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“Blessed is the man who trusts in
the LORD, and whose hope is
the LORD.”Jeremiah 17:7
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Compelling Core Content
As instructors, teaching content because it is a state
or federal mandate is nonnegotiable, but how we
teach it is. Worksheets and multiple choice questions
serve a worthy purpose, but they should not be the
whole of the evaluation technique. Taking that core
content and applying it to a new task encourages
deeper learning.
Clear Communication
Clear communication is the foundation for all learning.
As an instructor, we should be encouraging our students
to ask questions, make connections and share what they
have learned with their peers. Students should be able
to question out loud, hypothesize and test out thoughts
and assumptions. An ongoing dialogue between
teachers and students is healthy
Encourage Collaboration
Teach students through group projects, presentations,
and performances that working with others elicits new
thoughts and ideas on a subject. Let the students see
you as a teacher working with other teachers to
present a months’ long unit on a theme, which you
then tie into a real-life problem to solve.
Problem Solving and Analytical Skills
By getting the child actively involved in their own
learning, the activity-based learning model
encourages students to be independent thinkers,
analyze the task at hand, think critically and solve
problems to come to the final learning. Being
involved in these tasks encourages the child to be
more inquisitive and develop their analytical and
problem-solving skills.
Collaborative virtual classrooms make online
learning more engaging. Aside from the usual
audio-video conferencing and chat features,
virtual classrooms also provide synchronous and
asynchronous annotation, communication, and
resource sharing for facilitators and participants.
It’s a definite must-have for any e Learning!
These two are approaches that can also be classified
under active learning methods. Mind mapping and
brainstorming are staple methodologies for any
problem-solving activity.
In these sessions, learners
come up with ideas and post them on a board.
As a group, the students then select the best ones
and use those to come up with a solution. For these
methods, there are available apps that allow learners
to use their own device and collaborate with others
in coming up with a mind-map or idea tree.
Role playing is also another effective approach
founded on active learning methods. Role playing
simulates real-life situation that requires problem-
solving skills. More importantly, it is also a medium
for gauging actual performance.
Role playing activities can include job simulations
like customer interaction (facilitator plays the
customer, learner the agent) through the phones,
email, chat, or in some cases, virtual reality.
A combination of a scavenger hunt and role-playing
activity, this exercise is one of the more effective
active learning strategies for adults. The facilitator
assigns a case-study (preferably taken from common
customer scenarios) to a learner. The learner, in turn,
makes sense of the data and uses the available
resources to solve the case.
Game-based Learning
GBL is, arguably, the most fun among all the active
learning methods. Game-based learning, or
gamification, is turning a certain aspect of learning
(or business) into a game. There are available
learning apps that let you do this, but you can also
create your own! Just don’t forget to apply the three
elements of gamification – achievement, competition,
and fun – into the endeavor.
In a nutshell, learning by teaching, means that you
allow learners to prepare and teach the lessons (or
part of them) to their fellow students. Although it may
look like the facilitator is taking a very hands-off
approach in this method, it actually involves a very
elaborate process where the facilitator is both
moderator and subject matter expert.
Do take note that learning by teaching does not
simply mean a presentation or a lecture presented
by the learners. In this particular approach, the
learners are the ones who are facilitating the session
by engaging with fellow students.
The facilitator ensures that the learning gets
processed correctly and also lends a hand to the
student-hosts. Webinars and online discussion
boards are the usual media used for this methodology.
The Jigsaw Technique is another approach that fully
reaps the benefits of active participation and
collaborative learning. In this approach, learners are
given a “piece of the puzzle” that they need to solve
on their own. After this, they need to collaborate with
other learners to finally complete the puzzle.
This approach would be a good addition to role
playing and using data/tools to not only solve
bigger problems but also gives participants a
glimpse of the ‘bigger picture.’
It is a good exercise to let learners realize their
role in the bigger picture by doing both individual
and collaborative work and how those are all part
of a process.
The flipped classroom is a fairly new term in the
learning . Lessons are ‘flipped;’ meaning that
most of the work like reading and research are
all done outside of class. This goes in contrast to
the traditional approach where most of the class
time is used for lectures, and activities are assigned
as homework.
Flipping a classroom leaves more time for the
facilitator to implement active learning methods
during class time. This concept works on making
efficient use of class time with less (or no) lectures,
and more time for activities.
There are a plethora of studies on the benefits of
active learning. Research has proven that there is
increased content knowledge for participants of the
approach. In addition, development of critical thinking
and problem-solving are two other benefits.
Creative thinking, collaborative, and interpersonal
skills also show great improvement when active
learning methods are implemented.
View these Resources:
1-TILO Project.
2-Active learning 1
3- Active learning 2
4-Critical Thinking 1
Other Resources:
1- Practice.
2-CLT Method.
3-Brain Storming
4- Conversation.
5-The teaching Tools.
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