Copyright © 2002 Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Active-Teaching Methods for Science Education Brent Wilson August 2002
Copyright © 2002 Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Slide 2 Teaching Architectures –Receptive Learning –Behavioral Learning –Guided Discovery –Exploratory –Others?? Which do you tend to rely on? Which would you like to use more?
Copyright © 2002 Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Slide 3 Active Learning Methods Inquiry Learning, e.g., WebQuests Development and Field Projects Defined Cases and Problems Learning Communities - Leaving a legacy
Copyright © 2002 Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Slide 4 The Inquiry Cycle
Copyright © 2002 Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Slide 5 Learn More About Inquiry Learning... ction_4.htmlhttp:// ction_4.html month6/index_sub5.htmlhttp:// month6/index_sub5.html x.htmlhttp:// x.html
Copyright © 2002 Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Slide 6 WebQuests are... Guided-inquiry lessons that make use of Web resources. They encourage students to find and synthesize information useful for solving problems.
Copyright © 2002 Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Slide 7 The Current WebQuest Model Introduction Task Process Information Sources Evaluation Conclusion
Copyright © 2002 Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Slide 8 Sample K12 WebQuests Weather-Related Non-Weather Examples r.htmlhttp:// r.html mlhttp://emints.more.net/info/area1/onlineproj1.ht ml
Copyright © 2002 Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Slide 9 The Inquiry Cycle Reconsidered: How Does It Apply to MetEd?
Copyright © 2002 Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Slide 10 Implications for MetEd Inquiry Cycle? Development Projects? Fieldwork? Defined Cases or Problems? Learning Community?
Copyright © 2002 Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Slide 11 Other Issues Discipline-based versus professional models of expertise - Are we teaching the discipline or preparing professionals? How to meet needs of diverse learners (majors, non-majors, grad- school bound?) 50-minute vs block scheduling
Copyright © 2002 Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Brent G. Wilson Information and Learning Technologies Slide 12 Further Reading and Resources 7 Principles for Undergrad Teaching also m/guidebk/teachtip/7princip.htm m/guidebk/teachtip/7princip.htm Cognitive Load Theory 7.HTML 7.HTML Problem-Based Learning Case-Based Teaching