1. Reform of Higher Agricultural Education in the State Agrarian University of Armenia Workshops in Professional Development: Implementing Teaching and Learning methods Maria Navarro, Ph.D.

2. Objectives After today’s workshop, participants will be able to: Write student-centered learning objectives (cognitive domain)

3. Outcome In groups, you will write four cognitive (student-centered) learning objectives for a class (a real or imaginary class) Throughout our 2-week workshop, we will use these objectives to discuss different methods of classroom teaching and to develop different tools for student assessment

4. SAU Workshops Workshop 101 – Developing course materials & curricula (Morphew) Workshop 102 – Teaching and learning methods (Parr and Navarro) Workshop 113 – Developing course syllabi and course grades (Knauft)

5. SAUA Workshops Workshop 306– Student evaluation methods & tools (Duncan) Workshop 308 – Developing a transcript management system (Holley) Workshop 308B – Administrative Workgroup (transcript management) (Holley & Shinn)