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Active Learning: Rethinking Our Teaching to Promote Deeper Learning Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer Adapted for Institute of Technology By Menaka Abraham

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ActiveLearning:RethinkingOurTeachingtoPromoteDeeperLearning

FacilitatedbyKenSilvestri,CFEInstructionalDesigner

AdaptedforInstituteofTechnologyByMenakaAbraham

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OVERVIEW

• WhyActiveLearning

• WhatisActiveLearning

• HowtoIntegrateActiveLearning

• Howtechnologyenablesactivelearning

Source:KennethJ.SilvestriWordle

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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

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WHYACTIVELEARNING

Attention Span = 10-20 Minutes

INFORMATION

10-20MinutesENGAGEMENT

Source:Stuart&Rutherford,1978;Wilson&Korn,2007

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WHATISACTIVELEARNING?

THINK(Individual):Take2minutestothinkaboutwhatactivelearningmeanstoyou

PAIRUP:Turntothepersonnexttoyouanddiscussyourideas

SHARE:HaveonepersonshareyourthoughtswiththelargergrouponPollEverywhere ImageSource:WikipediaCommons

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WHATISACTIVELEARNING?

DISCUSSING

PROBLEM SOLVINGINTERACTING

REFLECTINGTEACHING

APPLICATION

DOING/ ENGAGING

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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”

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HOW:INTEGRATINGACTIVELEARNING

• 80MinuteLecture• 5MinuteThinkingorReflection

Activity

• IntroduceNewTopicorRevisitPreviousTopic20-25Minutes

• GroupDiscussionorApplicationActivity15-20Minutes

• IntroduceNewTopic20-25Minutes

• 5MinuteReflectionActivity

125MinuteLecture:In-DepthGroupActivity15-20Minutes

Repeat

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HOW:INTEGRATINGACTIVELEARNINGGROUPDISCUSSIONACTIVITY:Take5minutestodiscussactivelearningstrategiesthatcouldfitintheactivelearninglecturemodel.

SHARE:HavesomeoneinyourgroupwithalaptoportabletpostyourlistofstrategiesforeveryonetoseeonPollEverywhere.

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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

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HOW:PREPAREYOURSTUDENTS

✓ WhyActiveLearning

✓ StartEarly–DayOne

✓ StartSmall

✓ Community-andTeam-Building

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HOW:INTEGRATINGACTIVELEARNING

LessTime

MoreTime

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HOW:TECHNOLOGYASENABLERClickersorPollingSoftware

✓Encouragesparticipation

✓Promptfeedback

✓Facilitatehigherorderthinkingskillsanddeeperlearning

ImageSource:iclickers.com

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ONE-MINUTEPAPER

INSTRUCTIONS:TakeoneminutetoreflectonwhatyoulearnedandpostonethingfromthisworkshopthatyoucantryinacoursethatyouteachonPollEverywhere.1:00

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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]