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about 1 year ago
It's July 5th everyone, and no rest for the wicked I suppose. I've been thinking about student engagement once again the last week or so and came across these interesting short pieces on YouTube by John Spencer:
Shift from Engaging to Empowering Learners -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYBJQ5rIFjA
10 Ways to Empower Students with Choice -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L08wNizulOY
We might use some of the ideas Spencer presents here to revise our approach to motivating and e...
Shift from Engaging to Empowering Learners -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYBJQ5rIFjA
10 Ways to Empower Students with Choice -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L08wNizulOY
We might use some of the ideas Spencer presents here to revise our approach to motivating and e...
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over 1 year ago
At last I have come across the missing link, or key to motivating and engaging students more effectively. Have a look at this brief explainer video by John Spencer on student empowerment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYBJQ5rIFjA
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over 1 year ago
Just completed a third WSTKS-FM Worldwide podcast, this time explaining my rationale behind, and approach to "digital collaborative learning for the 21st century." The planned first series of a dozen or so podcasts is pitched toward students. As the series moves forward, it will provide practical guidance on how to collaborate more effectively as part of a student learning team.
Youtube -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRhmJzit0Vc&t=485s
AnchorFM/Spotify -- https://anchor.fm/s...
Youtube -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRhmJzit0Vc&t=485s
AnchorFM/Spotify -- https://anchor.fm/s...
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over 1 year ago
Have just finished putting the final touches on the first episode in a new podcast series -- created using Audacity and AnchorFM -- that is intended to support the learning of students in my face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses from Fall 2022. . . WSTKS-FM Worldwide: Podcasts for Digital Collaborative Learning in the 21st Century. Here is a link for anyone who might find this of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01UohhFXXCI
Additional interesting apps for creating podcasts th...
Additional interesting apps for creating podcasts th...
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over 1 year ago
Thank you everyone for an interesting year of discussion in and around the ongoing challenge of how we might better motivate and engage our students in the physical and digital classroom here at MSU. With that in mind, I've complied a working bibliography, of sorts, containing (mostly) recent titles that provide practical information on motivating and engaging students, teaching critical/deeper thinking, the application universal design for learning, collaborative learning, reflective learn...
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over 1 year ago
With summer (beach) reading in mind, I've complied a working bibliography, of sorts, containing (mostly) recent titles that provide practical information on motivating and engaging students, critical thinking, universal design for learning, collaborative learning, reflective learning, culturally responsive and inclusive teaching practices, Ed Tech and digital learning among other approaches. All are readily available through Amazon. I hope you might find a few of the titles useful as we ste...
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over 1 year ago
An interesting piece this morning on Faculty Focus on creating an inclusive classroom. Here's the link:
https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/equality-inclusion-and-diversity/creating-an-inclusive-classroom-for-a-diverse-student-group/?st=FFdaily%3Bsc%3DFF220504%3Butm_term%3DFF220504
https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/equality-inclusion-and-diversity/creating-an-inclusive-classroom-for-a-diverse-student-group/?st=FFdaily%3Bsc%3DFF220504%3Butm_term%3DFF220504
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over 1 year ago
MSU's new Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation is surveying faculty educators about your needs and expectations for the new teaching center. Any faculty member or educator in another campus role can complete this brief survey by May 6th. https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cSYf5dmcxVzLlFc
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over 1 year ago
After the workshop ended, we struck up a discussion about the issue of scale when it comes to creative assignments, namely:
How do you incorporate creativity/alternative modalities into especially large classes?
The example from our discussion was the 450-person IAH courses that run in lecture halls, but we could certainly use this discussion to comment on the ways we scale creative assignments to class size as well.
What experience do you have with handling the challenges of creat...
How do you incorporate creativity/alternative modalities into especially large classes?
The example from our discussion was the 450-person IAH courses that run in lecture halls, but we could certainly use this discussion to comment on the ways we scale creative assignments to class size as well.
What experience do you have with handling the challenges of creat...
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over 1 year ago
Since we ran out of time to discuss the creative rubric examples today, I've posted links below. Please take a look and consider sharing your thoughts, or your own examples of rubrics you use to evaluate creative work, as a comment on this post!
- GJS
Creative Thinking VALUE Rubric (from AACU): https://teaching.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/value_rubric_packet.pdf
Creativity Process & Product (from OECD): https://www.oecd.org/education/class-friendly-assessment-rubric-creativity...
- GJS
Creative Thinking VALUE Rubric (from AACU): https://teaching.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/value_rubric_packet.pdf
Creativity Process & Product (from OECD): https://www.oecd.org/education/class-friendly-assessment-rubric-creativity...
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over 1 year ago
Hope this is the right place to share this:
10 Individual Reflections @ two points each (essentially “Gimmes”).
Starting in Week Two, students are asked to develop (guided) reflections on their independent and (starting in Week Three) collaborative coursework for a given week. Not only do they articulate their new learning, they connect that to prior knowledge as well as examine their work habits and related choices. Students have the following options for these reflections:
• Tradit...
10 Individual Reflections @ two points each (essentially “Gimmes”).
Starting in Week Two, students are asked to develop (guided) reflections on their independent and (starting in Week Three) collaborative coursework for a given week. Not only do they articulate their new learning, they connect that to prior knowledge as well as examine their work habits and related choices. Students have the following options for these reflections:
• Tradit...
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over 1 year ago
Well, we have reached the end of the road, at least for the 2021-2022 academic year. With that in mind, here is a list, no doubt incomplete, of possible ways we might foster and improvie student motivation, engagement, and success in the classroom:
* Digital Materials and Projects
* Provide Feedback (High Impact)
* Agency and (Assessment) Choice (Universal Learning Design)
* 21st Century Skills (Relevance and Usefulness)
* Collaborative Learning (High Impact)
* Critical (Deeper) Thin...
* Digital Materials and Projects
* Provide Feedback (High Impact)
* Agency and (Assessment) Choice (Universal Learning Design)
* 21st Century Skills (Relevance and Usefulness)
* Collaborative Learning (High Impact)
* Critical (Deeper) Thin...
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