Engaging Students in Physically Distanced Active Learning

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Friday August 21, 2020 - Saturday August 22, 2020
      11:30 am - 12:59 pm
  • Location: Bluejeans (link will be given upon registration for security)
  • Phone:
  • URL: Register for the Workshop here
  • Email:
  • Fee(s):
    N/A
  • Extras:
Contact

Dr. Carol Subiño Sullivan
Assistant Director, Faculty Teaching and Learning Initiatives
Center for Teaching and Learning
csubino@gatech.edu

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Attend this workshop to identify strategies for engaging students in active learning while physically distancing.

Full Summary: The Covid-19 pandemic has changed many things about teaching, but what remains true is that students learn more effectively when they are actively engaged in the learning process. The precautions we must all take to prevent the spread of the virus during in-person instruction mean that faculty will need to make changes to the active learning strategies that they have previously used in their courses. In this virtual session, participants will identify strategies for overcoming the challenges of active learning while physically distancing, including using classroom technology and low tech strategies for facilitating student engagement. Following the workshop, participants will have the option of sharing their plan for implementing physically distanced active learning in order to receive feedback from a colleague.  Please register for the workshop to receive the meeting link.

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed many things about teaching, but what remains true is that students learn more effectively when they are actively engaged in the learning process. The precautions we must all take to prevent the spread of the virus during in-person instruction mean that faculty will need to make changes to the active learning strategies that they have previously used in their courses. In this virtual session, participants will identify strategies for overcoming the challenges of active learning while physically distancing, including using classroom technology and low tech strategies for facilitating student engagement. Following the workshop, participants will have the option of sharing their plan for implementing physically distanced active learning in order to receive feedback from a colleague. 

Workshop Goals:

  • Identify challenges for engaging students actively in learning while social distancing
  • Identify strategies to overcome the challenges for active learning while social distancing, including through the use of classroom technologies
  • Evaluate which learning experiences in your course are best accomplished in person and which are better done online.

 

Please register for the workshop to receive the meeting link.

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Graduate students
Categories
Training/Workshop
Keywords
faculty-ctl, postdoc-ctl, grad-ctl
Status
  • Created By: Carol Subino Sullivan
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Aug 19, 2020 - 11:31am
  • Last Updated: Aug 19, 2020 - 11:31am