Ten for Teaching: Designing learning activities that engage students with one another and course content (ASYNCHRONOUS)

Active learning includes students in the learning process through activities that engage them with the course content (and often with one another). In this workshop, we will consider the benefits to students from engaging in active learning and explore a variety of methods and formats which can be combined to form engaging activities which align with class learning outcomes. We will also talk about activities that can be used to open and close class sessions in ways that reinforce learning. Finally, you will have a chance to begin building a lesson plan that considers students’ prior knowledge and incorporates active learning.
By the end of the workshop, you should be able to:
-- Explain the relationship between the 3 components of an active learning strategy
-- Ensure alignment between activities and class LOs
-- Describe effective strategies to open and close a class session
-- Develop aligned activities for their own courses that use a variety of methods + formats.
-- Create a lesson plan that considers students’ prior knowledge, incorporates active learning and formative assessment, and situates the present lesson within the course.

Workshops in the Ten for Teaching series focus on essential classroom teaching skills. These workshops are aligned with the outcomes of the CTL’s Evidence-Based Teaching Certificate and support instructors in building the skills they need in order to earn the certificate.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This workshop will run for one week (Mon-Fri) and is designed for you to spend 20-40 minutes per day (slightly different each day) engaging with workshop content and activities. You will receive an invitation to the Canvas course a few days before the start of the workshop. All content will be available from the start so that you can work at your own pace.

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