IntrotoActiveLearning.ppt
- 1. Brian Rybarczyk, Ph.D. UNC Chapel Hill Department of Biology Energizing the Classroom Introduction to Active Learning
- 2. Objectives • Introduce concept of active learning • Demonstrate techniques & activities • Incorporate active learning into your future teaching
- 3. da Vinci and the Renaissance Embodies essence of the Renaissance ‘Rebirth’ of learning Thinking outside the box Ideas Discovery Experiment Change is good
- 4. Brainstorm Activity Write down ways that your professors taught you Effective methods Ineffective methods
- 5. Brainstorm Activity II What are some ways you learn best now as a scientist?
- 6. What is Active Learning? Time of class (min) 10 20 30 40 60 % Retained 50 100 50 0 lecture active learning From: McKeachie, Teaching tips: Strategies, research and theory for for college and university teachers, Houghton-Mifflin (1998)
- 7. What is Active Learning?
- 8. What is Active Learning? students solve problems, answer questions, formulate questions of their own, discuss, explain, debate, or brainstorm during class Active Learning Problem- Based Learning Cooperative Learning Learn By Doing Inquiry-based learning
- 9. What is the purpose? • Increase student participation • Increase student engagement • Increase student retention • More student ownership in course • Less lecturing by instructor • More exciting classroom experience • Higher level thinking
- 10. Improving Lectures • Plan objectives • Include graphics, charts, graphs, etc • Plan what you want to annotate • Learn students’ names • Cue important points • Give short activities • Give students time to generate questions • Have students summarize major points
- 11. Examples of Active Learning • Dr. Robert Beichner – NCSU – SCALE-UP – researching effectiveness of active learning in physics and chemistry – http://scaleup.ncsu.edu/ – Example of SCALE-UP Activity
- 12. Active Techniques • Think-pair-share (pair-share) • Role playing, simulations • Muddiest point/clearest point • Group quizzing • Generate lists • Cooperative learning • Minute papers and writing assignments • PBL and case studies • Concept maps
- 14. Reading Primary Literature • Provide one figure/table to each student group • Propose a title for the paper • Delete abstract and have students write a summary
- 15. Case Studies
- 16. Case Studies
- 17. Concerns & Issues What are your concerns about using active learning activities & techniques?
- 18. Suggestions • Describe to the students what is happening and why • State expectations • Incorporate assessments with activities • Start off simple (low risk) • Ask questions, walk around classroom, be attentive to student questions • Have students rely on each other
- 19. Resources National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (case study collection): http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html Problem Based Learning (U of Delaware): http://www.udel.edu/pbl/ MERLOT – (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching http://www.merlot.org Journals of Interest: Innovate: www.innovateonline.info/index.php CBE Life Science Education – www.lifescied.org/ Journal of College Science Teaching – www.nsta.org Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education – www.bambed.org