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• If you are interested in requesting a workshop for your class, program, organization, residence hall, etc. please read the information below before completing a request form.
   
• Learning Specialists from the Walter E. Dennis Learning Center facilitate a variety of workshops. In addition to regularly offering FYE Success Series workshops, we accommodate requests from members of the Ohio State community.
  
  
• Workshops last approximately 45-50 minutes. Please let us know if you have a special request for a longer or shorter workshop.
  
  
• Learning Specialists utilize PowerPoint when presenting workshops in classroom settings. If your classroom does not have a computer and/or LCD projector, let us know in advance. We can make arrangements to borrow the appropriate equipment.
  
  
• Learning Specialists typically do not use PowerPoint when presenting in non-classroom settings unless the person initiating the request can provide a computer and LCD projector.
  
  
• The Walter E. Dennis Learning Center’s team of Learning Specialists is comprised of one full-time staff member and several undergraduates who are trained in learning and motivation strategies. Your presenter will be chosen based upon staff availability, unless you request a specific Learning Specialist.
  
  
• Note to Residence Hall Staff: We ask for your assistance in making the event as successful as possible by ensuring that at least 10 students attend.
  
  Required: Have students RSVP to you via evite, email, or sign-up sheet. Advertise the workshop by posting flyers (we will email you a file to fill out with the specifics).
  
  Suggested: Use available programming funds or request a grant to provide dinner/snacks.
  

Active Note-Taking Strategies
As a result of attending this workshop, students will be able to:

• Become more effective and engaged note takers
• Use abbreviations and symbols to make note taking more efficient
• Determine which information in a lecture is most relevant
• Recognize instructor emphasis
• Choose appropriate organization methods for lecture content
• Develop an effective study plan based on their notes

Primary method of delivery: Lecture

Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Procrastination…but Haven’t Gotten Around to Asking
As a result of attending this workshop, students will be able to:

• Comprehend rationalizations for procrastination
• Recognize the costs of procrastination
• Identify the real reasons for procrastination
• Understand the procrastination cycle
• Break the procrastination cycle by addressing the real reasons for procrastination
• Better manage their time using proven techniques

Primary methods of delivery: Lecture and interactive worksheet


Great Minds…Work Together: Planning Effective Study Groups
As a result of attending this workshop, students will be able to:

• Understand why some study group experiences are successes while others are disappointments
• Describe Vygotsky’s theory of social learning
• Describe four stages of group development and appropriate task activities for each
• Apply criteria to choose compatible study group members
• Utilize techniques to enhance study group effectiveness
• Determine which study group techniques work best for different types of learners

Primary method of delivery: Lecture, discussion, and activity


Keys to Strategic, Confident Test Taking
As a result of attending this workshop, students will be able to:

• Combat pre-exam stress
• Plan study sessions that lead to a sense of preparedness
• Effectively gather and utilize feedback from past exams
• Strategically approach multiple choice exams
• Strategically approach essay exams
• Stay calm during exams

Primary methods of delivery: Lecture and small group discussion (time permitting)


Making the Most of Your Learning Style
As a result of attending this workshop, students will be able to:

• Distinguish among the characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses of different learning styles
• Identify their own preferred learning style
• Recognize which types of courses and teaching styles represent worst case scenarios for different types of learners
• React constructively to academic situations that do not suit their preferred learning style

Primary methods of delivery: Lecture and small group discussion

Preparing Papers and Speeches
As a result of attending this workshop, students will be able to:

• Overcome hurdles that lead to writer’s block
• Apply criteria to possible topics
• Create strong thesis statements
• Choose appropriate sources
• Avoid plagiarism
• Develop strong introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions
• Gauge the needs of the audience when preparing a speech
• Select appropriate audiovisual aids
• Use feedback to improve presentation skills

Primary method of delivery: Lecture

Secrets of Academic Success
As a result of attending this workshop, students will be able to:

• Describe four strategies for achievement (each with two substrategies) that enable college success
• Apply the strategies to:
• Managing time
• Learning from text
• Learning from lecture
• Preparing for exams
• Preparing papers
• Preparing speeches

Primary method of delivery: Lecture

Stress Less: Tips for Building Academic Confidence and Resilience
As a result of attending this workshop, students will be able to:

• Recognize the importance of thoughts
• Identify self-talk
• Describe five techniques for managing stress
• Distinguish between worries they can and cannot control
• Create manageable goals
• Define resilience
• Describe five techniques for building resilience

Primary method of delivery: Lecture, interactive worksheet, and self-assessment quiz

Use Your Brain! Memory Tools for Effective Studying
As a result of attending this workshop, students will be able to:

• Describe different types of memory
• Identify their sense-related learning style
• Optimize factors that lead to rote learning
• Utilize processes that build meaningful learning
• Attend to overarching factors that affect memory
• Develop a personal study plan incorporating the components above

Primary method of delivery: Lecture, interactive worksheet, and self-assessment quiz