Course

CE 110 Innovative Teaching Strategies, Tuesdays, FALL Term B 2025

Oct 20, 2025 - Nov 23, 2025

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Full course description

Immersive Experience Overview 

Facilitator  

Name 

Rev. Glenda Walden 

Telephone 

816-434-6892 

E-Mail 

gwalden@uwsi.org 

Response Time Policy 

Within 24 hours 

Immersive Experience Description 

This immersive experience explores Competency-Based Education, emphasizing measurable results and practical skills, using a framework that combines David Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory and The Living Curriculum's co-creation approach. Participants will gain insights into how individuals acquire knowledge and develop skills through real-world application, honoring the inherent wholeness and wisdom within each learner. By focusing on real-world issues, this approach connects theoretical concepts to practical experiences. It integrates Brain-Based Learning, Multiple Intelligences research, and storytelling/creative expression to 'draw out' inner understanding. This process encourages participants to explore spiritual principles and relevant themes, making learning a multi-sensory and deeply personal journey. 

Competencies 

By the end of the experience, learners will be able to: 

  • Apply the principles of Competency-Based Education to design learning experiences that focus on measurable results and practical skill development.  

  • Integrate David Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory into course design to facilitate real-world knowledge acquisition and skill development.  

  • Incorporate The Living Curriculum's co-creation approach into learning experiences, demonstrating an understanding of how to honor individual wholeness and wisdom.  

  • Develop learning activities that connect theoretical concepts to real-world issues and experiences, using examples relevant to the participants' lives.  

  • Design learning experiences that integrate Brain-Based Learning and Multiple Intelligences research to cater to diverse learning styles and enhance understanding.  

  • Utilize storytelling and creative expression techniques to 'draw out' inner understanding and facilitate the exploration of spiritual principles and relevant themes.  

Required Text/Readings 

  • None 

Recommended Text/Readings 

  • Gardner, Howard E. (2006) Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practice. Sacramento, CA: Basic Books. ISBN: 978-0465047680 

 

  • Jensen, Eric P & McChonchie, Liesl. (2020) Brain-Based Learning: Teaching the Way Students Really Learn. Newbury Park, CA: Corwin. ISBN: 978-1544364544 

 

  • Kolb, David. (2014) Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. Santa Monica, CA: Pearson. ISBN: 978-0133892406 

 

Live Class Session:  

  • Module 1 Course Review, Tuesday, October 21, 7:00 to 9:00 pm Central 

  • Module 5 Presentations, Tuesday, November 18, 7:00 to 9:00 pm Central