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Group activities, which were a rarity in normal lectures and classes, should be much more numerous in active learning environments in order to help increase student engagement.

The key to active learning is student involvement and engagement. Students will participate, reflect, listen, and write, which are essential components of active learning. I plan to incorporate these aspects as much as possible in my future courses, whether they are online or face-to-face.

Student involvement and engagement are the keys to active learning .

Using rubrics can be an affective assessor of your instruction.

Recently, classrooms have switched from the traditional classroom to the active classroom and instructors need to take the role of the "movie director" directing their students on how to learn, reflect and work together to maximize their learning. 

It is best to give students clear directions based on their ability and to provide rubrics to avoid confusion as to how an assignment was graded.

Sharing the rubric and how to utilize the rubric is important. When something is graded then it should be reviewed what the key learning aspects are. 

 

When assigning  group projects it is useful to give guidance to establish roles of each within the group to facilitate collaboration.

A rubric is extremely important in a face to face classroom. It is even more important in an online setting. Having a rubric specifically spells out for students what you as the instructor are looking for and how they can attain the grade they are hoping for. It also helps you are the instructor to be fair/consistent with grading. 

Just remembering that every class is different whether that is size, personalities, or technology. So being able to adjust my techniques to the needs of each class and taking it into consideration.

Although time management on assignments may take longer than expected, students need to adjust to a new way of preparing. for the online class.  Group projects have good outcomes when you have a rubric.  It is clear how much effort you make on a project because rubric's outline what needs to be included. Additionally, peer review can be utilized early to see what is missing for last minute work.

Having students take control of their learning is a great way to ensure the content is actually absorbed. Letting go and allowing students to lead might be uncomfortable at first, but it is worth it. 

I have found a well put together rubric can really help the instructor share the expected outcomes prior to the assignment being completed.

The “flipped classroom.” The idea is inherently an active learning best practice for online education just as the text suggest. This also promotes students learning to teach the material which is more hands on!.

Having a rubric for students when doing peer evaluations seems like a great thing to implement online.

I want to start using RUBRICs, still not sure how to apply them to my subject.

my main take away from this course, particularly is that the dynamic shifted from centered and focused to student centered and focused. 

New learning styles can also be difficult for instructors to adjust. They may be hesitant to trying a new style since they may be comfortable with their old approach. Adequate training can be provided for instructors to support them with the preparation to teach a course in an active learning format.

Most activities that can be done in the classroom can be used online. For example, I have had students do group projects that culminated in a Ppt presentation with overvoice that was uploaded to share with the class.

Rubrics are super helpful in all types of learning environments, including active learning online courses.

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