1. Active Learning Strategies For Your Classroom
Michael Fudge

2. What do you think of when you hear the term Active Learning ?

3. Active Learning is
Involving students in your course lessons by getting them
“Doing things”, and more importantly
“Thinking about the things they’re doing”

4. Lecture good or bad? The Good The Bad
You’re in control. “Sage on the stage”
You can explain material to students.
Easy for you to prep.
Passive learning / Hard to engage
Not all students learn that way
Hard for you to fill time via other methods

5. But I’ve got Content to Cover!
Part of your active learning strategy should be to connect out-of-class activities with those in-class!

6. Example Connection Activities
Quiz students on assigned readings
Call on them in class! Ask them questions from the reading.
Divide them into teams and have them answer questions.
Gamify what they should have learned… Kahoot!
Check homework and have a student “explain” it.

7. Active Learning In Lecture
Ask them a question… and give them a chance to answer.
Set expectations: “It’s okay to not know, it’s not okay to not answer.”
Live Polls, Ask students to “stand up”
Quiz your students for comprehension

8. 90 Second Challenge With your neighbor, discuss the following:
Name one advantage of lecture?
Name one disadvantage of lecture?
List two connection activities.
You will be called upon at random after the 90 seconds for discussion.

9. Practice Activities
Give students An opportunity to apply what you’ve lectured to them.
Case studies
Write code

10. Conclusion Activity Ask them what they’ve learned. “Ticket Out”
Take out a piece of paper.
Print your name at the top
Write down ONE THING on the paper you learned today.
My TA’s will collect your paper on the way out.

11. My 1:20 Minutes 5 Minutes == Announcements
20 Minutes == Connection Activity
30 Minutes == Active Learning Lecture
20 Minutes == Practice Activity
5 Minutes == Conclusion Activity