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Improving your placement programs...

Jennifer, Do any job shadows turn into externships or jobs? Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Accommodating Learning Styles

James, If you ask the other students what step do they think is next before you read it the results might be interesting. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Accommodating Learning Styles

Bruce, The bouncing of ideas has most likely provided learning opportunities for you too. Perhaps things that you end up incorporating into future offerings of your course. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your placement programs...

Eric , Another well thought out and thorough post. Are these things you put in place? If so, what increase have you seen in placements? Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your orientation programs...

Eric , Half the time and probably better retention of information. The students do not feel weighed down by information overload either. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your orientation programs...

Kathryn, Is it interactive or talking heads? Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your admissions processes...

Eric , Thank you for a very thorough post. Yes, the admissions process is a very detailed and long process. Students do have to show a certain resolve to actually get to starting. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Competency-Based Instruction

Gerry, Can you provide an example? Instructional design and learning theory have come a long way. This helps in the classroom. Real world is applicable in lecture and lab but even more so in the lab. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Accommodating Learning Styles

TC, Consider group discussions and interactive activities during the PowerPoints, lectures, and demos. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your admissions processes...

Cory, Do most students that sit in a class end up coming to the school? I wonder if that is tracked at all by your school? Ron Hansen, Ed. D.