Conference Proceedings

We have just added almost half of the presentations to the Website. Please scroll through the schedule to find the presentations we have made available. We will continue to add more in the coming weeks.

Thursday, January 24, 2008
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm	Registration and Pre-Conference Activities
2:00 pm – 4:30 pm	Pre-Conference Workshop I: Let Me Learn, an Advanced Learning System for Developing Individual Learning Solutions! Pre-Conference Workshop II: The Let Me Learn Experience: How to Get LML Started on Your Campus Pre-Conference Opportunity: Campus tour of USF
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Wine and Cheese Reception: Meet and Greet
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Opening Remarks: Welcome to the Conference – University of South Florida and Let Me Learn representatives
7:00 PM	Dinner on own; an opportunity to network (See restaurant list provided in packet)
Friday, January 25, 2008
8:30 AM	Coffee and Juice
9:00 am –10:30 am	Keynote: Bernadine Chuck Fong followed by Q & A
10:30 am –10:45 am	Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm	Session 1: Concurrent Panel Presentations Donna Crotti, Bergen Community College “A pilot study conducted with first-year college students assesses and measures how they understand themselves as learners.” Ben Graffam, Ph.D., University of South Florida “Team Based Learning practices: using the Learning Connections Inventory (LCI) to Team Based Learning”
12:15 pm – 12:30 pm	Break
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm	Lunch in Conference Center (Luncheon Speaker: Dianne Dorland, Ph.D, Dean of College of Engineering, Rowan University)
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm	Session 2: Concurrent Panel Presentations Jacqueline Conyers, Ph.D., Devry University “The Utilization of the Let Me Learn Process Learning Patterns in a proprietary undergraduate university: An Experiment.” Jay Chaskes, Ph.D., Rowan University “Truth, Trust and Responsibility in the Classroom” Jeffrey Hall and Ruth Slotnick, University of South Florida “Follow the journey of two different learners applying the Let Me Learn Process^® in preparation for doctoral qualifying exams.” Duncan Graham, Interim Vice President of Workforce Education, Foothill College “Using the LCI in employment/interviewing/ and getting promoted in higher education.” Wendy Cole, Ph.D., Muhlenberg College “Using the LCI to develop college managers' insight and team-building strategies”
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm	Break
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm	Session 3: Concurrent Panel Presentations Pat Maher, Ph.D., and Ruth Slotnick, University of South Florida “From Learning Styles to Learning Connections: Bridging the Gap” Frances Johnson, Ph.D., Rowan University “LCI Based Assignments: Guiding Students to Better Writing” John Vassiliou, Miami Dade College “The Results from a Pilot Study on the A+dvancer program on improving test preparation at Miami Dade College, Summer of 2007.”
6:00 PM	Excursion to Ybor City and Dinner (Shuttle service departs the Wingate Hotel at 6:00 pm and returns at 10:30) Please sign-up for this special cultural and dining event when registering for the conference.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
8:30 AM	Coffee and Juice
8:45 am –10:15 am	Session 4: Concurrent Panels Susan Hersh, Rowan University “Beyond the Classroom: An exploratory study of non-instructional applications of the Let Me Learn Process®” Duncan Graham, Interim Vice President of Workforce Education, Foothill College “Using the LCI for Team Building and Mentoring in Higher Education” Laura Villamizar, University of Pamplona “Formation strategies for University teachers using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs); taking into account the Let Me Learn Process^®” Don Stoll, Ph.D., Rowan University “Encouraging metacognition using the V-Heuristic in College Composition classes.” Christine Johnston, Ph.D., Let Me Learn, Inc. “’Recovering’ the Learner”
10:30 am –12:00 pm	Open Forum on Universal Learning Issues: Individual Learning Solutions
12:15 pm – 1:30	Luncheon: Closing Remarks