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Scot, "Allowing them to connect the dots". A great statement. Helping students to be self-directed in their learning helps them to retain information at a much higher level. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your orientation programs...

Karen, Is the online orientation all online? Walking the students through the online program is not done on-ground? Or is that an option? Using a web cam is a great tool. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your placement programs...

Karen, Thank you How often does Career Services meet or visit with students throughout their program? Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Student Assessment

Steve, Involving your advisory board this frequently is great. This has to be a big help. Do the students know how often the advisory boards review the material? If not, they might appreciate to learn how relevant you keep the curriculum. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Accommodating Learning Styles

Anthony, Good strategies. If you identify the different learning styles amongst your students you can guide them toward learning successfully. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Bloom's Taxonomy

Chuck, Learning that what you are doing is founded in established theory and/or practice is a great affirmation of your efforts. Hopefully, this new information also aides you to assess how you guiding student learning and gives you some new ideas as necessary. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Student Assessment

rebecca, This formative approach aides the students to recognize the skills and knowledge they are acquiring. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Student Assessment

Tim, Are the students provided with any handouts describing the hands on work? A worksheet or guidelines is always helpful Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your admissions processes...

Karen, Providing product knowledge sessions for Admissions with information from the Education and Career Services department on a regular basis could help to assure student expectations are properly set. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Student Assessment

Leigh, Thank you for the detailed post. This is a well thought out process. By setting proper expectations you end up with considerably less emphasis on grades and more on expected outcomes. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.