Active Learning

"Engagement Triggers and Tasks for Interactive Segments" (post) outlines a variety of "learning-oriented tasks" and attention-grabbing strategies that help create "interactive lecture segment[s]."

• With remote instruction, use breakout rooms, whiteboards, and group sharing in Zoom and/or the Discussions tool or Assignments dropbox in D2Lfor the work process and for sharing work product.

• "Tasks are the actual activity the instructor has students do such as interpret a graph, while interactive lecture techniques. are the processes by which students complete the activity, such as using a think-pair-share to interpret a graph."

1. Some Interactive Lecture Techniques (each explained at its link) 

Image above links to "54 Online Teaching Tools to Make Your Life Easier."

A. "Strategies for Vocabulary Instruction" (post) outlines some appraoches to "domain-specific, Tier 3 vocabulary terms ... in complex science texts [that] can present a major comprehension obstacle for students."

A. "Engage Learners with Bell-Ringer Activities" (post) introduces a variety of warm-up or "entry ticket" activities, "simple 5- to 10-minute task[s] students complete as soon as they walk into class, allowing the [instructor] time to attend to other business (such as taking attendance)."

• The text elaborates a variety of prompts and activities and lists helpful tips. 

1. Purpose

a. "The main purpose of a bell ringer is to help teachers and students prepare for the upcoming lesson."

b. "To design a bell ringer':