Goals of the Active Learning Initiative
- Drive the culture of the university into a more engaging learning experience for students
- Hacking classrooms by taking existing spaces and converting them into impactful centers of learning
- Grassroots group of faculty into Faculty Learning Community to promote conversations on the student learning experience
Instructional Design Opportunities and Challenges
- Classroom management is the biggest issue
- Group organization (random, pick, gender diversity, rotate, size-4 is best)
- Hold students accountable for work
- Rules/protocol are vital
- Support team (Teaching Assistants)
Instructional Design Opportunities and Challenges
- Creation of the task is critical!
- It must be appropriate and engaging, so students are not off task.
- Three factors to consider:
- Length
- Rigor
- Chunking
Real time formative assessment
- Add value to learning outcome
- Create opportunities to reflect
- Scaffold to more advanced task