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Brian Rybarczyk, Ph.D.UNC Chapel Hill
Department of Biology
Energizing the Classroom
Introduction to Active Learning
Objectives
• Introduce concept of active learning
• Demonstrate techniques & activities
• Incorporate active learning into your future teaching
da Vinci and the RenaissanceEmbodies essence of the
Renaissance
‘Rebirth’ of learning
Thinking outside the box
Ideas
Discovery
Experiment
Change is good
Brainstorm Activity
Write down ways that your professors taught you
Effective methodsIneffective methods
Brainstorm Activity II
What are some ways you learn best now as a scientist?
What is Active Learning?
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From: McKeachie, Teaching tips: Strategies, research and theory forfor college and university teachers, Houghton-Mifflin (1998)
What is Active Learning?
What is Active Learning?students solve problems, answer questions,
formulate questions of their own, discuss, explain, debate, or brainstorm during class
Active Learning
Problem-Based
Learning
Cooperative Learning
Learn By Doing
Inquiry-based learning
What is the purpose?
• Increase student participation
• Increase student engagement
• Increase student retention
• More student ownership in course
• Less lecturing by instructor
• More exciting classroom experience
• Higher level thinking
Improving Lectures
• Plan objectives• Include graphics, charts, graphs, etc• Plan what you want to annotate• Learn students’ names• Cue important points• Give short activities• Give students time to generate questions• Have students summarize major points
Examples of Active Learning
• Dr. Robert Beichner – NCSU
– SCALE-UP – researching effectiveness of active learning in physics and chemistry
– http://scaleup.ncsu.edu/
– Example of SCALE-UP Activity
Active Techniques
• Think-pair-share (pair-share)• Role playing, simulations• Muddiest point/clearest point • Group quizzing• Generate lists• Cooperative learning• Minute papers and writing assignments• PBL and case studies• Concept maps
Reading Primary Literature
• Provide one figure/table to each student group
• Propose a title for the paper
• Delete abstract and have students write a summary
Case Studies
Case Studies
Concerns & Issues
What are your concerns about using active
learning activities & techniques?
Suggestions
• Describe to the students what is happening and why
• State expectations
• Incorporate assessments with activities
• Start off simple (low risk)
• Ask questions, walk around classroom, be attentive to student questions
• Have students rely on each other
Resources
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (case study collection):http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html
Problem Based Learning (U of Delaware):http://www.udel.edu/pbl/
MERLOT – (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teachinghttp://www.merlot.org
Journals of Interest:Innovate: www.innovateonline.info/index.phpCBE Life Science Education – www.lifescied.org/ Journal of College Science Teaching – www.nsta.orgBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Education – www.bambed.org