Resources from 2021 workshop

This page will direct you to materials used in our 2021 online workshop in case you're interested in working through the content on your own. 

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Date Activities

Session  1
Tuesday June 1

  • Welcome (led by Jennifer Muzyka)
  • Group Formation (led by Cathy Welder)
  • Introduction to Research on Active Learning in Organic Chemistry (led by Alexey Leontyev)
  • Short Break
  • Backward Design and Learning Outcomes (Cathy)

pre-session activities

during session

post-session activities

Session 2
Thursday June 3

  • Flipping the Classroom without Video using Learning Outcomes (led by Justin Houseknecht)
  • Short Break
  • Flipping the Classroom without Video using warm-up questions (Jennifer)
  • Flipping the Classroom with Video (Cathy)

pre-session activities

during session


Session 3
Tuesday June 8

  • Learning Assessment Techniques (LATs) and Collaborative Learning Techniques (CoLTs) (Justin)
  • Short Break
  • Clickers (Jennifer)

pre-session activities

  • Read the CoLT or LAT assigned to your team. (CoLT 16 and 25; LAT 17, 21, and 23)
  • Barkley, E.F.; Cross, K.P. Major, C.H.  Collaborative Learning Techniques, 2nd ed.; Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, CA, 2014.
  • Barkley, E.F. and Major, C.H.  Learning Assessment Techniques, 1st Ed.; Jossey-Bass:  San Francisco, CA, 2016.

during session

Session 4
Thursday June 10

  • Cognitive Psychology in Teaching Organic Chemistry (led by Katie Wissman)
  • Short Break
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, SoTL (Alexey)

pre-session activities

For the Cognitive Psychology in Teaching session, please be sure to read about your assigned evidence-based learning technique prior to the session. It may also be helpful to review the questions we will use to guide our breakout room discussions beforehand. Assigned readings and discussion questions can be found in the Cog Psych Instructions provided in Moodle. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Katie. Thanks and looking forward to our session together.

  • Readings on Evidence Based Learning Science Participants are asked to read a portion of one of the papers to become a quick expert on one of the evidence-based learning strategies.  
  • Tanner, K.D. Promoting Student Metacognition, CBE-Life Sciences Education 2012, 11, 113-120. DOI:  10.1187/cbe.12-03-0033
  • Weinstein, Y.; Madan, C.R.; Sumeracki, M.A. Teaching the science of Learning, Cognitive Research:  Principles and Implications 2018, 3, 2, DOI:  10.1186/s41235-017-0087-y

For the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning session, please read chapter 3 from Bishop-Clark, C; Dietz-Uhler, B.  Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Stylus, 2012) and start thinking about your SoTL project. During the session you will have an opportunity to share and discuss this project. Optional readings are posted on Slack as well. Email Alexey if you have any questions.

during session


Session 5
Tuesday June 15

  • Active Learning in Large Classrooms with Lecture Tutorials (led by Matt Casselman)
  • Open Education Resources, OER (Jennifer)
  • Short Break
  • Specifications Grading (led by Josh Ring)
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (led by Leyte Winfield)

pre-session activities

during session

 

post-session activities
Complete session 5 activities.
DEI post-session padlet

Session 6
Thursday June 17

  • How to Introduce Active Learning to your Students and Colleagues (Jennifer)
  • Discussion with a previous ALOC workshop participant (led by Jim Shattuck)
  • Short Break
  • Developing an action plan (Jennifer)
  • Faculty Learning Communities (Alexey)

pre-session activities

Think about how you would introduce active learning to students?  How would you introduce  active learning to colleagues?  We will discuss these as part of session 6.

during session

Introducing Active Learning to Others (Padlet)

Developing an Action Plan (Padlet)