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Transforming the classroom with active learning technology…to connect minds and creating
the futureColin Montpetit
Transforming the classroom with active learning
technology….to connect minds and creating the future
Colin Montpetit, Assistant Professor
Department of Biology, University of Ottawa
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2015 TECHTEACH CONFERENCE - UIC
Modules (self-paced)• Targeted readings
• Interactive act./Videos
• Reflective act.
• Module quiz OnlineBlackBoard LMSInitial exposure
Summative• Two-Stage Collaborative Exams
(2 midterms + 1 final)
Assessments
Labs• Experiments
• Worksheets, reports
• Quizzes
F2F-Labs
Defined Learning Outcomes, 5E Learning Cycle
Class• Clicker case studies
• Peer-Instruction
• Just-in-Time Teaching
F2F-class
Echo360-ALP
65% 20%
15%
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Echo360- Active Learning Platform
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2015 TECHTEACH CONFERENCE - UIC
– Multiple choice questions
– Short Answer
– Ordered list
– Image quiz
– Numerical response
– Multimedia
Question everything!
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Student Engagement
7
Setting up instruction• Assess prior knowledge
• Provoke thinking
• Stimulate discussion
• Predict- and show-
• Induce cognitive conflict
Develop Knowledge• Tackle misconceptions
• Exercise skills
• Conceptual understanding
Assess Learning• Exit poll
• Probe limits of understanding
• Demonstrate success
• Review
Communication• Q and As
• Community
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2015 TECHTEACH CONFERENCE - UIC
Peer Instruction
http://dbctle.erau.edu/news/gateway/
Crouch, C. H. & Mazur, E. (2001). Peer Instruction: Ten years of experience and results. American Association of Physics Teachers, 69(9).
Success
Curiosity
Originality
Relationships
Feedback
Make it about the game!
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Peek inside their minds
Attendance~90%
Participation rate ~99%
Presentation views100% Ss viewed 1
~90% Ss /LECAvg – 6 views/LEC
Class: 64,000 total views106 views /Ss
Word countAvg – 65% / LEC
91% have taken notesAvg – 2100 words/Ss
Avg – 200 words/Ss/LECClass: 1,703,000 total words
Video viewsAvg – 14 views /SsClass: 15232 total
views
Length of video viewed – 60%
3 Sections, ~225 Students eachBlended learning format
OBSERVATIONS
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<gains> (ranges)
2011: 30%
2014: 60%2015: 50%
Distribution of Learning Gains
Final Grade
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Final Exam Grades
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2014
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Summary - Learning Outcomes(2011 versus 2012-2016)
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Student performance
on exams
Learning gains pre/post assessments(Smith et al., 2008)
Final grades
7-10%
~10%
50-90%
2012-2016 – eInstruction, LectureTools and Echo360-ALP enabled classrooms
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Three-legged community
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Scientific Teaching
Teaching and learning is approached with the same rigour as science itself
These elements underlie educational and pedagogical decisions in the classroom
Involves building a community of teachers.
Active Learning Actively engage students in learning
Assessment Measure student progress towards learning goals
Diversity Differences that make students, cohorts, teaching unique
Handelsman et al., Science 304: 521-522