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Student Learning By Doing

"I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand."

– Chinese Proverb

Active learning encourages students to recall, understand and apply new information. At the end of a lesson, employ an active learning strategy to assess student learning and to promote deeper learning. The following examples of technology-based active learning strategies can be incorporated in most face-to-face, blended and online classes:

1.     After learning a new concept, challenge students to depict the concept with the use of a meme, comic or word cloud.

2.     Assign students to present on a theory using charts, timelines and/or videos.

3.     As an alternative to a traditional report, have students summarize and critique each scholarly article as an infographic.

4.     After completing a module, unit or chapter, randomly choose a group of students to write appropriate quiz questions on SurveyMonkey, which will then be disseminated electronically as a low-stakes quiz to the entire class.

Favorite Resources

Chart Generator: HYPERLINK "
https://www.gliffy.com/"Gliffy

Comic Generators: HYPERLINK "
https://www.bitstrips.com/create/comic/"Bitstrips and HYPERLINK "https://www.pixton.com/for-fun"Pixton

Infographic Generators: HYPERLINK "
https://www.canva.com/"Canva, HYPERLINK "https://piktochart.com/"Piktochart, HYPERLINK "https://www.easel.ly/"Easel.ly

Meme Generators: HYPERLINK "
https://imgflip.com/memegenerator"imgflip and HYPERLINK "https://www.memecenter.com/memebuilder"MemeCenter (advanced)

HYPERLINK "
https://blog.indezine.com/2012/05/10-tips-to-create-and-present-pecha.html"10 Tips to Create and Present Pecha Kucha and HYPERLINK "https://www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/Pecha_Kucha_TipsResourcesExamples.pdf"Pecha Kucha: Tips, Resources and Examples

Survey Creator: HYPERLINK "
https://www.surveymonkey.com/"SurveyMonkey

Timeline Generators: HYPERLINK "
https://www.dipity.com/"Dipity and HYPERLINK "https://timeline3.knightlab.com/"Timeline JS3

Video Presentation Tool: HYPERLINK "
https://www.powtoon.com/"Powtoon

Word Cloud Generator: HYPERLINK "
https://www.wordle.net/"Wordle

Submitted by:
Felicity Cruz Grandjean, Ph.D., Faculty Developer
Julie A. McElhany, Ed.D., Director
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation

Julie Damerell
Transitional Studies
01/12/2016