Students may not be comfortable with active learning. The instructor should make the active learning fun. Lack of student motivation and anxiety can and will hinder successful learning. Always give feedback, including feedback for assignments well done.
R2D2 reading, reflective writing, displaying, and doing.
Active learning activities increase student satisfaction rates, increase participation, increase students motivation to helps them to become interested with the process of aquiring content informaiton. Active learning and technology should not be used as an emperiment, but aligned with the goals and learning objectives of the course.
Rubrics are also very important becuase it helps students to understand the necessary parameters to follow when completing assignments.
Rubrics are a good thing. I have not used them much in the past but i can see that they can become useful in the future
I will incorporate active learning strategies in my teaching. In particular, I will be clear about my expectations for the students, provide positive feedback throughout the course, and make sure to have incremental deadlines to help students with time managment. I also, will update rubrics to provide clear direction and feedback to help students progress.
Rubrics can be used to assess Active Learning activities.
I think that setting expectations and rules that the students must follow can be important, but equally important is teh justification for them. Explain to them why they need to learn and understand rules, safety procedures, and why projects are important.
Rubrics, due dates and a calendar set the expectation level for each student. They provide a clear road map to success. Group and individual assignments also increase participation and assessment of learning the material.
I learned that no graded assessment during the first part of the course and positive reinforcement works great. Also one on one communication thru email or canvas really gives student that bond and help make that connection.
Students need to ultimatly learn by doing and incorportating new learning techniques is key in opening that door. I think the transition to hybrid learning will be a great platform for trade related classes to ease the stress of needing to absorb knowledge in lecture and at the students pace.
This lesson reiterated again on active learning and the shift of the teacher becoming the facilitator, who enables the students to conduct their own research, higher leve thinking and expression of their outcomes through various methods. I liked the idea of student reading or watching a video prior to class, and then using class for a synchronous conversation. However, that has been impossible to get my students to do in the past. I will always keep trying though, especially using information/learning chunking. This will hopefully not overwhelm them and get their interest with no daunting effort on their part. I will especially use the rubrics introduced for group work.
I learned that the used of Rubrics are important that guides the direction and expectation of the student assesment for the assignment.
Respectfully,
Kendrick Kim
kkim1@fullcoll.edu
Rubrics can be used as a helpful guide to help let students know what is being asked of them. This can be especially helpful for the student in understanding the guide lines of even a building code in a construction class.
Active learning is not restricted to a traditional classroom environment but can be used successfully on-line. Rubrics, expectations up front and continuous feedback are a few ways to enhance the student experience, keep them involved and ensure the instructor sets them up for success. I may create a rubric to assist in this process and like the idea of allowing the use of avatars for students that may feel more comfortable.
Although Active Learning is a student-centered approach to learning, the instructor must ask as a "movie director" and guide the student through the learning process. In addition, I have learned that many students are not use to this method of teaching, as a result, it is imperative that the instructor explain the active learning process. I have learned that the one of the "study tool" we should help our students with is time management.
Like face 2 face instruction, goals and expectations for active learning must be developed then clearly provided to students. Target dates and announcements must be clear and acknowledge by all students. Continuous feedback for students is what I have been doing in my face 2 face classes for many years. It is more important for online learners to see positive feedback to succeed in the course.
Technology provides for group projects and assignments can be done in an online learning class with ease.
rubrics help both students and instructors
I'm looking forward to incorporating more of these interactive project ideas in the classroom to get my students more actively paritcipating in an online course version of this class. This disspells my notions about an online course not being able to meet the hands on experience and possibilities that I now know an online course is VERY capable of. I particularly like the idea of having the students participate in putting together a video or a group blog/presentation using technology toe their advantage rather than relying only on lectures and simply regurgitating information back.
The instructor must direct the student inoder for them to get the most out of the program, the instructor should also make the class intresting and make the student want to learn and particapate in the activity's of the class as well.
One of the most important components of active online learning is instructor attitude. Online instructors must come to online teaching with a positive attitude and be willing to put in the time and effort to develop two or three active learning activities. Student attitudes must also be managed by setting clear expectations, including the estimated amount of time needed to complete projects and how they will be graded on completion of those projects. Clear rubrics can address the challenges of grading activities such as role play and group discussion, and may be partially based on active participation and time on task. Relevance, targeted frequent feedback, inspiration and encouragement and clear boundaries that allow for individual creativity also increase effectiveness. Modifying traditional F2F to online also requires both instructors and students to explore and experiment with technologies that may be new to them, such as Skype, video production applications, and wikis or or other forums. I appreciated the "rule of thumb" of including two or three active learning activities into online courses, and look forward to applying this, and some of the other specific tactics mentioned to increase peer and instructor interaction and engagement in my online courses.
