Leveraging Classroom Spaces for Active, Collaborative Learning (DigPed 003)
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Please note: the location for this event is the Collaborative Classroom, Room 113, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Presenters:
Catherine Turner
Senior Associate Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
John MacDermott
Director for Instructional Technology, Penn Arts & Sciences Computing
Description:
Join us for the final workshop in the three-part Teaching+Tech series on blended learning. In this hands-on workshop, participants will discover how to leverage the basic elements of any classroom (walls, boards, desks, tables, projectors, etc.) to create an active, collaborative learning experience for students. After building a foundation of learning spaces and in-class student collaboration techniques, participants will brainstorm, design, and teach an activity in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library's Collaborative Classroom. Through discussion and reflection, participants will offer and receive feedback to help them integrate technology and physical teaching spaces purposefully to best meet their lesson goal(s).
Workshop Learning Objectives:
Upon completing this workshop, you should be able to
- Use tips on learning space design to quickly and easily adapt any space for collaborative learning
- Design collaborative in-class activities suitable for their own lesson goal(s)
- Integrate collaborative in-class activities with technology
Skills, concepts, or competencies this workshop delivers:
- Application and evaluation of technologies used for instruction
- Techniques to leverage physical spaces for active learning
- Continued professional development through online networks
Recommended prerequisite:
- Workshop #1: Blended Learning: Teaching with Technology More Purposefully (DigPed 001)
- Workshop #2: Mixing It Up with Tech: Turning a Course Activity into a Blended Learning Experience (DigPed 002)
Audience:
This workshop is intended for:
- Faculty
- TAs
- Staff who provide pedagogical and/or technological support for instructors or TAs
Pre-Workshop Information:
- Participants may be asked to complete a brief exercise before attending the workshop.
This session is the third in a three-workshop series on blended learning. It was preceded by:
- Workshop #1: Blended Learning: Teaching with Technology More Purposefully (DigPed 001)
- Workshop #2: Mixing It Up with Tech: Turning a Course Activity into a Blended Learning Experience (DigPed 002)
Note: Participants are encouraged, but not required, to complete each of the three workshops and their corresponding online components. If a participant has not completed the first and/or second workshop in this series, it is strongly recommended that they complete all online components of these preceding workshops in Canvas before completing the tech-tools exercise and attending the workshop.
Related LibGuide: Digital Pedagogy Workshop Series by Leqi Liu