class 4 instructional strategies

Making Learning Interactive

Engaging Learners with Instructional Strategies

ADLT 670, Class Session 4

Agenda for Tonight

What your needs assessment revealed

Constructing objectives based on needs

iTeach Video – Dr. Mike Ryan

What constitutes active, engaged learning?

Aligning instructional strategies with your goals

Choosing assessment strategies to determine accomplishment of objectives

Timeline

Next week – October 16 Goals and Objectives on Wiki pages

Dr. Moshe Feldman - an Introduction to assessment

Weeks of October 23 and 30 – SDL Partners share instructional strategies topic – 15 minutes

preso due Nov 6 – very brief demo

Partners share assessment strategy – Nov 13, 20, and Dec 4; 30 to 40 minutes includes brief demo

Goal is to model as well as share

A Proverb

Tell me, I will forget

Show me, I may remember

Involve me, and I will understand

Learning Pyramid

50%

75%

90%

Discussion Group

Practice Group

Teach Others

Types of Input: Instructional Strategies

Learning Methods Lecture Forums, panels, symposiums Interactive TV, video Discussion Case Studies / Group Projects Online/hybrid learning Learning Contracts Critical Thinking Techniques Demonstration / Simulation Mentoring Learners teach the content

Level of Engagement Low Low Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate to High Moderate to High Moderate to High Moderate to High Moderate to High High

Strategies for Making Lecture Interactive

Just-in-Time Teaching Involves learner in pre-class preparation with

strategies to inform faculty what needs to be emphasized in lecture

Clickers /Polling, One-Minute Paper, etcInvolves small groups/pairs during lecture with exercises

that aid in absorption of new material

Jane Vella’s Four I’s

A strategy for structuring class time to assess learner knowledge/readiness, provide content, and examine

understanding and ability to apply content

Jane Vella’s 4 Learning Tasks

Inductive work – connects learners with what they already know

Input – course content; new material

Implementation – try it out

Integration – asks learners how they will integrate new learning into their developing knowledge of medicine and medical practice

A Strategy for Garnering Learner Feedback

Use an index card

Write three words

Stop

Start

Continue

Complete with a sentence about our course

High Engagement Strategies

Team-Based Learning (TBL)

Teams work on two graded exercises to test understanding of pre-reading and then apply

what they learned

Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)

An inductive learning process in which learners discover major concepts

Case-Based TeachingUses a story of real events or problems so

learners experience the complexity involved in practice situations

Questions?

Brookfield’s CIQ