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That’s How Learning Works?! — Fundamentals for Educators
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That’s How Learning Works?! — Fundamentals for Educators

You’ll learn how to use the fundamentals of learning for building your courses — helping students learn well!
Created byDr. Nathan Belcher
Last updated 4/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Explain the fundamental ideas for how people learn through Belcher’s "Model for Learning."
  • Use Belcher’s "Model for Learning" as a diagnostic tool for any part of a course.
  • Use Belcher’s "Model for Learning" as an organizing tool for any part of a course.
  • Challenge: Modify a set of three connected lessons in a course, aligning the connected lessons with the ideas in the "Model for Learning."

Course content

1 section • 5 lectures • 1h 2m total length

  • Video 1 - Welcome to the Course10:31

    • Activity #1: Initial Thoughts on Learning

    • Welcome and Introduction

    • Outcomes for Students

    • Goals for this Course

    • Discussion of the Challenge

    • Activity #2: Context for the Challenge

  • Video 2 - Fundamentals of Learning14:34

    • Activity #1: Learning

    • Learning Theories

    • Conceptual Models

    • Learning Loops

    • Activity #2: Conceptual Models in the Challenge

  • Video 3 - An Overview of Belchers Model for Learning15:57

    • Activity #1: Initial Thoughts on Learning

    • Overview of Belcher’s Model for Learning

    • Other Factors

    • Assessments

    • Activity #2: Assessment, Personal Factors, and Social Factors

  • Video 4 - Deeper into Learning13:33

    • Activity #1: Learning Experiences, Technology, and Assessments

    • Learning Experiences

    • Technology and Learning

    • Purposeful Application / Assessments

    • Activity #2: Learning Experiences

  • Video 5 - Summarizing the Course7:48

    • Activity #1: Reflecting on the Course

    • Goal 1

    • Goal 2

    • Goal 3

    • Activity #2: Reflecting on the Challenge

Requirements

  • No experience with learning needed -- you will learn the fundamentals of learning through this course.

Description

You are pouring your heart and soul into your teaching, dedicating yourself to crafting a beautiful course for students. Unfortunately, the students are not learning as much as you want them to learn — plus the students seem disconnected and disengaged. This lack of learning and disengagement by the students is crushing for both you and your students, leading to challenges and frustration.

Your dream is for students to learn well, with students creating a deep understanding of the knowledge and skills in your course — plus enjoying your class each day! Students look forward to your classes, bringing enthusiasm and being deeply engaged. Students know that each class is focused on efficient and effective learning, helping each student make strong progress.

This concise course will help your teaching journey, giving you tools to create classes focused on learning. In this course, you will:

  • Understand the fundamental ideas for how people learn through Belcher’s Model for Learning.

  • Use Belcher’s Model for Learning as a diagnostic and organizing tool when evaluating any part of a course.

  • Apply these fundamentals immediately to your work.

Although changing your teaching practices can be scary, staying stuck is frustrating. Using the ideas in this course will remodel your teaching practices, leading to beautifully-crafted courses that generates efficient and effective learning by your students!

Who this course is for:

  • Teachers at any grade level -- Pre-kindergarten through college
  • School administrators at any level
  • School instructional coaches and others supporting teachers

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