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91�ֿ�’s Faculty Professional Development Center presents the 2013 Spring Learning Institute on Friday, Feb. 22, with open sessions from 9 a.m. through 3:45 p.m., at the Moulton Hall Ballroom.

“Students as Self-Learners: What is our Teaching Role?” is the theme for the event that is sponsored by the University Teaching Council. The Spring Learning Institute is a day of scholarship that spotlights students as self-motivated learners, and the role of teachers in promoting, inspiring and sustaining deep learning.

“Come and experience a day of reflection, experiment and philosophy, as we explore our teaching roles in the development of students as learners,” says Jeffry Pellegrino, Ph.D., assistant director of 91�ֿ�’s Faculty Professional Development Center.

Dr. Todd Zakrajsek, associate professor of family medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will keynote the institute, presenting up-to-the-minute research on biological, psychological, and sociological integration for self-learning. Interdisciplinary 91�ֿ� faculty groups also will share how they engage, inspire and promote the self-regulated learner in each student. Scholarly presentations throughout the day will document, through examples and stories, both the joys and challenges of renewing student self-motivation in university courses. Lessons abound in the dynamic use of technology, the influence of grading schema and mission-driven Q&A.

To register for the Spring Learning Institute, visit .

For more information about 91�ֿ�’s Faculty Professional Development Center, visit www.kent.edu/fpdc, call 330-672-2992 or emailfpdc@kent.edu.