LifelongLearning

PERSONAL LEARNING

CONFERENCE

Saturday April 22, 2017 from 9:00am-3:00pmEastern Illinois UniversityMartin Luther King Jr. University Ballroom

Inspiration for personal learning professionals to expand ideas, resources, and connections in serving their organizations.

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SCHEDULE

8:30 am Registration opens

Closing

Welcome: Marita Metzke

Finding Value in the Humanities for the 21st CenturyRehema Barber

Session 1: Curriculum DevelopmentRichard Jones

Session 2: Disrupt AgingJulie Vahling

Lunch Round Table DiscussionsKathleen O’Rourke & Elizabeth Rumbaugh

Session 3: Evaluation DevelopmentDr. Jeff Stowell & Dr. Cari Brito

Session 4: Third Age LearningDr. Kaye Woodward & Dr. Will Hine

9:00-9:15 am

9:15-10:00 am

10:00-11:30 am

11:45-1:00 pm

1:00-2:30 pm

2:30-3:00 pm

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CONFERENCE CHAIR

Marita initially attended Eastern Illinois University, and graduat-ed from Northern Illinois University with a BS degree in Com-munication Disorders. She later earned a master’s degree in Management from Baker University, while working for GE in the consumer credit industry. Operations management occupied most of her career with Deluxe Financial Services, Inc., Trans-america Home Loans, and IKON until she returned to Illinois in 2007. Her broad interests led to higher education, running the Academy of Lifelong Learning program that promotes third age learning for adults in central Illinois. She earned a Certificate in Gerontology from USC Davis School of Gerontology in 2015. Personal interests include wellness, nature and gardening, and reading a wide variety of news articles, memoirs, and fiction.

Marita Metzke

FINDING VALUE IN THE HUMANITIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Rehema Barber is the Director and Chief Curator of the Tarble Arts Center at Eastern Illinois University. She has worked for various institutions such as: University of Illinois Urbana-Cham-paign’s School of Art + Design, University of Memphis, Memphis College of Art, Power House Memphis, The Amistad Center at the Wadsworth Athenueum Museum of Art. Barber has been a participant in The Japan Foundation’s Curatorial Exchange Program, the Getty Leadership Institute: The Next Generation, the Henry Luce Foundation Jewish Art Institute at NYU, and a Saint Louis Art Museum Romare Bearden Fellow. Notable exhibitions include Bare Walls, No Boundaries and Young Americans at the Wadsworth Atheneum; Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere at Power House Memphis; Social Habitat: The Porch Project by Heather Hart and Painting Is Dead?! at Figure One, University of Illinois School of Art + De-sign’s off-campus project space; Venturing Out of the Heart of Darkness at the Harvey B. Gantt Center; and A Dark Matter… for the Tarble Arts Center. She has also written for various publications and blogs such as The Commercial Appeal, Fiber Arts, International Review of African American Art, Number Magazine, and Sixty Inches From Center among other outlets. Barber holds a B.A. from Roosevelt University, an M.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a certification in Elementary and Secondary Art Education from the University of Missouri, Saint Louis.

Rehema Barber

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Richard G. Jones, Jr., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Eastern Illinois University where he is also the Faculty Laureate for 2016-2017. Rich’s research focuses on how people communicate and per-form intersecting identities in various contexts, and he is also a scholar and teacher of communication pedagogy. He has been recognized for teaching excellence by the US Professors of the Year Awards Program, the Illinois Communication and Theatre Association, Eastern Illinois University, and the Rocky Mountain Communication Association. He has published nu-merous scholarly articles, book chapters, student workbooks, and instructional materials. His textbook Communication in the Real World is currently in use at over 30 institutions around the world. In his spare time, Rich enjoys playing with his dogs, rehabilitating his historic home, and being an active member of the community theatre scene in East Central Illinois.

Richard Jones

SESSION 1: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

DescriptionParticipants will learn to employ pedagogically informed strategies in the development of relevant and dynamic curricula appropriate for diverse learners. Concepts to be discussed include: backward design, audience analysis and adaptation, universal design, and integrative learning.

SESSION 2: DISRUPT AGING

Ms. Julie Vahling is an Associate State Director for Advoca-cy & Outreach with AARP Illinois and is based in the field, working out of her home in Dieterich, Illinois. She is primarily responsible for leading outreach and education efforts in Illinois Congressional Districts 12 and 15. Julie is also responsible for AARP Illinois’ state and federal advocacy work in those districts and leading the advocacy work on utility issues at the state capitol.

Ms. Vahling is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University and her professional background includes over 16 years of public ser-vice. During that time, she twice worked as a District Liaison for the Illinois Department of Transportation, served as External Affairs Manager for the Illinois State Treasurer and worked as a Legislative Aide for the Illinois House of Representatives. She also spent two years as a public employee organizer with the Midwest Region Laborers’ Union. All of her positions have

Julie Vahling

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Julie will discuss “Disrupt Aging”, the 2016 book written by AARP’s CEO, Jo Ann Jenkins. The author articulates the need to redefine what it means to get older. She encourages us to re-think the negative stories we tell ourselves and each other about aging. The book chronicles Jo Ann’s journey, as well as those of other indi-viduals, working to change what it means to age in America today. Disrupt Aging shows us how to embrace opportunity and change the way society looks at getting older. In her down-to-earth personal style, Jo Ann provides readers practical, hands-on advice on a broad range of key issues, including:

• Taking Control of Your Health

• Choosing Where You Live

• Making Your Money Last

• Putting Your Experience to Work

Health, Wealth and Self – Owning Your Age

involved public education and advocacy for residents across southern Illinois. Ms. Vahling is also an alumnus of the founding class of the Illinois Women’s Institute of Leadership, an educational non-profit organization that seeks to encourage and train women to become effective leaders in Illinois government and politics.

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LUNCH

Healthy Lunch Menu Options

Spring Mix SaladAssorted Dinner Rolls

Brown & Wild Rice Chicken SoupVegetarian Vegetable Soup

Seasonal Fruit Salad Cookies

*provided by Illinois Humanities

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LUNCH - ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS

Dr. Kathleen O’Rourke serves as the M.A. in Aging Studies Graduate Program Coordinator at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. Dr. O’Rourke has been a faculty member in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences since 2001. Within the M.A. in Aging Studies program, Dr. O’Rourke teaches Consumer and Management Problems of Older People, Societal Theories of Aging, Aging and the Family, and Research Methods.

Prior to joining the faculty at EIU, Dr. O’Rourke was employed by St. Mary’s Hospital (Tennova Healthcare) in Knoxville, Tennessee as a Geriatric Case Manager for the Employee Assistance Program and a Geriatric Consultant in the Division of Senior and Community Services. While working in the health care system, Dr. O’Rourke’s primary duties included: direct care services in a dementia-specific adult day program for participants and their families, outreach education and support for caregivers and older adults, grant writing and fund development, and coordination of intergenerational programming.

Dr. O’Rourke holds a Ph.D. in Family Studies with a specialization in Gerontology from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and M.S. and B.S. degrees in Family and Consumer Sciences-Family Services from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Ageism with Dr. Kathleen O’Rourke

Book Reviews and Recommendations with Elizabeth RumbaughElizabeth is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Communication Disorders and Sciences at Eastern Illinois University. Elizabeth received her Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Disorders and Sciences at Eastern Illinois University in the spring of 2012. She is a graduate assistant for the Masters of Arts in Aging Studies graduate program under Dr. Kathleen O’Rourke. There, she divides her time between the Academy of Lifelong Learning and Arbor Rose of Charleston Memory Care Home. As volunteering is a passion of hers, Elizabeth regularly volunteers with the Academy of Lifelong Learning sponsored Hospice Care Choir, Camp Quality Illi-nois, and Together We Cope in Tinley Park, IL. Elizabeth plans to work in a hospital setting providing speech therapy services to individuals from birth to 80+.

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SESSION 3: EVALUATION DEVELOPMENT

Dr. Brito obtained her doctorate in Experimental Psychology (with emphasis in cognitive processes, visual per-ception in the elderly, and psychophysics) from the University of Iowa in 1994. She completed a two year National Institute on Aging fellowship on aging while working in Dr. Michael Wall’s Visual Field Lab in the Neuro-Ophthalmology Dept. at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. At EIU since 1996, she regularly teaches Introductory Psychology, History of Psy-chology, Research Methods, Language Development, and has mentored over 50 undergraduate researchers and graduate theses. She has research interests in understanding percep-tions toward older adults and how evoked memories can affect those perceptions. She routinely serves as a research and statistical consultant to members of the EIU community—assisting primarily with design and analyses of surveys.

Dr. Cari Brito

Dr. Stowell earned his PhD in Psychobiology from The Ohio State University. He is a Professor and the assistant chair of the Psychology Department at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) where he teaches courses in biological psychology, sensation & perception, learning, and introductory psychology. He presents regularly at regional psychology conferences and has mentored numerous undergraduate and graduate student research projects. His research interests are the psychological factors that influence endocrine, nervous system, and immune function and the use of technology to facilitate student learning.

Dr. Jeff Stowell

DescriptionParticipants will have the opportunity to share their experiences with assessment in their own programs. We will discuss the importance of matching assessments to program learning objectives and provide principles for constructing quality assess-ments of individuals and programs. Finally, we will provide an overview of how to use assessment results to improve future operations.

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SESSION 4: THIRD AGE LEARNING

Professor Emeritus, Family and Consumer ScienceS Director (retired), Bachelor of Arts in General Studies Degree Program

With three degrees in Vocational Education, Home Economics Education and Adult Education, Dr. Woodward has spent more than 33 years working with adults in Higher Education. Twenty-two of those years were spent as the director of the Bachelor of Arts in General Studies Degree Program at EIU where she, along with an excellent staff, assisted more than 1200 adults complete their undergraduate degree.

Driven by the Baby Boomer Cohort (Born 1946 -1964) and societal changes, we are in a lifelong learning society. Older Adult Learning (50+) is expanding greatly and will continue to develop into the future. This panel discussion will focus on some of reasons for this great growth in Third Age Learning and explore this issue from a variety of perspectives. Handouts will be provided, as well as ample time for discussion.

Dr. Will Hine is Dean and Professor Emeritus. He was the founding Dean of the School of Continuing Education at EIU and served in that role for 28 years. He has provided leadership for many state and national professional associations. The Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society established the William C. Hine Distin-guished Service Award in 2002 to honor Chapter Councilors for their commitment to promoting lifelong learning, dedication to serving adult learners, and leadership to the Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society. In 2011, the William C. Hine Continuing Education Adult Scholarship was established.

Dr. Kaye Woodward

Dr. Will Hine

Description

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Illinois Humanities works to build dialogue across all sectors of society to examine issues important to democracy in the focus areas of public policy, media & journalism, business, and art. Using the humanities as tools to stimulate discussion, we create experiences across Illinois through programming, events, and grantmaking to engage a diverse public on ideas and issues that matter.

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The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you’re learning you’re not old.

-Rosalyn S. Yalow

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The Academy of Lifelong Learning at Eastern Illinois University was created in 2007 to provide non-credit educational events in area communities for adults of any age who love to learn. Learning for personal growth provides rich opportunity to reflect on the world in new ways, share ideas and viewpoints, and stay engaged. Large scale, longitudinal research shows some of the benefits of lifelong learning to be confidence, life satisfac-tion and improved capacity to cope. Many of our topics are suggested by Academy members, and taught by subject matter experts, EIU faculty, and local community members. Most are offered without charge. Members may also register to audit a class on campus each semester, without paying tuition, through the Academy Pass. Areas of greatest interest include the environment and science, health, history, culture, and the arts. Members receive discounted tickets to The Doudna Fine Arts Center and other benefits at area businesses.

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