and course design engaging students in active learning
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AND COURSE DESIGN
ENGAGING STUDENTS IN ACTIVE LEARNING
ACTIVE SYLLABI
Discuss:
• How can you expand to be more informative/friendly regarding …
• Your background
• Your teaching philosophy
• Teaching methods
• Readings and assignments
• Flow of activities
• Class policies
• Online materials
CONSIDERING ACTIVE LEARNING IN COURSE DESIGN
ACTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Discuss:
What works for your course? How?
• Case studies
• Teams
• Scenarios/simulations
• Experiential learning
• Individualized instruction
• Projects
• Instruments (e.g., questionnaires, surveys)
• Experiments
• Games
• Active lectures
• Active readingRetrieved from: http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/ah650e/AH650E05.htm
ENGAGING STUDENTS THROUGH COURSE DESIGN
• Discuss: What is a good flow of activities in your course?
Note: each in-class and out-of-class activity is meaningfully linked to what precedes and what follows it.
ONLINE/BLENDED ACTIVE LEARNING
Discuss best practices in:
• Icebreakers
• Online Lectures
• Discussions
• Research
• Projects
• Teamwork
• Assessments