The Experiential Learning and Learning Styles Program strong>provides the latest concepts of experiential learning model and tools to help you discover your unique learning process and develop a framework for your personal and professional growth. Experiential learning theory has been widely used in medical education to help educators design and create learning environments conducive for achieving transformative learning experiences for their students. This programs will help you examine the key experiential learning concepts that describe how individuals learn, develop and create knowledge. You will learn how to learn, understand your learning style and the importance of developing learning flexibility to maximize your learning capabilities and adapt to diverse environmental demands.

Learning Objectives:

• Apply principles of scholarship in teaching to everyday teaching activities for increased effectiveness as an educator and to advance one’s academic career
• Employ a systems approach to the design and implementation of teaching and training programs
• Determine appropriate instructional methods and teaching format for different learning environments

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Alice Y. Kolb
Alice Kolb is the President of Experience Based Learning Systems (EBLS) a research and development organization devoted to research and application of experiential learning in organizations worldwide. EBLS has developed many experiential exercises and self-assessment instruments including the latest Kolb Learning Style Inventory 4.0. The EBLS program of research on Experiential Learning Theory continues in collaboration with an international network of researchers, practitioners and learning partners.

As President of EBLS she facilitates research and practice initiatives of the international network. She was a co-developer of the Kolb Learning Style Inventory 4.0 and is currently the leader of a team that is developing the Educator Role Profile, an inventory designed to help educators apply experiential learning principles in their work.
She was born and raised in Brazil and went to Japan where she received her BA in Japanese Studies from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and MA and Doctorate in Human Resources Management from Hitotsubashi University. She received a MS in Human Resource Management from Cleveland State University and her Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in Organizational Behavior where she was an Adjunct Professor in the Weatherhead School of Management. She is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and English.

Her research focus on creating learning spaces conducive to deep learning led to her paper “Learning styles and learning spaces: Enhancing experiential learning in higher education” published in Academy of Management Learning and Education and “Learning to play, playing to learn: A case study of a ludic learning space,” published in the Journal of Organizational Change Management. She received the 2008 “Educational Pioneers of the Year Award” from the National Society for Experiential Education (with David Kolb

David A. Kolb
David Kolb is the Chairman of Experience Based Learning Systems (EBLS), an organization that he founded in 1980 to advance research and practice on experiential learning. EBLS has developed many experiential exercises and self-assessment instruments including the latest Kolb Learning Style Inventory 4.0. The EBLS program of research on Experiential Learning Theory continues in collaboration with an international network of researchers, practitioners and learning partners.
He received his BA in psychology, philosophy and religion at Knox College and his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University. He was a professor of organizational behavior and management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University where he is currently Emeritus Professor of Organizational Behavior.
He is best known for his research on experiential learning and learning styles described in Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. Other books include, Conversational Learning: An Experiential Approach to Knowledge Creation, Innovation in Professional Education: Steps on a Journey from Teaching to Learning, and Organizational Behavior: An Experiential Approach. In addition he has authored many journal articles and book chapters on experiential learning. He currently serves on the editorial review board of Simulation and Gaming where he is the experiential learning section editor. David has received four honorary degrees recognizing his contributions to experiential learning in higher education.