The Faculty Lounge
Where Colleagues Come to Share
Strategies for Connected & Engaged Learning
Join us in the Faculty Lounge as Dr. Harper shares about using multisensory experiences
to engage students in active learning by connecting new learning to prior knowledge
through engaging and relevant learning experiences.
Dr. Harper reports seeing increases to the quality of student work and content recognition on assessment as benefits of implementing research-based strategies to engage students in learning.
Dr. Harper reports seeing increases to the quality of student work and content recognition on assessment as benefits of implementing research-based strategies to engage students in learning.
Examples of Strategies Shared
- High-yield Instructional Strategies
- identifying similarities and differences
- small group discussion
- Engagement Strategies
- choice & flexibility
- novelty
- personal relevance
- learning with others
- Classroom Management Strategies
- transitions through cueing and pacing
High Impact Practices
Dr. Joe Williams, Assistant Professor from Biomedical Sciences shares strategies for engaging students in higher-order thinking by intentionally embedding Bloom’s Taxonomy and study-based metacognitive strategies into active student interactions.
Resources Discussed in Podcast
The FCTL is seeking podcast guests for the following topics!
- Classroom Community
- Universal Design for Learning
- Communicating Expecations
- High Impact Practices
- Promoting Engagement
- Evaluating Effectiveness of Instruction
- Course statements & Policies
- Academic Integrity
- Student Data & Privacy
- Other?