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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 learning, culturally responsive and inclusive teaching practices, Ed Tech and digital learning among other approaches. All titles are readily available through Amazon. I hope you might find a few of the titles useful as we steam through the coming summer months and toward Fall 2022. Maybe there are a couple of titles here that might provide some lighter "beach reading" as we look forward to some downtime after a couple of difficult years.

Thank you again everyone!

Kind Regards,

Stokes and Garth

Digital Collaborative Learning for the 21st Century

Co-Facilitators
Stokes Schwartz, Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities (CISAH), stokessc@msu.edu

Marohang Limbu, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC), limbu@msu.edu

Our learning community will examine the increasing importance of digital collaborative learning for 21st-century learners, student success, and a smooth transition to global digital ecology/economy after graduation. Related pedagogical activities will include how we might utilize digital collaborative learning to a greater degree in our courses for other leading-edge pedagogical intentions. Beside the OFASD website, we will publicize our community via email at the start of the 2022-2023AY in August and September and invite interested parties to join us.

First Meeting: Friday, September 30, 2022 at 10 am for approximately 90 minutes. Upcoming meeting days/times TBA according to participant needs or preferences where possible

Recurring Zoom Meeting: https://msu.zoom.us/j/94545089588

Meeting ID: 945 4508 9588
Passcode: 851121

All who are interested in digital, collaborative, multimodal learning, and the use of technologies to enhance teaching are welcome, especially graduate students and new faculty who are interested in eventually publishing work that develops based on their participation in this learning community.

Check out my highlights on what I learned from Gary Roloff from Fisheries & Wildlife:

𝟏 critical thinking, synthesis of ideas & information, acquisition of contextual knowledge, and informed judgment results in empowered, confident decision making in students

✌🏽 teaching philosophies change over time. focusing on contextual knowledge teaches “clear answers” which is not the same as making informed arguments and decisions using that knowledge

💡connecting students to local and agency partners is a highlight for students & builds professional networks

🌪challenges: "if we fail to recognize and adjust our content and delivery to appeal to diverse learning styles we are not being fair"

🔥hot take: changing from testing structures📝 to oral exams🎤 provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate knowledge and explain answers. More time consuming, but the payoff is worth it

#iteachmsu #educatorstories #thankaneducator
Check out the full article: https://iteach.msu.edu/iteachmsu/groups/doing-the-work-featured-educators/stories/1471

This article includes a good overview of AI, how to reduce the likelihood of students using it in the classroom, and ways to integrate AI into student learning from IU Bloomington's Center for Teaching & Learning:

https://citl.indiana.edu/teaching-resources/academic-integrity/AI-Generated%20Text.html

Last week, I developed another short explainer animation to help students/student learning teams get the ball rolling with their upcoming second collaborative project, due in a little over two weeks. The animation is based on, or informed by Harold Bloom's revised taxonomy. Here is the link for those of you who might like to take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI_W9qj38Bk

Here is a very interesting piece on [motivating] and engaging students from Faculty Focus: https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/engaging-students-at-a-deeper-level/?st=FFdaily%3Bsc%3DFF220330%3Butm_term%3DFF220330

I hope you might find it interesting. I did, and there are some ideas here that I'll use early in the semester next fall when I return to the (hybrid) classroom.

Kind Regards,

Stokes

While this resource is from the Office of Student Life Counseling and Consultation at The Ohio State University (Adapted and used by permission of Dr. Joan Whitney, Director of Villanova University Counseling Center), "Dealing with the Aftermath of Tragedy in the Classroom" provides 12 actionable steps for educators to consider when coming back together with their students after a collective tragedy.

(1-page PDF)

The National College Attainment Network's (NCAN) Spring Institute returns April 15-19, 2024. The theme of this year's institute is "Pursuing Effective Advising for Every Student." Spring Institute will include a week of programming exploring how college access programs, K-12 districts and schools, postsecondary institutions, and states can best support students for a postsecondary pathway. View more information and webinar details here: https://www.ncan.org/page/2024springinstitute