Specific challenges, such as equity in workload, grading, and member participation, will be presented and discussed. Techniques for utilizing this method of instruction will be offered. Every instructor is in the business of communication. This discussion will increase awareness and raise issues about day to day communication. Too often students are passive in class as they sit back to soak up a lecture.
Research indicates that learning is enhanced when students are actively engaged.
This discussion will take a look at a number of tried and true techniques to engage students in active learning. Student Motivation Student motivation encompasses everything from class attendance to participation to commitment. We all read about the ineffectiveness of the pure lecture format, and also about the reorganizations associated with the use of student groups. There are specific suggestions in literature and videos we have about ways to increase and reduce stress for faculty members in a university situation. Some of these ideas should generate a good discussion of which techniques might have the most value for an Ozark Mountain setting.