active learning
Let’s Get Physical! What Olivia Newton John Knew About Active Learning
ZoomIn this virtual popup, we’ll discuss the benefits of incorporating active learning into class settings, explore logistics of both face to face and online active learning, and swap ideas for engaging active learning activities. Bring your questions, curiosity, and ideas and we’ll work together to share active learning strategies that will work for a wide […]
July 21 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT Collaboration and online interactions. Learner to learner interaction can be achieved by assigning small group projects, by requesting responses to discussion board postings and by engaging students through peer-evaluated assignments or critiques (QM Standard 5.1). In this session, we will discuss our experiences with a variety […]
Active Learning within Zoom – Using Polls, Breakout Rooms and Whiteboards
July 10, 2020 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Why active learning? Because students learning in an online environment experience interactions with you and/or their classmates differently than in a traditional face-to-face course and the evidence overwhelmingly supports that students that are engaged in the learning process, actually achieve higher levels of learning. Join us for […]
Facilitating Active Learning through Group Work
ZoomThis workshop is an interactive introduction to the international academic support model known as Supplemental Instruction (SI) and it’s best practices related to the facilitation of effective small group learning. Participants will receive tangible ways to incorporate SI’s facilitation strategies and collaborative learning techniques to create active, student-centered in-class activities. Event Details Presenter: Jessica Elam […]
Think-Pair-Share Questions for Facilitating Active Learning in Face-to-Face and Online Courses
I will present my emergent strategy for facilitating collaborative `active learning' in a large-enrollment, asynchronous online course utilizing Canvas, Panopto, and Zoom. I will briefly share my motivations and guiding principles for fostering active learning (it's what the students do that matters, fundamentally) in my courses at all academic levels as a means to achieving […]
