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An Introduction to

Creating & Teaching

Active Learning Workshops

lib.uvic.ca/alw

Learning is Not a Spectator Sport!

dscommons@uvic.ca

lib.uvic.ca/dsc/

For the UVic Libraries

Digital Scholarship Commons

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Introductions

  • Name + Faculty / Department
  • Role in the library
  • Research interests
  • Other Interests (hobbies, sports, etc)
  • Two Truths and a Lie (things about you)

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Workshop Outline

  1. Introductions (after everyone has arrived around noonish)
  2. What is Flipped Learning?
  3. Why Flipped Learning?
  4. Flipped Teaching Tips
  5. Teaching Tips for F2F & Zoom
  6. Hands on Time!

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Learning Trigonometry: The Lecture & Worksheet Edition

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Learning Trigonometry: Flipped Learning Method

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Flipped Learning: �25% Instruction & 75% Experiential Learning

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Flipped Learning:

Active

Relevant

Accessible

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Introduction(Covid-19 Instructional Pivot)

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Hybrid Flexible -or- HyFlex

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Now 95% of Drop-in DSC Workshops Taught via Zoom!

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What is a Active Learning Hyflex workshop?

Hyflex = Hybrid Flexible

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Hyflex

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Hyflex in the DSC: No Zoom & F2F Because…

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Flipped Active Learning -

A Key Component of Hyflex

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Theoretical frameworks

Cognitive load theory

Constructivism

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Key Features of Active Learning Hyflex Workshop Curriculums

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Know Your Audience!

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Learning Objectives

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A SMART Learning Objective:

By the end of this workshop participants will be able to add new shapes and text to the TinkerCad workspace in order to create the compound object(s) they desire.”

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Beware of the Curse of Expertise

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Flipped Classroom Teaching Tips

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What’s the Big Idea?

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Be Excited!

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Learning is not a spectator sport!

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Workshop Introductions

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Make Workshop Activities Relevant

Yes

No

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Positive Feedback

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Teaching Assistant...

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Self Paced but Check-In with Participants

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Check-in Individually

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Potential Downsides of Flipped Learning?

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Potential Flipped Learning Downsides

  • Access to equipment required for some Hands-on activities
  • It takes extra time to create HyFlex workshops
  • Teaching on Zoom without a TA can be difficult

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Conclusions

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Flipped HyFlex

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Hands-On Time -> lib.uvic.ca/alw

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Questions or Comments?

dscommons@uvic.ca

uvic.ca/library/dsc/

Please Fill out our short Workshop Evaluation Form: bit.ly/dsc-eval

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Photo Credits

  1. https://www.flickr.com/photos/82568321@N00/4311561259
  2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prof._Theodore_Pull,_the_great_German_hypnotist_and_mind_reader_LCCN2014636944.jpg
  3. Photo by Nimi Diffa on Unsplash
  4. Photo by Júnior Ferreira on Unsplash
  5. Photo by Bundo Kim on Unsplash
  6. Photo by Afif Kusuma on Unsplash
  7. Photo by Mathew MacQuarrie on Unsplash