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ActiveLearning:RethinkingOurTeachingtoPromoteDeeperLearning
FacilitatedbyKenSilvestri,CFEInstructionalDesigner
AdaptedforInstituteofTechnologyByMenakaAbraham
OVERVIEW
• WhyActiveLearning
• WhatisActiveLearning
• HowtoIntegrateActiveLearning
• Howtechnologyenablesactivelearning
Source:KennethJ.SilvestriWordle
WHYACTIVELEARNING
No Active Learning
Active Learning
34%FailureRate
22%FailureRate
+6% better on examinationsSource:Freemanetal.(2014)Activelearningincreasesstudentperformanceinscience,engineering,andmathematics.PNAS,June10,2014,vol.111,no.23
WHYACTIVELEARNING
Attention Span = 10-20 Minutes
INFORMATION
10-20MinutesENGAGEMENT
Source:Stuart&Rutherford,1978;Wilson&Korn,2007
WHATISACTIVELEARNING?
THINK(Individual):Take2minutestothinkaboutwhatactivelearningmeanstoyou
PAIRUP:Turntothepersonnexttoyouanddiscussyourideas
SHARE:HaveonepersonshareyourthoughtswiththelargergrouponPollEverywhere ImageSource:WikipediaCommons
WHATISACTIVELEARNING?
DISCUSSING
PROBLEM SOLVINGINTERACTING
REFLECTINGTEACHING
APPLICATION
DOING/ ENGAGING
WHATISACTIVELEARNING?
“Studentsthatareengagedinmoreactivitiesthanjustlistening.Theyareinvolvedindialog,debate,writing,andproblemsolvingaswellashigherorderthinking,e.g.analysis,synthesis,evaluation,andcreating”-BonwellandEison,1991
HigherOrderThinkingSkills
LowerOrderThinkingSkills
Source:BenjaminBloom
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
”ZONE OF DEEPER
LEARNING”
HOW:INTEGRATINGACTIVELEARNING
• 80MinuteLecture• 5MinuteThinkingorReflection
Activity
• IntroduceNewTopicorRevisitPreviousTopic20-25Minutes
• GroupDiscussionorApplicationActivity15-20Minutes
• IntroduceNewTopic20-25Minutes
• 5MinuteReflectionActivity
125MinuteLecture:In-DepthGroupActivity15-20Minutes
Repeat
HOW:INTEGRATINGACTIVELEARNINGGROUPDISCUSSIONACTIVITY:Take5minutestodiscussactivelearningstrategiesthatcouldfitintheactivelearninglecturemodel.
SHARE:HavesomeoneinyourgroupwithalaptoportabletpostyourlistofstrategiesforeveryonetoseeonPollEverywhere.
STRATEGY OUTCOME
Ask Before You Tell
Think-Pair-Share
Activation of prior knowledge
Explaining, Discussion, and Collaboration
JigsawPeer Instruction, Evaluating,
and Synthesizing
Case Studies/ Problem-Solving
Real-World Relevancy, Analyzing, and Application
One-Minute PaperReflection on what is being
learned
HOW:PREPAREYOURSTUDENTS
✓ WhyActiveLearning
✓ StartEarly–DayOne
✓ StartSmall
✓ Community-andTeam-Building
HOW:INTEGRATINGACTIVELEARNING
LessTime
MoreTime
HOW:TECHNOLOGYASENABLERClickersorPollingSoftware
✓Encouragesparticipation
✓Promptfeedback
✓Facilitatehigherorderthinkingskillsanddeeperlearning
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ONE-MINUTEPAPER
INSTRUCTIONS:TakeoneminutetoreflectonwhatyoulearnedandpostonethingfromthisworkshopthatyoucantryinacoursethatyouteachonPollEverywhere.1:00
REFERENCES
BloomB.S.TaxonomyofEducationalObjectives,HandbookI:TheCognitiveDomain. (1956)NewYork:DavidMcKayCoInc.
Bonwell,C.C.,&Eison,J.A.(1991).Activelearning:Creatingexcitementinthe classroom.ASHE-ERICHigherEducationReportNo.1.Washington,D.C.:TheGeorgeWashingtonUniversity.
Freemanetal.(2014)Activelearningincreasesstudentperformanceinscience,engineering,andmathematics.PNAS,June10,2014,vol.111,no.23
Miller,MichelleD.(2014)MindsOnline:TeachingEffectivelywithTechnology. HarvardUniversityPress
Rose,D.&Meyer,A.TeachingEveryStudentintheDigitalAge:UniversalDesignforLearning.(2002).ASCD:http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/
TheInstructor’sGuidetoCourseFacilitation&Facilitation,MinnesotaStateUniversity, [updated,2015]