AND COURSE DESIGN

ENGAGING STUDENTS IN ACTIVE LEARNING

ACTIVE SYLLABI

Discuss:

• How can you expand to be more informative/friendly regarding …

• Your background

• Your teaching philosophy

• Teaching methods

• Readings and assignments

• Flow of activities

• Class policies

• Online materials

CONSIDERING ACTIVE LEARNING IN COURSE DESIGN

ACTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

Discuss:

What works for your course? How?

• Case studies

• Teams

• Scenarios/simulations

• Experiential learning

• Individualized instruction

• Projects

• Instruments (e.g., questionnaires, surveys)

• Experiments

• Games

• Active lectures

• Active readingRetrieved from: http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/ah650e/AH650E05.htm

ENGAGING STUDENTS THROUGH COURSE DESIGN

• Discuss: What is a good flow of activities in your course?

Note: each in-class and out-of-class activity is meaningfully linked to what precedes and what follows it.

ONLINE/BLENDED ACTIVE LEARNING

Discuss best practices in:

• Icebreakers

• Online Lectures

• Discussions

• Research

• Projects

• Teamwork

• Assessments