There are two items that have struck a cord with me. They are as follows:
"In any learning environment, there are three components. They include the 1) learner, 2) instructor/facilitator and 3) learning content. The facilitator’s role is to manipulate, mold and direct the student to learn and be exposed to the course content material." In the future, I will try to incorporate or use a facilitator role in my methods of teaching. Although I have incorporate some problem solving methods common to most individuals I will need to make it more student driven.
"Active learning is broadly described as anything a student does in the classroom environment, whether online or F2F, other than passively listening to a lecture. With this broad definition, most things an instructor could do with students in class would be considered active learning." This broad definition has cleared up some misconceptions I have had in the past regarding active learning. We need to look pass the typical lecture style teaching method and use perhaps more of a gaming type method of teaching.
