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STUDENTS TEACHING EACH OTHER

WHY IT WORKS!

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LEARNER-CENTERED LEARNING

An activity, in which students each teach their fellow students a specific computer skill.
Everyone learns the skill better, while also achieving the Learning Outcomes of the course.

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LAYNE BISHOP

Teaching his fellow classmates how to complete a CountIF Function in Microsoft Excel

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LEARNER-CENTERED TEACHING

Maryellen Weimer – Author of Learner-Center Teaching

Five characteristics of learner-centered teaching

Engages students in the hard, messy work of learning.
Teaching includes explicit skill instruction.
Encourages students to reflect on what they are learning and how they are learning it.
Teaching motivates students by giving them some control over learning processes.
Teaching encourages collaboration.

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ONE CHARACTERISTIC:�

Select a skill from four lists of MOS Skills
Learn how to complete the skill
Prepare a file to use in teaching classmates
Provide file to teacher – Uploaded into Canvas
Assignment Instructions and Rubric

“Engage students in the hard, messy work of learning.”�

One of those characteristics really stood out to me, “Engage students in the hard, messy work of learning.” The learner-centered activity I developed gives students some control over the learning processes, because they get to choose how their task is learned by themselves, and their fellow students. Instead of passively following the instructor, they are digging into resources, figuring out how to accomplish a task, and why it needs to be accomplished. This learner-centered activity encourages students to reflect on what they are learning and how they are learning it, because as they decide how to teach the skill, they are also deciding why and when the skill will be used, the rationale for the skill. I used this Learner-Centered activity for the first time during Fall Semester 2018, with great success. After evaluating and refining the activity instructions, I am again using the assignment with good success this Spring Semester 2019. Steps of Activity.

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LAYNE’S MOS SKILL LESSON:

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STUDENT PARTICIPATION

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ADDED BENEFITS (BESIDES LEARNING THE SKILL)

“The more students discover the less the teacher has to cover”
Different voice
“Getting to know you” – my collaboration with individual students
“Getting to know each other” – learning names and interests
New methods to complete tasks
Repetition of skills