ActiveLearningEcosystem

1. Support classroom innovation and risk-taking among faculty and students
  • Faculty take intellectual risks by developing and offering engaging learning experiences that encourage students to construct knowledge
  • Students take intellectual risks by engaging with the course content, each other, and their faculty as they participate in learning activities that help them construct knowledge
2. Make intentional design choices to use technology and space that deepens student learning
  • Faculty embrace technology and digital resources as tools to facilitate learning in a variety of spaces (not just 4-wall classrooms)
  • Students embrace technology and digital resources as tools to facilitate learning in a variety of spaces
3. Actively build and use alternative learning spaces across campus and in the community to support active learning pedagogy and student-faculty engagement
  • Faculty incorporate alternative learning spaces (from across campus and the community) to facilitate new perspectives in the teaching-learning process
  • Students use alternative spaces across campus (not just 4-wall classrooms) to engage in learning with faculty, each other, and community members
4. Work quickly to develop and implement learner-centered pedagogical methods based on research, and enhanced by cutting-edge technology and digital resources
  • Faculty are actively engaged in developing their understanding of new technology, and new research-based pedagogical strategies, and their ability to utilize new activities to facilitate learning in their discipline
  • Students come to each class prepared to engage in the day’s topic and willing to engage in active learning activities with their peers using cutting-edge technology
5. Offer new opportunities for students and faculty to think differently about, and engage actively in, solving real-world, community-based problems
  • Faculty help students learn to ask the questions that need to be asked, then empower students to find answers to those questions – Faculty engage actively in their field to identify appropriate real-world problems to address
  • Students read actively and investigate to identify appropriate real-world problems they are eager to address
6. Develop and use new delivery modes (including experiential learning) to facilitate learning
  • Faculty articulate explicitly the connections between the learning activities, student responsibilities, and actual learning
  • Students engage in multiple modes of learning to make connections between theory and application
7. Create and sustain a learning environment that celebrates diverse/inclusive perspectives in all fields
  • Faculty are actively engaged in developing their knowledge about diversity and their skills to incorporate diverse perspectives into learning activities
  • Students embrace new and diverse perspectives on key topics in their field and actively consider how to include these perspectives in learning activities
8. Create and sustain a learning environment that supports the evolving use of learning strategies in all fields
  • Faculty provide multiple vehicles for students to demonstrate learning, and offer individual flexibility where appropriate
  • Students demonstrate their learning in multiple new and creative ways
9. Conduct on-going assessment based on outcomes and program review
  • Faculty conduct on-going assessment of their teaching and of student learning to monitor progress toward outcome achievement
  • Students engage with faculty to offer thoughtful feedback regarding how various activities contribute to their learning
10. Sustain a continuous improvement cycle regarding student learning and faculty development
  • Faculty utilize results of on-going assessment initiatives to augment teaching and learning
  • Students demonstrate a willingness to hear feedback on their progress and incorporate feedback into developing learning strategies that allow them to demonstrate knowledge and skills (i.e., outcomes) achieved

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