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Lifelong Learning & Benefits https://www.plu.edu/alumni-student-connections/learning-benefits/

Lifelong Learning OpportunitiesPLU Lectures, Presentations & WorkshopsLearning doesn’t end when you graduate! PLU offers virtual webinars on interesting and current topics as well as lectures, conferences, and workshops on campus throughout the year that are open to the public! Continue your quest for knowledge, engagement, and critical thinking as you explore new ideas, challenge your beliefs, and listen to new perspectives from diverse groups.Lectures, Presentations & WorkshopsLivestreamStay

PLU Lifelong Learning https://www.plu.edu/alumni-student-connections/learning-benefits/lectures/

CE@plu.edu prior to registering for the discount code.School Nursing workshops at PLUThe Center for Continued Nursing Learning (CCNL) provides excellent continuing education and professional development for nurses and other interested health care professionals. We offer multiple programs that provide the opportunity to gain contact hours and clock hours.

Assessing Significant Learning https://www.plu.edu/assessment/assessment-resources/measurement-of-student-learning/assessing-significant-learning/

Procedures of Assessing Different Kinds of Significant Learning: Some Possibilities Printable pdfLearning How to LearnCaringHuman DimensionIntegrationApplicationFoundational KnowledgeLearning How to LearnThis learning is focused on preparing students to continue learning about a particular topic or subject after the course is over and even after they finish college. Possible Assessment Procedures: Learning Assignments: Assign students to learn something new on their own; In an essay, they

Learning Assessment Techniques https://www.plu.edu/assessment/assessment-resources/measurement-of-student-learning/learning-assessment-techniques/

50 Learning Assessment Techniques: A Quick Reference GuideSource: Elizabeth Barkley & Claire Major, Learning Assessment Techniques (Jossey-Bass, 2016). These LAT’s are organized around the six categories of learning in Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning.Printable pdfLAT Quick Reference CategoryLATTechniqueBrief Description Foundational Knowledge1First Day FinalStudents take a non-graded test the first day of the term that consists of questions that are similar to the Final Exam, and then

Learning Objectives Handout https://www.plu.edu/assessment/documents/learning-objectives-handout/

Integrated Learning Outcomes Documentation 2016-2020 (pdf) view download

Experiential Learning Activity https://www.plu.edu/environmental-studies/documents/experiential-learning-activity/

Experiential Learning Activity (pdf) view download

Learning from Sources https://www.plu.edu/library/instructor-services/il-resources/learning-from-sources/

which it was created, and whether or not the source is relevant to their work. In the eyes of students, however, most sources are created alike and their relevance is determined by whether or not they are academic or scholarly. Although the process of learning from sources will vary from person to person and from situation to situation, situating a source of information within a certain context and disciplinary practice can provide the student a lens through which they’ll be able to see their own

Passion for learning https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/10/28/passion-for-learning/

October 28, 2011 A passion for learning is explored By Chris Albert The route to being an educator may vary, but a key ingredient is being passionate about being a life-long learner. It’s a sentiment the panel of current educators and PLU alumni shared with students during the Career Connections in Education discussion in October. A panel of PLU alumni share their experiences with current students about life as educators. “You have to have that whole idea that you’re going to be a life-long

Learning to Brew https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/09/05/learning-to-brew/

September 5, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg0AIF4hW6o Learning to Brew By Chris Albert The summer after graduating, Ken Thoburn ’09 hung out at backyard BBQs, sipping on home brews he and his friends had made. Everyone kept saying, “Guys, you should start a brewery,” Thoburn recalled. That’s when the Chinese Studies major and some friends, who also had recently graduated from local colleges—and also had not planned on selling beer—took their backyard beverages to brand-new heights

Integrated Learning Objectives https://www.plu.edu/nursing-faculty-handbook/plu-school-of-nursing-overview/integrated-learning-objectives/

Integrative Learning Objectives of Pacific Lutheran University Pacific Lutheran University’s Integrative Learning Objectives are designed to provide a common understanding of how learning at PLU is targeted. These objectives offer a unifying framework for understanding how our community defines the general skills or abilities that should be exhibited by an individual who is granted a PLU bachelor’s degree. Therefore, they are integrative in nature. Pacific Lutheran University Global Statements