Gallery walk

Active Learning Strategy - Gallery Walk -

How to make your classroom active?

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Before we start.....

Think about this....

We learn better when ...

5%

Why is it important to implement active learning?

Lecture

10%

05

Reading

20%

Audiovisual

30%

Demonstration

50%

Discussion

75%

Practice doing

95%

Teach others

So, what is .......

Gallery Walk?

Gallery Walk is ......

an active learning technique using brainstorming strategy that allows students to exchange ideas by taking turn to give their feedback/response/comment through answering a question or completing a task at a specific station.

How to conduct a Gallery Walk activity?

Step 5

Discuss the questions/tasks once students have completed all tasks.

Decide on the amount of questions or tasks related to the topic.

Step 2

Think about a topic that you want to discuss.

Step 1

Step 4

Set a timer for students to move around.

Step 3

Assign each station with a question/task.

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Task 1

Gallery Walk

Task 5

Task 2

Each station has a task. Students need to complete the task at each station before moving on to the next station.

Task 4

Task 3

Some tips to control student movement ......

• Manage your time well. Make sure each student is allowed to be in one station for a specific duration of time.
• Each student may begin from a different station.
• Limit the number of students to be in a station at a time to manage crowd.
• Instruct the students to move on to the next station individually and in orderly manner.
• If you have a large class, you can have more stations.

Face-to-face Gallery Walk

Example 1

An example of accumulated answers that students wrote at a station.

Example 2

A student has to wait for her turn to write her answer, while her classmates were writing their answer at two different stations.

How to use Gallery Walk using Online Platform?

• Identify the available platforms that can be used for online discussion (Padlet? Jamboard? Trello? Zoom? Google Meet? WebEx?)

• Decide on whether you want the discussion to be held synchronously or asynchronously.

• Follow the five steps.

An example of Gallery Walk using Jamboard. A frame is regarded as a station.

5 steps to conduct a Gallery Walk activity

Decide on the amount of questions or tasks related to the topic.

Step 2

Step 5

Discuss the questions/tasks once students have completed all tasks.

Think about a topic that you want to discuss.

Step 1

Step 4

Set a timer for students to complete a task at a station.

Step 3

Assign each station with a question/task.

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Gallery Walk Using Online Platforms

Several questions were posted in a Padlet page. Each post is considered as a station.

Example 2

Students wrote their answer/ response in a Jamboard frame. A frame is considered as a station.

Example 1

Gallery Walk Using Padlet

Example 3

Students were given a task to find a comic strip. They have to share their comic strips with others in a platform i.e. Padlet. A short description of the comic strip was also given by each student. In this example, one Padlet page is considered as a station.

Gallery Walk Using Padlet

Example 4

Students were given a question to write a short reflection about a topic. A Padlet page is considered as a station.

For more information, you may refer to.....

• Magna Publications Incorporated (2017) Active Learning: A Practical Guide for College Faculty, Wisconsin: Magna Publications
• Elizabeth F. Barkley (2020) Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty, California: Jossey-Bass

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Active Learning - FSSH

Dr Doria Abdullah (Sub Group Leader)

Dr Hadijah Jaffri

Dr Jamilah Ahmad

Assoc Prof Dr Baharin Abu

Assoc Prof Dr Azlina Mohd Kosnin

Assoc Prof Dr Narina A. Samah

Assoc Prof Dr Faezah Abd Ghani

Dr Siti Nisrin Mohd Anis

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Contributors:

Dr Doria Abdullah (Padlet - Example 3)

Assoc Prof Dr Narina A. Samah(Padlet - Example 4)