • What are learning principles and how do we adapt these for practice?
  • Written Text + Spoken Word

 

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

 

  • Reflection Activity + Application

 

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

 

  • Written Text + Visual Images
  • Space
  • Applications

 

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

 

  • Additional Learning Principles
  • Reflection Activity + Application

 

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

 

  • What are micro-projects and how can we use these to apply our thinking?
  • What is ‘evidence’, and how can we use this to drive practice?
  • Why is personal evidence so important in education?

 

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Wednesday

July 16
Surface Learning, Deep Learning, and Transfer Learning

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Breakfast

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

 

  • Review
  • Extensions
  • Pressing Questions

 

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

 

  • What is transfer in education?
  • Why are human beings so bad at moving skills and abilities between contexts?
  • What are the three steps for effective skill transfer?

 

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

 

  • Reflection Activity + Application

 

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

 

  • The importance of learning objectives
  • What is surface learning and how does it work?
  • What pedagogical strategies align best with this level of learning?

 

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

 

  • What are the different levels of deep learning?
  • How do concepts drive and evolve with deep learning?
  • What pedagogical strategies align best with deep learning?

 

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

 

  • What is the process of creativity?
  • How does this process align with and demonstrate the learning process just explored?
  • Is school truly killing creativity?
  • Can we assess this particular ‘skill’?

 

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Thursday

July 17
Aligning Practice with Human Memory & Attention

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Breakfast

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

 

  • Review
  • Extensions
  • Pressing Questions

 

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

 

  • What are the three rules of feedback?
  • What are the 4 levels of feedback?
  • How does feedback align with the learning process?

 

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

 

  • What are the two forms of assessment?
  • What are the pros / cons of each?
  • How do we align assessment with the learning process?

 

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

 

  • What are the three levels of memory?
  • What are the 9 primary rules of memory?
  • How do these rules align with learning, and how can we apply each to teaching and study practice?

 

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

 

  • 9 Principles of Memory + Application (continued)

 

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

 

  • What are the three stages of attention?
  • How can we align practice with attentional processes?
  • What is going on with ADHD (and, by extension, ASD)?

 

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Friday

July 18
Stress, Technology, and AI: A Dangerous Recipe for Learning

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Breakfast

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

 

  • Review
  • Extensions
  • Pressing Questions

 

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

 

  • What is the difference between good and bad stress?
  • What are the three primary stress mechanisms and how does each impact learning?
  • How do other emotions impact the learning process?

 

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

 

  • How do digital technologies impact the learning process?
  • Do computers help or hinder student development?
  • What is the story behind Generative AI and what must we consider before employing these tools?

 

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

 

  • Final discussions
  • Where to next?
  • Research access and translation

 

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.