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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, UT ARLINGTONTEACHING-FOCUSED BROWN BAG OCTOBER 15, 2014PEGGY SEMINGSON, PH.D.peggy@uta.edu
Active Learning with a focus on millennialsLarge-group instruction
Overarching Concepts: Multi-media and mobile
Mobile learning Micr0-contentMicr0-learning
Your own ideas and curriculum
Reminders from Last Week
Data from PEW research suggests millennials are a unique demographic.
See: http://bit.ly/1nlqVVR
Ask students for their feedback!
Five minute Quick-write
What you should know about me as a learner….
Follow-up in class with dialogue
Thoughts on previous session?
What strategies have you tried?
What were the results?
Quick-write
Write for one minute
Then we will share!
Fostering engagement and dialogue with low-tech
▪ Break up instruction every 7-10 minutes
▪ 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)
Kahoot!Example: Supply and Demand Quiz
▪ https://play.kahoot.it/#/lobby?quizId=23712e8f-bf76-4e02-81cc-add6ec7e898d
▪ Kahoot.it
▪ Use a mobile device, tablet, or laptop
▪ “Bring your own device” (BYOD)
Polleverywhere
▪ Checking for understanding
▪ Warm-up
▪ Multiple-choice or open-ended
▪ Variety of ways to display information
▪ http://www.polleverywhere.com/
▪ User guide: http://www.polleverywhere.com/guide
Other uses for mobile tools
▪ Productivity
▪ Students put due dates into their mobile device calendar
▪ Cloud-based note-taking tools:– Evernote– Google Docs
▪ What else?
Micro-content
▪ Shortened, concise content
▪ Great for busy students
▪ Advance organizer (summary of what is coming up) on 1-page
▪ Multi-modal content
▪ Can post links in Blackboard or embed.
▪ Can make optional or required
Micro-learning
▪ Create your own or find outside learning
▪ ExampleMini-podcast (30 seconds-2 minutes) on key topics
https://soundcloud.com/peggy-semingson
To create a podcast
▪ Audacity
▪ Soundcloud (can use free for up to three hours of content)
Micro-lecture
▪ “These lectures are gone in 60 seconds” by David Shieh, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 6, 2009.
▪ http://chronicle.com/article/These-Lectures-Are-Gone-in-60/19924
YouTube
▪ 1) Overviews or “microlectures” of crucial concepts related to learning so students can review and reinforce challenging concepts
▪ 2) Demonstrations of techniques that students will be implementing both in their lesson plans in this class, student teaching, and future teaching
▪ 3) Explanations of key assignments with advice for student success on the assignment
▪ App: YouTube Capture
Video creation tool in Blackboard: Kaltura
▪ Center for Distance Education offers training courses in using Kaltura.
▪ How can students make their own Kaltura video?
▪ How can students create their own micr0-content (e.g., with their mobile device?)
Dialogue
1. What are your thoughts?
2. How can you use mobile-compatible tools to engage your students?
3. What can you create with multi-modal content?
4. What do you want to try, either l0w-tech or high-tech?