I have learned that it is better to be the "guide on the side" rather than the "sage on the stage". Students learn more and retain the information better when they are responsible for their own learning. I also like learning the difference between collaborative (graded as group) and cooperative learning (graded individually).
Active learning is anything that the student does in a classroom envirnment other than lecture time. During this time using different techniques and switching it up is a good way to make sure everyone stays engaged and interested.
The importance of online learning is giving and alternative to students in a busy life. Adult learners especially have it hard to go to a brick-and-mortar environment while trying to improve on one's level of education and training. During the pandemic, I taught high school medical careers and body systems and the students were never used to the learning environment. Teacher's had to quickly integrate google classroom or canvas to broaden the experience and whether you are on zoom or google meet there is an opportunity to see everyone's face and break out. I loved to do slam chats on a topic to review and it was fun to see the students engage well. Mentimeter also is a visual way to check in with active learning as well. Core elements involve various ways for each student to take control and responsibility of their own learning. Some of those core elements are teamwork, individualism, reflection and communication.
active learning is a student centered approach to learning and can be applied in all types of classrooms.
Using Active Learning as a way to enhance comprehension and retention of information serves to enrich the learning process. Having students engage through learner-centered activities can also help with student satisfaction and retention.
On-line learning has many challenges and one of them is student engagement. This course has helped me to identify some areas in which I can improve my on-line teaching. On major part is that the students should interact with me more to improve their education journey.
Inmy current course the students must memorize the skeleton and muscles- I will try small group peer teaching for this to more actively engage them
In active learning the responsibility of the learning is with the student. Teachers should move from the "Sage on the stage" to having students take responsibilities of their learning. Students must read, write, discuss, reflect or be engaged in problem solving with the instructor being the facilitator.
I learned that some instructors feel that education should not necessarily be fun for the students and model that teaching behavior to their students. The learner-centered approach to student learning has been a change in education. This approach keeps the control of the learning environment with the instructor but the ultimate responsibility of the learning with the student.
The thing that stuck out to me was the importance of self-reflection for both the instructor and the students.
online learning/Active learning is a fairly new strategy for post secondary education. It offers the students space and freedom to be accountable for their own learning, environments, and outcomes
Comment on Eileen Epsaro's post: I really appreciate the R2D2 approach and intend on using it in my future endevours.
Students need to be more involved in their learning. That allows them to engage more in their studies. They don't like to be lectured at.
The online learning forum bring the classroom to a more diverse group of students
Getting students to interact with one another in an online course is very important, whether the course is synchronous or asynchronous.
What I've learned from this section is the importance of active learning. although I teach mostly face to face, but we do have some online assignments and it is hard to get the students engaged and actively participating in those assignments. I've been incorporating the assignments into my ground class to help them see the importance of accountability, and making the assignments a group project or an active discussion helps them to see what they are capable of doing when putting in the ground work.
It is not easy to transition from traditional to active learning methods. I like the idea and I know active learning is more productive. There is a lot of learning to be done for instructors to become coaches. There will not be enough time to cover all topics.
Active learning puts the accountability for the learning process onto the student with the instructor as a coach in the process. I struggle with the volume of information in our courses and the ability to help students actively engage in the course so that they can be competent in the material learned. I incorporate think pair share, case studies, presentations, etc., but look forward to more recommendations in this course.
I learned more details pertaining to the core elements of active learning. "The core elements of active learning activities are that students must read, write, discuss, reflect or be engaged in problem solving. There is an abundance of innovative strategies which can work in small and large group projects or individual activities."
Though every learning environment has three elements (instructor/facilitator, student, and content), active learning brings students and their learning "center stage." In an active learning environment, there is no "sage on the stage." Instead, the students and their learning are most important, and the students are "actively involved in knowledge acquisition." As online instructors, we have the opportunity to challenge, assist, and guide our students on their educational journeys. It can be "fun" and rewarding for all involved.
