COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, UT ARLINGTON TEACHING-FOCUSED BROWN BAG OCTOBER 15, 2014 PEGGY SEMINGSON, PH.D. [email protected]Active Learning with a focus on millennials Large-group instruction Overarching Concepts: Multi-media and mobile Mobile learning Micr0-content Micr0-learning Your own ideas and curriculum
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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, UT ARLINGTONTEACHING-FOCUSED BROWN BAG OCTOBER 15, 2014PEGGY SEMINGSON, [email protected]
Active Learning with a focus on millennialsLarge-group instruction
▪ Quick-writes (1-3 minutes) at beginning and/or end of session
▪ --warm-up▪ --application▪ --current events-
connect to practice▪ Turn and talk (share)
▪ What else?
Optional: Put up language prompts for dialogue
▪ To build on what you said….
▪ I believe….
▪ Based on the readings, I believe…
Formative assessment-“exit tickets”
▪ Pen and paper
▪ Index cards
▪ Post to Blackboard designated area
▪ (assign a hashtag for your course). Something you learned.– Twitter, e.g., #elementaryliteracy– Try to avoid the exact name of your course
– What I learned/what stood out– “”The muddiest point”; use as opening for next class– What I want to learn further about and how I can do so– Questions– Other?
Other uses for Twitter
▪ Students “follow” organizations’ updates–“International Dyslexia
Organization”–“International Reading
Association”
Students follow notable people in the field who post professionally Who would that be in your field?What else?
Millennials like relevance
▪ New York Times articles (some have quizzes!)
▪ Applications to real-world
▪ Scenarios
▪ Collaborative learning (with guidelines)
▪ What else?
Tech-savvy and connected students:Mobile Devices
▪ “Bring your own device” (BYOD): smartphone, tablet, laptop, etc.
▪ Can use for backchannel (e.g., Kahoot!, Twitter with designated hashtag, real time searches)