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?