1. AND COURSE DESIGN ENGAGING STUDENTS IN ACTIVE LEARNING

2. ACTIVE SYLLABI Discuss: How can you expand to be more informative/friendly regarding … Your background Your teaching philosophy Teaching methods Readings and assignments Flow of activities Class policies Online materials

3. CONSIDERING ACTIVE LEARNING IN COURSE DESIGN

4. ACTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES Discuss: What works for your course? How? Case studies Teams Scenarios/simulations Experiential learning Individualized instruction Projects Instruments (e.g., questionnaires, surveys) Experiments Games Active lectures Active reading Retrieved from: http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/ah650e/AH650E05.htm

5. ENGAGING STUDENTS THROUGH COURSE DESIGN Discuss: What is a good flow of activities in your course? Note: each in-class and out-of-class activity is meaningfully linked to what precedes and what follows it.

6. ONLINE/BLENDED ACTIVE LEARNING Discuss best practices in: Icebreakers Online Lectures Discussions Research Projects Teamwork Assessments