VIBRANT PRESENTATION

Active Learning and Student Engagement!

Bracken Carroll

Resources for Effective Engagement

Implementing a variety of active learning methods is key in regard to student interaction and engagement. Adapting these techniques across all modalities is especially vital to maintaining meaningful connections to students

QM

LMS

RSI

Tools for Success

There are numerous tools that instructors can utilize to help students feel engaged and supported.

Canvas

Learning

Resources

Student Success Center, I.T., Quad C, Writing Center, Math Lab, Single Stop

Blooket, YouTube, Library, Google Scholar, Khan Academy

Information, Communication, Modules, Grades, Flow, Dropout Detective

Opportunities for Engagement

Activities

Announcements

Groups

Videos

Assignments

Feedback

Thanks for your attention!

Quality Matters

• Gold standard
• Evaluating and ensuring the quality of online courses and components

• Rubric

Regular Substantive Interaction

• Meaningful and consistant engagement for online courses
• Active learning and interactive activites
• Aims for deeper content understanding
• Engaging content resources

Videos

• Support course content
• Visual learning and repitition
• Application opportunity for online students

Assignments

• Interactive
• Autonomy
• Creative
• Low/high stakes
• Resubmit

Group Interaction

• Discussions
• Presentations
• Projects
• Scheduled optional zooms- discuss topics, Q+A, Blookets

Announcements

• Updates and reminders
• Notifications
• Communication
• Connected

Activities

• Family Feud
• Stress balls
• Blooket
• Coloring pages
• Labeling

Learning Management System

• Canvas
• Blueprint
• Ease of use with adaptability
• Personalization
• Accessibility

Feedback

• Responding to student questions
• Detailed explanations
• In class application
• Assignments and discussions
• Feedback from students