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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 high-quality and more equitable education. I utilize this approach because there is over 30 years of compelling evidence that active-learning pedagogy increases content mastery and reduces performance gaps, which matches what I experience in my courses. My face-to-face approach has long been ~50% of lecture time devoted to activities designed to engage students in practice and rich discussions with peers related to problem-solving, concept synthesis, and other higher-order cognitive skill development. I find that active-learning implementation that is authentic, frequent, inclusive, and encouraging is key to achieving a high level of student buy-in and active engagement in their learning. This can be achieved through any number of specific methodologies. For large enrollments, I utilize Think-Pair-Share discussion questions which can be easily adapted to asynchronous, collaborative Canvas Discussions.

Session objectives:  participants will be able to

  1. Recognize and understand the importance of active learning as a high-impact teaching practice.
  2. Implement the use of Think-Pair-Share questions in face-to-face and online courses.
  3. Implement the use of Discussions, Groups, and Quizzes in Canvas.

Event Details

Presenter: Daniel H. McIntosh, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Director of STEM Education Research

Academic Unit: College of Arts and Sciences; affiliated faculty, Missouri Institute for Defense and Energy

Bio: https://cas.umkc.edu/directory/mcintosh-daniel/

Event format descriptions are available at UMKC PROFFCourses.

Registration Link

After signing up for this event, you will receive an email confirmation. Prior to the event, you will receive a second email containing the Zoom invite link.

Creating an Inclusive Classroom Environment in Consideration of Free Expression

August 3 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am CDT (repeat of July 30)

Event Details

Many of us are struggling with finding balance between our commitment to inclusion and desire to support our students and colleagues with our responsibility to uphold the right to free expression as a public institution.  This balance may be elusive, especially in the classroom, but let’s come together to dialogue with one another in preparation for what may be a challenging academic year.  This session will include guidance on best practices and applicable policy considerations, scenario-based learning, and time for discussion.

Presenters: Dr. Sybil Wyatt, Director of Affirmative Action; KC Atchinson, Mediator, Conflict Management Program

Academic Unit: Office of Affirmative Action

Event format descriptions are available at UMKC PROFFCourses.

Registration Link

After signing up for this event, you will receive an email confirmation. Prior to the event, you will receive a second email containing the Zoom invite link.

Creating an Inclusive Classroom Environment in Consideration of Free Expression

July 30 3:00 – 4:30 pm  (repeated August 3)

Event Details

Many of us are struggling with finding balance between our commitment to inclusion and desire to support our students and colleagues with our responsibility to uphold the right to free expression as a public institution.  This balance may be elusive, especially in the classroom, but let’s come together to dialogue with one another in preparation for what may be a challenging academic year.  This session will include guidance on best practices and applicable policy considerations, scenario-based learning, and time for discussion.

Presenters: Dr. Sybil Wyatt, Director of Affirmative Action; KC Atchinson, Mediator, Conflict Management Program

Academic Unit: Office of Affirmative Action

Event format descriptions are available at UMKC PROFFCourses.

Registration Link

After signing up for this event, you will receive an email confirmation. Prior to the event, you will receive a second email containing the Zoom invite link.