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Future Prof Workshop: Active Learning Playground
Session Description
Want to try out active learning strategies in a fun and collegial space? This dynamic, hands-on workshop introduces Teaching Assistants (TAs) to active learning techniques that foster student engagement and deeper understanding in their respective classroom environments. Grounded in Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle, participants will experience, reflect, conceptualize, and plan active learning strategies they can immediately apply in tutorials, labs, and discussion sessions. Working in collaborative teams, participants will explore a variety of low and medium prep activities, with high impact that are adaptable to diverse classroom settings, while building confidence in facilitating interactive learning. Participants are also invited to contact the workshop facilitator in advance of the session of there is an active learning strategy /idea that they wish to try out.
Learning Outcomes
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By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Define active learning and explain its benefits for student engagement and retention.
- Experience and analyze at least three active learning strategies (e.g., Think-Pair-Share, Fishbowl, Concept Mapping, Buzz groups).
- Develop an action plan foradapting techniquesto their own teaching contexts and constraints.
Current graduate students and postdoctoral scholars are welcome register on Western Connect. This workshop will be offered in-person. Learn more about the Future Prof Series here.