Get Your Students Hired
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Fully Online Doesn’t Mean Inactive --> The Usefulness of Active Learning
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Learning in an online classroom can be active learning, as long as the student is engaged. Through the use of rubrics, and with proper guidance, the instructor can see what students are actively engaged in the learning process and to what extent.
One way I can incorporate active learning in my role is have the students create NCLEx questions based on patients they have taken care of during clinical. Every question is a real person who needs their nurse to be actively engaged in critial thinking when performing their care. My hope is that this will link clinical and didactic together and improve student learning.
This module on active learning in online classes really emphasized how important it is to keep students engaged through interactive and meaningful activities. I’ve learned that using strategies like breakout rooms for discussions, collaborative tools like shared documents, and even simple polls or quick check-ins can make a big difference in maintaining student interest and participation. What stood out most to me is how these methods create a more inclusive and dynamic learning environment, even in a virtual setting.
The goal of all instruction is to engage students in their own learning process. The idea of active learning addresses how engaged a student is in his or her own learning.
This course so far has taught me that online course design is focused on active learning from the student. It has been very intentional and I see the benefits in student's learning.
The more the student is engaged in the material and teacher. The more the student will remember.
For the student to be engaged the instructor needs to develop a good online course and course with rubrics.
It is important to have students actively involved in online learning, and that they are also partially responsible for their class experience.
Through this module, I learned the importance of engaging students as active learners who take charge of their learning.
I find it interesting that all of this is building on things I did about 20 years ago in the discussion/response post format for online learning, except we can do it much more efficiently now and in real time. This is really nice for engagement for the students.
In this module active learning was the main topic. It is important to plan for active learning during your lesson planning. Involving the students in their learning requires their commitment and engagement. I often create activities each week for my students. Moving forward I will make sure that the activities give my students the opportunity to commit and become involved in the activity content. For example, instead of asking the student to define a topic ask them how the topic affects them in the learning environment.
Active Learning requires stimulating as many of students' senses as possible while providing opportunities for students to collaborate among themselves, to take time to individually ponder and wrestle with material, and to demonstrate their ability to apply what they have learned to new scenarios.
The module assisted me in learning how it is the instructor's responsibility to plan the course to make it engaging. However, it is the student's responsibility to be in charge of their learning and learning space. Also, you do not need to be in a classroom to promote active learning.
I learned that engagement is important when students are actively learning. If there is no engagement then it will be difficult for students to fully learn.
I learned that engagement is important when students are actively learning. If there is no engagement then it will be difficult for students to fully learn.