LTE 598: SLN #64001 Strategies for Promoting Active Learning June 19 - June 23, 2000; 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Social Sciences Building, Room 211 Faculty Susan Ledlow, Instructional Specialist Center for Learning & Teaching Excellence Computing Commons, Room 3N20-3N21 965-8645 Office Hours: 12:00-1:00 p.m. MTWTh susan.ledlow@asu.edu Duane Roen, Interim Director Center for Learning & Teaching Excellence Computing Commons, Room 335 965-9401 Office Hours: 1:00-2:00 MTWThF duane.roen@asu.edu Course Overview Active Learning may be defined as participation in any activity that gets students reading, writing, discussing, solving problems, or "doing." There are dozens of ways to get students actively involved, both in and outside of class. This seminar will focus on some of our favorite, tried-and-true strategies, including interactive lectures, decision cases, effective discussion leadership, thoughtful homework assignments, effective questioning strategies, and cooperative and peer learning. We will practice what we preach: participants will be actively involved in experiencing these strategies during every class period. They will also be provided with an opportunity to create their own active learning lessons, to exchange ideas about successful strategies, and to get feedback from others who teach similar content. Course Objectives By the end of the course, participants will have redesigned a module from a course they are planning to teach. The redesigned course component should reflect effective assessment practices. Participants will be able to articulate objectives for modules within their course, as well as overall goals for their course, use classroom assessment techniques that provide feedback about progress toward those objectives, and design tests and assignments that are clear and consistent with their objectives. Required Text Sutherland, Tracey E., and Charles C. Bonwell, eds. Using Active Learning in College Classes: A Range of Options for Faculty. New Directions in Teaching and Learning, 67. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996. Sample of Daily Themes and Featured Activities Note: We hope to e-mail participants before the first day to announce the reading for Monday. Before class: Read chapters 1 and 3. Monday: Active Learning is a Part of Good Practice in Higher Education. structuring effective active learning lessons interactive lectures After class: Read chapters 2 and 7 for Tuesday. Tuesday: Successful Active Learning Requires a Supportive Classroom Climate. incorporating a variety of styles of teaching and assessing leading decision case discussions After class: Read Chapter 4 for Wednesday. Wednesday: Active Learning Must Also Be "Deep Learning." strategies to promote creative and critical thinking approaches to asking questions, both in and out of class After class: Read Chapter 6 for Thursday. Thursday: Active Learning is Learner-Centered, but Teacher-Directed Instruction. structuring effective cooperative learning assignments other approaches to peer learning both in and out of class After class: Read Chapter 5 for Friday. Also bring to class on Friday some in instructional material and/or problem from one of your courses. In class, we’ll work in groups to revise the approach to include more active-learning strategies. Friday: Collaboration with Colleagues Enhances the Success of Active Learning. active learning on the web successful strategies for giving and receiving feedback (for you and your students) For more information about the class, please feel free to contact Susan Ledlow at 480.965.864. Back to Top