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The good example - Strategies for students’ use of computers in lessons and lectures
How to inform your students
In brief
When you conduct a No devices experiment in your teaching, it is important that you inform the students at the start of the course and state the reason for the initiative. The involved students from Philosophy, History and Religion were informed of the experiment via an announcement on the e-learning platform Blackboard and via an oral introduction in the first lesson. The students received the following information:
SDUUP courses that can inspire you with regards to active teaching and learning where students benefit from leaving their computers in their bags:
This course has been selected to be part of an experiment which the Study Boards of Philosophy, History and Religion have agreed to conduct. In all its simplicity, the experiment means that you cannot use computers, tablets, smartphones or similar devices in the lessons, unless the teacher has explicitly said that a device is needed for a specific activity. Instead, you must bring paper/ a notebook and pen/pencil as well as relevant texts and materials in print. The purpose of the experiment is to gain experience on the effect of students not having computers available for note taking in lessons. International research suggests that both long-term memory and deep learning are enhanced if notes are written by hand instead.
• Get methods and tools for Interactive lecturing. Date to be agreed. Read more about “Inter active lecturing”.
- If you are under an SPS agreement and have special needs that mean you cannot do without a computer for classes, you are of course exempted from the experiment. - If you are unfamiliar with note taking by hand, you can find inspiration here: techniques for note-taking, study techniques for study starters, note-technique. - Read more about the background of the experiment: Lillevang, L. b. (2016) and Strauss, V. (2014). Active teaching and learning Use the following exercises to vary your teaching, involve and engage students: one minute papers, brainstorming sessions, quizzes, cases, activities with devices and Internet: e.g. the use of Padlets for evaluation, brainstorming sessions, and group work or quizzes with Poll Everywhere. The exercises above provide students with the time and space to reflect on teacher presentations and their own learning. See examples of hand-outs for students as well as formulation of one minute papers.
• Design tailored Case-based teaching 1. 22. and 29/9, info and registration, deadline 6/10.
• Engaging students in group work. Also read our newsletter about “Active learning in group work”. • Questioning – how it can support learning, teaching and assessment. Fall 2017, info and registration, deadline 28/8. • Invite students to engage with alternative perspectives or ways of thinking: Using de Bono’s Thinking Hats to develop alternative perspectives or mindsets. Courses will be held on request from a group of teachers. Contact Donna Hurford.
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