How do we keep students engaged with groups and discussions?
Location
Online
Date & Time
June 9, 2020, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Description
How do we keep students engaged in learning online? How do we help them process concepts and think deeply about ideas in the absence of the face-to-face classroom? Research shows that using active learning approaches helps students stay motivated, feel connected, and generate meaning--whether face-to-face or online. In this session we’ll share some general information about active learning strategies and hear examples from two faculty who use active learning online. Sarah Leupen (Biology) will discuss why she uses group work online and how she manages groups in Blackboard Collaborate. Tim Phin (Ancient Studies) will talk about the importance of discussion to his pedagogy and how he encourages discussion online using tools such as VoiceThread or the discussion board.
The emphasis in this session will be on the pedagogy of active learning online--how these approaches can help you achieve your goals for student learning during remote instruction. While we will discuss the affordances that the tools provide for achieving your goals, this session will not provide step-by step instructions for using online tools. Please see the training programs offered by instructional technology for specific help in using tools.
Part of the FDC The Diverse Classroom Series!
UMBC’s Faculty Development Center continues the Diverse Classroom Series launched in February 2017!
Sessions in this series are designed to help you capture UMBC’s strengths in diversity to create vibrant learning environments--environments that effectively challenge and support every student. During interactive sessions, faculty and staff colleagues will help you address challenges and explore key questions, for example,
The emphasis in this session will be on the pedagogy of active learning online--how these approaches can help you achieve your goals for student learning during remote instruction. While we will discuss the affordances that the tools provide for achieving your goals, this session will not provide step-by step instructions for using online tools. Please see the training programs offered by instructional technology for specific help in using tools.
Please click “Going” below to reserve your seat for this session and we will send you a Google calendar invitation with a WebEx link one hour before the session. If you register less than an hour before the session, you will receive the WebEx link when you register. Please email fdc@umbc.edu if you have any questions.
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Counts toward ALIT Certificate
§ Counts towards INNOVATE Certificate
§ Counts towards INNOVATE Certificate
Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash
Part of the FDC The Diverse Classroom Series!
UMBC’s Faculty Development Center continues the Diverse Classroom Series launched in February 2017!
Sessions in this series are designed to help you capture UMBC’s strengths in diversity to create vibrant learning environments--environments that effectively challenge and support every student. During interactive sessions, faculty and staff colleagues will help you address challenges and explore key questions, for example,
- How can you learn about your classroom audience to better connect with your students and reflect on their learning needs?
- How can you make your classroom more hospitable for all learners?
- How can you handle sensitive discussions in your classroom?
- How can you ensure that students from different academic and social backgrounds and with different physical and cognitive abilities experience classrooms where they are welcomed, challenged, and supported?
- Faculty and staff who aspire to make their classrooms more inclusive of our diverse student population.
- For additional resources, see https://fdc.umbc.edu/resources/the-diverse-classroom/
