In the last part of this series, we filled our in-class framework with activities that allow our students to collaborate on the advanced learning objectives to achieve mastery. For this final part, we’ll be designing a pre-class session focusing on our basic learning objectives that students complete on their own. Our primary goal is to… Read more »
Tag: active learning
Intentional Teaching is Better Teaching
In the second installment of our SoTL spotlight series, J Duncan (Senior Lecturer, School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering [SICE]) shares his path to becoming a SoTL researcher. J first became introduced to SoTL through a professional development collegium on teaching and learning offered by SICE in the early 2000s. Now, J spends most of… Read more »
Flipping Your Class, Part 3: What Should I Do? So Much Room for Activities!
In Part 2, we created our learning objectives (LOs) and sorted them based on their level of cognitive complexity. We begin part three by planning the in-class portion where students will have peer and instructor support in achieving the advanced LOs. Whether a person is planning a traditional lecture or a flipped class, it’s important… Read more »
From the Blank Page to Insight: Helping Your Students Take Powerful Class Notes
What do you see your students doing during your class? Are they frantically transcribing your every word? Or is it the opposite, where you wonder if they’re taking any notes at all? This post will discuss how to guide your students to take powerful notes, the kind that lead to rich learning. For students, every… Read more »
Lecturing is Not a Four-Letter Word
Is lecturing an outmoded form of instruction that you should avoid at all costs? Not at all. As “active learning” becomes the norm in college classrooms, many faculty who believe in the importance of using in-class activities to engage students with course content may hesitate to admit that they actually sometimes…lecture. While concerns about lecturing… Read more »
Maximizing Your Undergraduate Teaching Assistants’ Potential
Do you have undergraduate teaching assistants and would like to utilize them more effectively? Are you looking for a way to make your large lecture class more active? Consider implementing the Learning Assistants (LA) model. Like other peer instruction models, undergraduates who have successfully completed a course serve as a peer instructor in a subsequent… Read more »