This document discusses active learning in the virtual classroom. It defines active learning as providing opportunities for students to meaningfully engage with course content through talking, listening, writing, reading and reflecting. It provides examples of active learning strategies like interacting with materials, simulations and realia. It also discusses the benefits of active learning in more effectively teaching higher-order thinking and changing attitudes. Specific synchronous tools are discussed, like application sharing, interactive polling, chat and breakout rooms. Asynchronous strategies include discussion boards, questionnaires and quizzes.

1. Active Learning in the Virtual Classroom Heidi Beezley, Instructional Technologist Georgia Perimeter College Contact Info heidi.beezley@gpc.edu http://llcurious.wordpress.com Twitter @HeidiBeez

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3. What is Active Learning?

4. What is Active Learning? “…providing opportunities for students to meaningfully talk and listen, write, read, and reflect on the content, ideas, issues, and concerns of an academic subject.” (Meyers & Jones, 1993, p.6)

5. What is Active Learning? “…providing opportunities for students to meaningfullytalk and listen, write, read, and reflect on the content, ideas, issues, and concerns of an academic subject.” (Meyers & Jones, 1993, p.6)

6. What is Active Learning? “…providing opportunities for students to meaningfullytalk and listen, write, read, and reflect on the content, ideas, issues, and concerns of an academic subject.” (Meyers & Jones, 1993, p.6) Interact with Realia,Manipulatives, Simulations, Etc.

7. In contrast to The Transmission Model Image from See Dick and Jane absorbing new knowledge . N.d. Joshua Danish. http://www.joshuadanish.com/2010/01/13/transmission-model-2009/. Web. 10 Feb. 2011.

8. Active Learning More effectively teach higher order thinking (McKeachie, Pintrich, YiGuang, and Smith, 1986) (Bonwell and Eison, 1991) More effectively change student attitudes or motivate students (McKeachie, Pintrich, YiGuang, and Smith, 1986)

9. Social Interaction “All the specific findings point to, and illustrate, one main idea. It is that students who get the most out of college, who grow the most academically, and who are the happiest, organize their time to include interpersonal activities with faculty members, or with fellow students, built around substantive, academic work.” (Light, 1992, p. 6)

10. Transactional distance

11. Reasons for

12. Synchronous Learning

13. Synchronous tools Application Sharing Presenter-On-The-Fly Interactive Polling eBoard Yes/No Indicators Chat Area Breakout Rooms Status Indicators Audio Responses/Discussions

14. Audio Discussion Guidelines To Speak - Raise Your Hand To Comment - Raise Your Hand with a “Yes” – to agree to or add to what someone has said “No” – to disagree with or hedge what someone has said Clear Status After Speaking

15. Ready-Set-Go

16. Polling Created Ahead of Time On the Fly Track Data & Run Reports Integrate with PowerPoint Informal Polling Free Response Questionnaire Quick Multiple Choice Built-In Polling Status-Indicator Polling

17. Built-In Polling

18. Status-Indicator Polling

19. Which of the following is not part of the biosphere? Water and Air Living organisms Earth’s upper atmosphere Earth’s core None of the above

20. “You can’t believe anything he says about global warming. He has donated to global warming research.” Is an example of what type of fallacy? Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Ad Hominem Abusive Ad Hominem Tuquoque Ad Hominem Circumstantial False Cause

21. Which of the following characteristics is most important for successful military leaders? Honesty Drive Tactical Planning Empathy Diplomacy Intelligence Social Skills Confidence Creative Thinking

22. Application Sharing

23. ASynchronous Learning

24. Intermittent with Lecture Poll Everywhere Google Moderator Voice Board Quick Writes/Assignments Questionnaires Quizzes Discussion Boards

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26. Poll Everywherewww.polleverywhere.com Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

27. Throughout course Other Network Assets Google Docs Collaborative Learning Group Wimba Classrooms Voice Board Discussion Boards

28. Group Manager

29. Active Learning in the Virtual Classroom Heidi Beezley, Instructional Technologist Georgia Perimeter College Contact Info heidi.beezley@gpc.edu http://llcurious.wordpress.com Twitter @HeidiBeez