Patty Delgado & Elizabeth Metzger

Online Learning: It’s Not a Spectator Sport

   Agenda

•  Introduction •  Learner Centered Teaching •  Active Learning •  Authentic Learning •  How to do it online •  Q&A

   Learner Centered Teaching

“It is the one who does the work who does the learning.” (Doyle, 2011)

   Neural activity while students

perform various tasks

From  Poh,  Swenson  &  Picard  2010  

   Learner Centered Teaching

“It is the one who does the work who does the learning.” (Doyle, 2011)

   

   Active Learning Decreases Failure

Rates

Freeman  et  al.  2014  

   Principles of Learner-Centered

Teaching

Explicitly teach the skills they will need to succeed in the class Explicitly indicate what is expected of them Offer multiple learning modalities Opportunity to prepare before class Low stakes exams Opportunity to learn & recover from mistakes Cumulative final exam Foster a learning community

   Active Learning

   

(EdTechMagazine.com)  

   

Flickr:  “5-­‐starry-­‐night”  

   What do your students future jobs

look like?

   Group work!

Get into groups of 2-3 Pick 1 assignment from the group and discuss how it can be changed to fit into an online environment while still being an active and/or authentic assessment. 5 minutes.

   Let’s Discuss

   Examples

   

   Resources