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| − | =Active Learning in Online Classes=
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| − | ==What Does Active Learning Look Like in an Online Class?==
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| − | <p><big>[[File:Icon-Activity-DTCCorange.png|40 px|alt=Interactive Activity Instructions]] '''<big>Consider this!</big>''' <br/>
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| − | Click through the slideshow interactive below (or read the slideshow's text transcript) to experience an example of active learning in an online class, from the students' perspective.</big></p>
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| − | <p style="text-align:center;">'''''If you would like to listen to a narration for each slide, click the audio button that appears on each slide.'''''<br/>
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| − | <iframe key="google" path="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTJiOChX7KqR7kiSBCblfmrFQIJ3zgCH48LzvhuAb_PDMpTWA5uzWURmDYt7dHfuNLvcPOaXS0WjPrg/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" title="Active Learning Online from Students' Perspective" frameborder="1" width="640" height="420" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br/>
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| − | [[Media:Transcript-ActiveLearning-Slideshow-StudentPOV.txt|Walking Through Active Learning in an Online Class Interactive Slideshow Transcript (text file)]]</p>
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| − | ==Benefits of Implementing Active Learning in Your Class==
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom: 3px;">By integrating active learning activities, students are provided the opportunity to practice 21st century workplace skills (University of Leicester).</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom: 3px;">Research suggests that active learning “…[decreases] the achievement gap for underrepresented minorities and first generation college students, particularly in STEM fields…” (Yale).</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom: 20px;">Breaking lecture videos into chunked microlessons, followed by a learning activity helps students stay engaged with the material. Research indicates that when a video is longer than 9-12 minutes, students will watch less than half of it (Purdue).</li>
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| − | ==New to Active Learning and Want to Give it a Try? Advice for Getting Started!==
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| − | <p style="padding-left:260px;">Because active learning encompasses many activities (an instructor’s imagination is the limit), and it is not considered a prescriptive process, some instructors may feel overwhelmed by the number of options available to them, as well by how to introduce the concept to their classes. To help “ease” into implementing active learning, Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching suggests:</p>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:3px;">“Start small, start early, and start with activities that pose low risk for both instructors and students.</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:20px;">As you begin to incorporate active learning practices, it’s a good idea to explain to students why you’re doing so; talking to your students about their learning not only helps build a supportive classroom environment, but can also help them develop their metacognitive skills (and thus their ability to become independent learners)” ([https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/Active-Learning.pdf Vanderbilt Center for Teaching, Active Learning]).</li>
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| − | ===Getting Started Resources===
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:3px;">[https://www.engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/drive/1YB2KK3wLqP3EhXyYdKtE9-4mBJzc2rc2/Active%20Learning%20Tutorial.pdf Active Learning: An Introduction (PDF)]</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:3px;">[https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/active-learning/ Active Learning Introduction (Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University]</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:3px;">[https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-wp0/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/2019/04/22143029/Active-Learning-Cheat-Sheet.pdf Active Learning Cheat Sheet: 10 Steps to Getting Started (PDF)]
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:3px;">[[Media:25-Online-Active-Learning-Techniques.docx|Online Active Learning Techniques (Word doc)]]</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:3px;">[https://cei.umn.edu/active-learning University of Minnesota Active Learning Guide]</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:100px;:>[https://edspace.american.edu/ctrl/blooms_taxonomy/ Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives]</li>
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| − | ==Tools Supporting Active Learning in Sakai==
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:2px;">[https://wiki.durhamtech.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Sakai:_Lessons#Interactive_Features_in_Lessons Interactive Features in Lessons]</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:2px;">[[Sakai:_Forums|Forums]]</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:2px;">[https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954689-how-do-i-create-groups Groups]</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:2px;">[https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954377-what-is-the-chat-room-tool Chat Room]</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:2px;">[https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954534-what-is-the-polls-tool Polls]</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:2px;">[[Sakai:_Warpwire|Warpwire]]</li>
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| − | <li style=padding-bottom:2px;">[[Media: How-Do-I-Do-that-Online.pdf|How Do I Do That Online? (PDF)]] <br>Practical strategies for creating online activities in Sakai to replace common face-to-face class activities.</li>
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:15px;">[[Preparing_to_Teach_Online|Preparing to Teach Online]] <br/>This resource will help walk you through the building blocks of setting up your Sakai site.</li>
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| − | ==Additional Resources==
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| − | <li style="padding-bottom:15px;">[https://wiki.durhamtech.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Sakai:_Lessons#Interactive_Features_in_Lessons Interactive Features in Lessons]</li>
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| − | ===References===
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| − | ====Slideshow====
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| − | <p style="padding-bottom:3px;">''Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives.'' CTRL Faculty Resources. (n.d.). Retrieved September 29, 2021, from https://edspace.american.edu/ctrl/blooms_taxonomy/.</p>
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| − | <p style="padding-bottom:3px;">Gifkins, J. (2020, May 7). ''What is 'active learning' and why is it important?'' E-International Relations. Retrieved September 29, 2021, from https://www.e-ir.info/2015/10/08/what-is-active-learning-and-why-is-it-important/.</p>
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| − | <p style="padding-bottom:3px;">Michael, J. (2006). Where's the evidence that active learning works? ''Advances in Physiology Education, 30''(4), 159–167. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00053.2006</p>
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