Practicing Pedagogies

Active Teaching & Learning
28th April: 10:00-11:30am.
Witt Room.

Presenter:
Catherine Fraser Riehle, Associate Professor & Learning Resources Design Librarian

COLLABORATIVE NOTES

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Active Teaching & Learning

A few definitions of active learning:

“…anything course-related that all students in a class session are called upon to do other than simply watching a lecture and taking notes” (Felder & Brent, 2009)

 “The process of keeping students mentally, and often physically, active in their learning through activities that involve them in gathering information, thinking, and problem solving” (Michael & Modell, 2003)

“…instructional activities involving students in doing things and thinking about what they are doing” (Bonwell & Eison,1991)

Session Pre-Work

1. Watch “Active vs Passive: The Science of Learning,” a 9 minute(ish) video featuring Nigel Nisbet, VP of Content Creation at MIND Research Institute.
2. Read, “Where’s the Evidence that Active Learning Works?” (Michael, 2006), focusing in particular on pages 159-162 and “Conclusions,” and be prepared to share an important, intriguing, or surprising takeaway.
3. Consider an instructional scenario from your own teaching practice – a session, assignment, module, course, etc. – that you wish was more active. Be ready to work with it in light of session content. 

A BOOK

Walsh, A., & Inala, P. (2010). Active learning techniques for librarians: Practical examples. Cambridge: Chandos. 

ARTICLES

Bonwell, C.C., & Sutherland, T.E. (1996). The active learning continuum: Choosing activities to engage students in the classroom. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 67, 3-16.

Campisi, J., & Finn, K.E. (2011). Does active learning improve students' knowledge of and attitudes toward research methods? Journal of College Science Teaching , 40(4), 38-45.

Cook, D.B., & Klipfel, K.M. (2015). How do our students learn? An outline of a cognitive psychological model for information literacy instruction. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 55(1), 34-41. 

Daniel Kaufer: What can neuroscience research teaching us about teaching? UC Berekely: GSI Teaching & Resource Center.

Fosmire, M., & Macklin, A. (2002). Riding the active learning wave: Problem-based learning as a catalyst for creating faculty-librarian instructional partnerships. Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship. 

Maybee, C., Doan, T., & Flierl, M. (2016). Information literacy in the active learning classroom. The Journal of Academic Librarianship , 42, 705-711.

Prince, M. (2004). Does active learning work? A review of the research. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(3), 223-231.