EdVenture is the annual celebration of education at Penn State College of Medicine and typically includes:
- the Woodward Lecture, given by an invited scholar and innovator in medical science education
- workshops on educational topics
- an evening reception with posters on education and the presentation of the Distinguished Educator Awards
EdVenture 2009: "Teaching the Postmodern Student"
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
2009 Woodward Lecture
Meet Generation Next: Today's Student in Professional Education and Entering the High-Stakes Workplace
Mark Taylor, M.S.W., Ed.D.
11:30 am to 1:00 pm, Hospital Auditorium (lunch provided)
Workshop
Teaching Today's Learners: Effective Change Pedagogies in Professional Education
Mark Taylor, M.S.W., Ed.D.
2:00 to 5:00 pm, Hospital Auditorium
EdVenture Celebration
including presentation of the 2009 Distinguished Educator Awards
5:00 to 8:00 pm, University Conference Center
Download a flyer for more information. If you wish to receive CME credit for the lecture or workshop or are planning to attend the EdVenture Celebration, please contact Dianne Farst at dfarst@hmc.psu.edu.
EdVenture is supported by the Penn State Hershey Woodward Endowment Fund.
Mark Taylor, M.S.W., Ed.D. (www.taylorprograms.com) is a nationally recognized expert, speaker, and consultant on understanding and teaching today's students. His programs and workshops help colleges and universities more effectively recruit, retain, develop, and teach students from Generation NeXt. This generation of students has grown up in an on-demand age of instant gratification, super-consumerism, and information technology. They tend to seek and expect constant stimulation, immediate response, excellent service, and painless success. Their issues with academic preparation, responsibility, self-esteem, consumer expectations, use of technology, and styles of interacting can affect and interfere with their learning, persistence and academic success. Taylor will describe this cohort and present his views on alternative methods of teaching this new generation of students to improve their ability to function as they enter the biomedical workforce.
Click the links below to view mediasite recordings of Dr. Mark Taylor's presentation/workshop.
