Pandemic and Student Voice
We must reflect critically on the choices we make with digital technologies and constantly ask ourselves, who is being included and who is being excluded by the choices we make... -Dr. Todd Taylor
Columbia University found that in a typical lecture course, students are attentive 40% of the time.
- Students retain 70% of what they hear in the first 10 min and only 20% during the last 10 min.
- Adding visual aids increased retention 14-38%.
Less Talking, More Teaching
My training sessions led to my less talking more teaching approach, spending only 10-15 min speaking at a time (aka Chunking) in my Hybrid courses.
- Take lecture breaks every 10 min or so to introduce an activity, video, or discussion.
- For my online students (and faculty), I began to send course walk-through videos to help with the navigation of tools and course expectations.
Student Engagement
How do I get the students to actively participate and begin to enjoy this new learning environment?
- Create a more casual setting for students to foster a "speak up culture."
- Microsoft Forms to inform teaching practice.
- Be willing and flexible enough to change things up, sometimes on the fly.
"What was the most challenging part of your week?"
International Studies: VR Experience
- Last year, STCC piloted our first Study Abroad VR experience!
- Students visited Rome and Paris via Virtual Reality and submitted presentations on their favorite sites/excursions as their final via Adobe Spark, now known as Creative Cloud Express.
Students Creating Content
- The students loved using Creative Cloud Express so much that I decided to implement the tool in all Hybrid courses.
- To give students more agency in their learning journey, I utilized differentiated instruction, allowing students a choice between writing a paper or creating a video or webpage presentation for their final.
Video by Tierny English
Gamification and Building Relationships
- Spark Challenge: Create a video that explains how you're creative. The top three videos that receive the most votes can earn extra credit for the quiz or project of their choice!
- Padlet: Share three things that have helped you succeed throughout the pandemic.
- Hyperdoc: Lists links to the resources shared by students.
The Learning Framework by Holly Clark
#HollyClarkEdu
Contact: radams11@southwest.tn.edu
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Created with images by JoshuaWoroniecki - "laptop digital device technology" • Surprising_Shots - "woman face mask covid-19" • ArtsyBee - "e-learning training school" • AmrThele - "child student video conference" • Adamsov - "reality virtual technology" • naassomz1 - "people students university" • thumprchgo - "faculty workshop professional training" • athree23 - "thank you thank you card table"