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Educators have long recognized that meta-cognition is perhaps the best way to describe what students must gain before they graduate from college.  The ability to see different points of view, to stand back and look objectively at your own work or even your own self, to choose wisely what is not only good for you but for others affected by your choice, and therefore the ability to keep learning, is inescapably the key thinking ability that mark you as a college graduate.  Meta-cognitive skills and habits can develop in any discipline, be it physics or writing, math or philosophy.  The collection of work in a portfolio offers opportunities for students to reflect on their own work over time, which is perhaps the most powerful and meaningful advantage of the portfolio for learning.  When students are emotionally dissociated by time from their early work and can therefore judge that work objectively, they are taking a giant step toward developing meta-cognitive skills and habits.
--Trent Batson, Campus Technology, 1-6-10

AAEEBL is forging regional chapters around the world and The New England AAEEBL Chapter conference at Stonehill is our first chapter conference.

Featured speakers:

Dean Laura O’Toole, Salve Regina
Assoc Provost James Griffin, J&W
Trent Batson, Exec Dir, AAEEBL
David Marble, Bus Ops, AAEEBL
Poklop and Noonan, Northeastern
Ellen Marie Murphy, Plymouth St.
Panel:  Tufts, Brandeis, RWU
Reception:
Sponsored by Digication
Breakfast, Lunch, Breaks
Co-Hosted by OSHEAN

http://metalearning.americommerce.com/ to Register.The AAEEBL Conference at Stonehill College in Easton, MA is $80.00 for AAEEBL members and $120.00 for non-members.  You can pay online at the URL above.

Institutional memberships are $800 USD per year, a relatively low fee for an association offering so many services.   To join AAEEBL: 
http://metalearning.americommerce.com/store/c/18-AAEEBL-Memberships.aspx
Or, visit http://www.aaeebl.org to learn more.

Click here to download brochure.