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assumption: active learning is good!

question: is it good in the first 5 minutes?

Wiki: http://librarywarmups.pbworks.com/

Let's get CREATIVE

Warm-Ups

our study:

instructors: risk-taking

Now, you do it:

1. Know your learners

2. Define your outcome(s)

3. Brainstorm, let the crazy out

4. Create an activity/deliverable

Benefits:

  • Enthusiasm contagion
  • Fun: oh, it's brought
  • A pedagogically sound approach

library pedagogy

one-shots

college students

student engagement: early & often

First-year college students

surveys

100 responses

87 enjoyed the active learning class-openers;

98 found the class beneficial

Inspiration:

Library Instruction Cookbook

focus groups

New library instructors

  • IU Instruction assistants
  • ILI-L
  • Immersion alumni

feedback forms

114 responses

Pitfalls:

  • Loss of control
  • Early burn-out
  • Too “forced” or “juvenile”
  • Time
  • Cheese-factor

Q: “how do you start a class?”

A: (70 responses) with some kind of activity that

involved immediate student engagement

  • games
  • questions
  • polls or pre-test surveys

Overall, early active learning activities

= a more positive teaching experience

Conclusion:

- inconclusive...

- do it YOUR way

- be real

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