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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)
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pre-session activities
- Read the paper assigned to your team.
- Cormier, C. & Voisard, B. (2018). Flipped classroom in Organic Chemistry has significant effect on students' grades. Frontiers in ICT, 4, 30. https://doi.org/10.3389/fict.2017.0030
- Crimmins, M.T.; & Midkiff, B (2017). High structure active learning pedagody for the teaching of organic chemistry: Assessing the impact on academic outcomes. Journal of Chemical Education, 94 (4), 429-438. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00663
- Wilson, S. B.; & and Varma-Nelson, P. (2019). Characterization of first-semester organic chemistry Peer-Led Team Learning and Cyber Peer-Led Team Learning students' use and explanation of electron-pushing formalism. Journal of Chemical Education, 96 (1), 25-34. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00387
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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)
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Session 3
Tuesday June 8
- Learning Assessment Techniques (LATs) and Collaborative Learning Techniques (CoLTs) (Justin)
- Short Break
- Clickers (Jennifer)
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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.
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Session 4
Thursday June 10
- Cognitive Psychology in Teaching Organic Chemistry (led by Katie Wissman)
- Short Break
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, SoTL (Alexey)
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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.
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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)
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post-session activities
Complete session 5 activities.
DEI post-session padlet
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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)
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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)
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