Designing Activities

Activity

Assessment

Learning Goal

Today’s activities

• Information: PPT based discussion

• Social experience: talk about what you already know, listen to new experiences

• Solitary reflection: do three structured reflections

What is our form of assessment here?

How we learn

– Information and ideas: How do students get the basic information and ideas they needed?

• Lecture• Structured discussion• Reading• Memorization• Repetition• Deduction/Induction from data• Matching• Fill in the blanks

How we learn

– Experience: What rich learning experiences do they have?

• Projects• Group work• PBL• Case Studies• Service Learning• Presentation

How we learn

– Reflection: How did you get students to engage in reflection about the meaning of what they were learning?

• Reflective journals• Reflective papers• Personal podcasts• Learning blogs

Personal Learning Preferences

• Visual= show me

• Aural= tell me

• Verbal= let me talk it through

• Logical= reason it through

• Physical= participate

• Social= learn in a group

• Solitary= learn alone

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Process Reflection

• Where do you focus during PPT presentations?

• How does the print out of a PPT affect your information processing?

Assessment

• Formative assessment: – Are they getting it? – Often quick and informal– Example: CATs

• Summative assessment: – Did they get it?– Often intensive and formal– Example: final papers, portfolios, exams

Pharmacology Sampleby Tres Kutcher

• Introduction to Pharmacology• Drug Development Activity• Working in groups of 2 or 3, plan the development of a new drug. Quickly decide on a disease or clinical

condition you want to treat and answer the following questions about your new drug.• What disease or condition do you want to treat?• How will your drug be given (route of administration)?• Give your drug generic, trade and/or proprietary names (are any of these the same?)• Put the following steps in order and explain what occurs at each step. How long do you expect the whole process

to take?• 1) clinical phase trials

2) postmarketing surveillance 3) targeted drug discovery4) preclinical investigation5) new drug application

• Step # What happens in this step (NOT title of step)? Est. Time• #3 initial discovery of new drug candidate 3-5 years• • • •

• Is yours a scheduled drug? If so, which schedule classification? Why?

Writing SampleEnglish Composition I

• Exploratory Writing with three sources resulting in a research question

• Peer review responses– what information they would look forward to in the

research paper• Annotated bibliography of all references • Research Paper• Peer Review• Professor Review• Student reflection on revision• Final draft

Sociology Sampleby David Aveline

• Name Calling, Racial Joking, and Prejudice Among Students– List categories on the board and have group call out

derogatory terms for the group– Analyze the common themes and historical

background for the terms– Write an anonymous reflection about a time you used

the term– Discuss when these terms are used– Write a reflection about a time someone used the

term for you and how you reacted– Discuss Sociological theories that deal with

stereotyping

Activity Resources

• C-Map– http://cmap.ihmc.us/conceptmap.html

• Delaware Problem Based Learning Site (must belong)– https://chico.nss.udel.edu/Pbl/searchDisc.jsp?srch=B

• Merlot Online Objects– http://www.merlot.org

• Crossword puzzle maker– http://edhelper.com/crossword.htm

• Webquest– http://www.webquest.org/index.php

• Powerpoint Jeopardy– http://www.jmu.edu/madison/teacher/jeopardy/jeopardy.htm

Activity elements

• Exposure to new information

• Make hypotheses about it

• Test those hypotheses

• Receive feedback

• Reflect

• Apply the newly acquired experience to a new set of information

Choosing goal and assessment

Course Goal

Assessment

Student Feedback Public Performance

Student exhibits or models

Products in response to prompts (e.g. written, oral, visual)

Quizzes or tests

Student self-assessment or peer review

Starting the Activity Brainstorm

Groups of Four

“What works best for me”

Personal Reflection

Fill out three activity sheets that have one activity and assessment

per goal.