Active learning: challenges of, definitions of, historical development of, purposes of, research done primarily in the sciences on, techniques for promoting. See alsoInteractive lecturing; Learning; Student learning
Active learning continuum
Active learning methods: active learning pedagogy examples, active learning techniques examples, interactive lecturing model combining engaging presentations and
Active learning tasks: active learning continuum for several key, recommendations on
Active learning techniques: assess phase and corresponding, attend phase and corresponding, designed to scaffold student learning, different instructional contexts and the, prepare phase and corresponding, promoting active learning using the, use phase and corresponding. See also specific technique
Active learning themes: application, attention, closure, preparation. See alsoActive learning phases
Active Reading Documents (ARDs) Technique
Active voice
Actively preparing techniques: Active Reading Documents (ARDs), Individual Readiness Assurance Tests (iRATs), Know-Wonder-Learned (K-W-I), motivating student learning by using the, Two-Minute Question-Development Talks (TQDTs)
Advance Organizers Technique
African Art and the Diaspora lecture
An alternative universe scenario (The Hook)
Annotated Reference Page Tip
Anticipating and predicting new information techniques: for active learning prepare phase, Guess and Confirm, Preview Guide, Sentence Stem Predictions, Update Your Classmate
Application strategies: contrasting transmission and interactive lectures, discussion, small-group work. See alsoUse phase (active learning)
Applying information techniques: for active learning use phase, Intrigue Journal, Real-World Applications, Support a Statement, Thick and Thin Questions
Aristotelian Triptych Tip
Around the Room Icebreaker
Asking and answering questions: general suggestions for, Tips to facilitate communication
Asking and Answering Questions Tips: Echo Chamber, Right Means Right, Wait Time, Write a Question. See alsoQuestions
Assertion and Evidence Organizer
Assess phase (active learning): checking understanding techniques, correlating to active learning techniques, during interactive lecture, reflecting and metacognition techniques. See alsoClosure
Assignment review (The Graceful Goodbye)
Attend phase (active learning): correlating to active learning techniques, during interactive lecture, listening for information techniques, taking notes techniques
Attention strategies: asking students questions, contrasting transmission and interactive lectures on, guided note-taking
Attribute Change brainstorming technique
Audiovisual slides: background color, Twitter hashtags, and slide transition; blank or blacked-out slides; methods for designing slides, software package templates for; suggestions for replacements of slides
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Back to the beginning (The Power Close)
Background color of slides
Banking model of learning
Basic survival lecture kit
Behavioral Genetics lecture
Big Why, Little Why Tip
Biology large lecture
Blank or blacked-out slides
Blended (or hybrid) course video lecture
The board (chalkboard or whiteboard)
Bonus discussion questions activity
Book and Check Tip
Bookends, Interleaves, and Overlays Tip
Brace Map
Brainstorming on the board activity
Brainstorming Tip
Bumper stickers activity
Business Computer Systems lecture
Business Law lecture
Buzz groups activity
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Calculus lecture
A call to action (The Power Close)
Cause and effect logical pattern
Chalk-and-talk lecture medium
Chalkboard
Checking understanding techniques: for active learning assess phase, One-Sentence Summary, Pre-Post Freewrite, RSQC2, 3-2-1
Chemistry large lecture
Chemistry lecture
Chemistry video lecture
Chronological order logical pattern
City of New London, Kelo v.
Class announcement: example of a, Lecture Preview through
Class Electronics Policy (Physics 101–Section 102)
Classroom opinion polls activity
Classroom Technology Policy Tip
Climate (classroom): about the correlating engaging lecture Tips, research on engaging presentation element of. See alsoLecture sessions
Climate techniques: demonstrating readiness, generating enthusiasm and interest, managing the session
Closure: Cloze Activity (The Synthesis), contrasting transmission and interactive lectures on, interactive lecture assess phase, quizzes strategy used for, reflecting and metacognition for. See alsoAssess phase (active learning)
Cloze Activity (The Synthesis)
Coded Notes Technique
College Algebra video lecture
College and University Teaching lecture
College Teaching lecture
College Teaching Techniques series
Communication: introduction to techniques to facilitate, research on engaging presentation element of, voice modulation used during
Communication checks: for appropriate pacing, for concluding an activity, for student understanding, for students who have questions or comments
Communication techniques: asking and answering questions, presenting like a professional, signaling the takeaways
Communication Technology, Culture, and Society video lecture
Comparison and contrast logical pattern
Computer Science for Nonmajors large lecture
Concept mapping activity
Conceptual understanding of novices
The Connector Tip
Constitutional Law lecture
Consumer Behavior lecture
Content-Rich Handout Tip
Context Keeper Tip
Contrarian statement (The Hook)
Cooperative and collaborative learning
Course site or blog: example of using a, Lecture Preview through
Crafting handouts and supplements: extending your presentation by, Tips to create supports of
Graphic organizers: Advance Organizers Technique on, Guided Notes Technique variation using, The Synthesis Tip on
Grief, Death and Loss: Social World video lecture
Guess and Confirm Technique
Guided note-taking
Guided Notes Technique
Guiding questions
H
Hand gestures
The handout (Meet and Greet)
Handouts and supplements: Annotated Reference Page, Annotated Reference Page supplementary resource, content-rich, Hand gestures, the handout (Meet and Greet), handouts (The Graceful Goodbye), Infodeck; Lecture Map
Handouts (The Graceful Goodbye)
The handshake (Meet and Greet)
Health: Emotional Wellness video lecture
Health and Wellness lecture
The “hey, I know you” (Meet and Greet)
High-Impact Language Tip
High tech lecture kit
Hispanic Culture large lecture
History large lecture
The History of the American University large lecture
History of the United States (1914 to Present) video lecture
History of Western Civilization online lecture
History of World War II video lecture
Homework (The Graceful Goodbye)
The Hook Tip
Humanities: The Ancient World large lecture
Hybrid (or blended) course video lecture
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“I Have a Dream” speech (King)
Icebreakers Tip
Idea generation
Idea group labeling
Idea selection and discarding
Idea sorting
Ideas: Brainstorming Tip for coming up with, Context Keeper Tip for visual tracking of; Internal Previews and Summaries Tip to help focus on key, Sticky Note Diagrams Tip for coming up with
Information-related techniques: anticipate and predict new information, applying information, listening for information, rehearsing information
Inquiry in the Natural World large lecture
Inspirers persona archetype
Instructional contexts: blended or hybrid course video lecture, flipped course video lecture, large lectures, medium-sized lecture courses, online course video lecture, seminar talks, very large lectures
Interactive lecturing: contrasting transmission and presentation, creating “pedagogy of engagement” through, engaging presentations through. See alsoActive learning; Lectures
Interactive lecturing model
Interactivity lecture aspects
Interdisciplinary Course: 3D Printing lecture
Interest, preparation, and prior knowledge
Interleaves (lecture and active learning alternating)
Internal Previews and Summaries Tip
Intrigue Journal Technique
Intriguing question (The Hook)
Introduction to Accounting video lecture
Introduction to American Government lecture
Introduction to Anthropology large lecture
Introduction to Biblical Studies large lecture
Introduction to Clinical Pharmacy Skills large lecture
Introduction to Communication Studies large lecture
Introduction to Criminal Court Systems video lecture
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology lecture
Introduction to Engineering Fields large lecture
Introduction to Engineering lecture
Introduction to Geoscience lecture
Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry large lecture
Introduction to Leadership large lecture
Introduction to Philosophy lectures: Active Reading Documents (ARDs) Technique, Know-Wonder-Learned (K-W-L) Technique
Introduction to Popular Culture large lecture
Introduction to Psychology video lecture
Introductory Physics large lecture
Invisible Slide Tip
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Jargon language
JavaScript for Programmers video lecture
Journalists’ Questions brainstorming technique
K
Kawasaki method for slides
Keep the Lights On Tip
Kelo v. City of New London
Key Term Icebreaker
Keynote
Know-Wonder-Learned (K-W-I) Technique
Knowledge: Engaging Lecture Tip on providing background, managing the lecture section through pedagogical, preparation through prior
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Large lectures techniques: active learning benefits of, Active Reading Documents,Advance Organizers,Coded Notes,Cued Notes,Guess and Confirm,Guided Notes,Individual Readiness Assurance Tests (iRATs),Intrigue Journal,Know-Wonder-Learned,Lecture Bingo,Lecture Engagement Logs,Lecture Wrapper,Listening Teams,Live-Tweet Lecture,One-Sentence Summary,Post-Lecture Knowledge Survey,Pre-Post Freewrite,Preview Guide,Punctuated Lecture,Real-World Applications,RSQC2,Sentence Stem Predictions,Sketch Notes, Snap Shots,Support a Statement,Thick and Thin Questions,Think-Pair-Share,3-2-1,Translate That!,Two-Minute Question-Development Talks,Update Your Classmate
Law, Policy, and Ethics in Journalism lecture
Learning: banking model of, cooperative and collaborative, lecture vs. active learning debate over, PBL (problem-based learning), TBL (team-based learning). See alsoActive learning; Student learning
Learning Assessment Technique (LAT)
Learning Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty (Barkley and Major)
Learning Goals Inventory (LGI)
Learning materials lecture section
Learning tasks: active learning continuum for several key, recommendations for active learning
Lecture Bingo Technique
Lecture con-learning arguments: lectures do not offer authority or control to students, research findings are poor learning from lectures, students are passive learners in lectures, too many challenges to learning in lectures
Lecture contexts: large lectures, medium-sized lecture courses, seminar talks, very large lectures, video lectures. See also specific lecture context
Lecture-demonstration format
Lecture Engagement Logs Technique
Lecture Map Tip
Lecture notes: sample of outlined notes, To Script, or Not to Script on using
Lecture Plan Tip
Lecture Preview Tip
Lecture pro-learning arguments: active learning research done primarily in the sciences, cognitive benefits to, phenomenal success of TED Talks form of, students can be active learners during
Lecture script: sample of a, To Script, or Not to Script on using
Lecture sessions: booking and checking room for, Lecture Supply Kit assembled by presenters for, managing the, Managing the Sessions Tips on, structuring the, tips on how to dress for success. See alsoClimate (classroom)
Lecture Supply Kit Tip: assembling a high tech, low tech, and basic survival kits, description of the, example of the
Lecture technique examples: Active Reading Documents,Advance Organizers, Coded Notes,Cued Notes,Guess and Confirm,Guided Notes,Individual Readiness Assurance Tests (iRATs),Intrigue Journal,Know-Wonder-Learned (K-W-L),Lecture Bingo,Lecture Engagement Logs,Lecture Wrapper,Listening Teams,Live-Tweet Lecture,Note-Taking Pairs,One-Sentence Summary,Post-Lecture Knowledge Survey,Pre-Post Freewrite,Preview Guide,Punctuated Lecture,Real-World Applications,RSQC2,Sentence Stem Predictions,Sketch Notes,Snap Shots,Support a Statement,Thick and Thin Questions,Think-Pair-Share,3-2-1,Translate That!,Two-Minute Question-Development Talks (TQDTs),Update Your Classmate
Lecture vs. active learning debate: arguments for and against the lecture, examples of active learning methods, introduction to the, reconsidering how we frame the
Lecture Wrapper Technique
Lectures: arguments for and against the, challenges of, definitions of, description and historical development of the, different contexts of, interactivity and duration of, purposes of the, transmission-model. See alsoInteractive lecturing
Lecturette lecture duration
Less Is More Tip
Lessig method for slides
Leveraging the language: to help students track lecture focus and format, Tips to create focus by
Leveraging the Language Tips: Aristotelian Triptych,High-Impact Language,Internal Previews and Summaries,Signposts
Linked Lecturettes Tip
Listening: for information techniques, as key learning task, understanding the learning value of
Listening for information techniques: for active learning attend phase, Advance Organizers, Lecture Bingo, Listening Teams, Live-Tweet Lecture
Listening Teams Technique
Live-Tweet Lecture Technique
Logical Pattern Tip
Logical pattern types: cause and effect, chronological order, comparison and contrast, order of importance, problem and solution, sequential order; simple to complex, spatial, topical
“The Lost Cell Phone” story
Low tech lecture kit
M
Main Idea and Detail Chart
Managing the session: knowledge of pedagogy for, Tips to create climate
Managing the Session Tips: Classroom Technology Policy, Every Minute Matters, Extensions, Silent Signals, Terms of Engagement
“Matter and Consciousness” (Churchland)
Media History and Culture large lecture
Media Studies video lecture
Medical terminology video lecture
Medium lecture aspects
Medium-sized lecture courses
Meet and Greet Tip
Metacognitive reflection: description of the, reflecting and metacognition techniques for
Music History: Eighteenth-Century Classicism video lecture
N
The “name, please” (Meet and Greet)
No Hijacking technique
Note-taking: Guided Notes Technique and use of guided, research on student learning relationship to, taking notes techniques on
Note-Taking Pairs Technique
Novice conceptual understanding and ability
Nurse Educator Roles and Responsibilities video lecture
Nursing as a Profession lecture
Nutrition in Health and Well-Being large lecture
O
Objectives lecture section
Observations lecture section
Oceanography lecture
One-minute lecture duration
One more thing (The Power Close)
One-Sentence Summary Technique
One-way lecture interactivity
Online course video lecture
Open-ended rhetorical question (The Hook)
Oral essay lecture format
Oral only lecture medium
Order of importance logical pattern
Organizational Communication large lecture
Organizational theory lecture
Overlays learning activities
P
Partially correct answer (Right Means Right)
Participatory lecture interactivity
Pass the chalk activity
Pass the pointer activity
“Passive learning” pedagogy
Pathophysiology video lecture
The pause (The Graceful Goodbye)
Pauses in speech
Pedagogical Moves Tip
Pedagogy: choosing Classroom Technology Policy to fit with your, creating a “pedagogy of engagement,” examples of active learning, lectures as “passive learning,” managing the lecture section through knowledge of
Planet, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe video lecture
Point-by-point lecture format
Pompous words
Post-Lecture Knowledge Survey Technique
Post-student question (Wait Time)
Post-student response (Wait Time)
Post-teacher question (Wait Time)
Post-teacher response (Wait Time)
The Power Close Tip
PowerPoint
Pre-instructional assignments
Pre-Post Freewrite Technique
Preexisting ideas of students
Preparation strategies: contrasting transmission and interactive lectures, interest and prior knowledge stimulators, pre-instructional assignments
Prepare phase (active learning): actively preparing techniques, anticipating and predicting new information techniques, correlating to active learning techniques, during interactive lecture
Presentation Persona Tip
Presenting like a professional: student learning directed related to your, Tips to facilitate communication
Presenting Like a Professional Tips: Pedagogical Moves, To Script, or Not to Script, Voice Modulation, Weatherperson
Preview Guide Technique
Prezi
Prior knowledge preparation
Problem and solution logical pattern
Problem-based learning (PBL)
Problem-solving learning task
Problem-solving lecture format
Proponents assignment
Props (to replace slides)
A provocative question (The Power Close)
Psychological and demographic factors
Psychology 101 video lecture
Psychology large lecture
Punctuated Lecture Technique
Purpose lecture section
Q
Qualitative Research Methods video lecture
Questioners assignment
Questions: bonus discussion questions activity, intriguing question (The Hook), Journalists’ Questions brainstorming technique, Lecture Preview through guiding, open-ended rhetorical question (The Hook), prevent lecture from being hijacked by student, Quirky Question Icebreaker, research on asking students, Silent Signals Tip to check if students have any, Thick and Thin Questions Technique, Wait Time as time between an answer and a. See alsoAsking and Answering Questions Tips
Quick write activity
Quirky Question Icebreaker
Quizzes (closure strategy)
Quotations (The Hook)
Quote minus one activity
R
Rate of speech
Readiness factors: description of student, misconceptions, novice conceptual understanding and ability
Reading learning task
Real-World Applications Technique
Reflecting and metacognition techniques: for active learning assess phase, Lecture Engagement Logs, Lecture Wrapper, Post-Lecture Knowledge Survey, Punctuated Lecture
Reflection-action persona aspect
Rehearsing information techniques: for active learning use phase, Snap Shots, Think-Pair-Share, Translate That!
Research findings: on active learning, on active learning is primarily in the sciences, on engaging presentations elements, on learning effectiveness of lectures, on student learning relationship to taking notes
Right Means Right Tip
Role Storm brainstorming technique
RSQC2 Technique
Rule of Three Tip
S
Scaffolding learning: active learning techniques for, for having students write questions, Terms of Engagement Tip to prepare for. See alsoStudent learning
Stories: Gandhi story, “The Lost Cell Phone” story, storyboarding template for creating, storytelling lecture format
A story (The Hook)
Storyboarding template
Strong Voice technique
Structuring the Session: Tips to create focus by, various interactive lecture session uses of
Structuring the Session Tips: Bookends, Interleaves, and Overlays, Double Planning, Lecture Plan, Linked Lecturettes, Select-a-Structure
Student Characteristics Analysis Tip
Student-entry characteristics lecture section
Student learning: contextual factors of, demographic and psychographics factors of, directly related to teacher’s presentation skills, readiness factors of, research on engaging presentations and, research on taking notes relationship to. See alsoActive learning; Learning; Scaffolding learning
Student motivation: actively preparing techniques to drive, importance of facilitating, Tips to generate interest and
Student pollsters activity
Students: clear learning goals for, contextual factors of, demographic and psychological factors of, establishing classroom policies for your, readiness factors of, Student Characteristics Analysis of
Taking notes: guided, research on student learning relationship to, using laptops for
Taking notes techniques: for active learning attend phase, Coded Notes, Cued Notes, Guided Notes, Note-Taking Pairs, Sketch Notes
Teachers: dressing for success, expert “time for telling” by, four presenter archetypes of, Lecture Supply Kit assembled for lectures by
Team-based learning (TBL)
Ted Talks
Template for storyboarding
Template Temperance Tip
Terms of Engagement Tip
“Therefore I Am” (Bloom)
Thick and Thin Questions Technique
Think-aloud pair problem-solving
Think-pair-share learning method
Think-Pair-Share Technique
Thinking-feeling persona aspect
Thinking outside the Disciplinary Box technique
This or That Icebreaker
Three-step interview
3-2-1 Technique
“Time for telling”
Time to pack and go announcement (The Graceful Goodbye)
Timing lecture section
To Script, or Not to Script? Tip
Top-ten list activity
Topical logical pattern
Total physical response activity
Translate That! Technique
Transmission-model lecture: interactive lecturing presentations vs., learner stances/roles of interactive lectures vs.
True or false? activity
Truth statements activity
Twitter: Lecture Preview Tip using, Live-Tweet Lecture Technique using, slide decks that include Twitter hashtags, tips on getting started and using, Twitter post activity using
Use phase (active learning): applying information techniques, correlating to active learning techniques, during interactive lecture, rehearsing information techniques. See alsoApplication strategies
V
Vague or incomplete answer (Right Means Right)
Value Display Tip
Value Pitch technique
Venn Diagram
Very large lectures
Video lecture: blended or hybrid courses, flipped courses, medium of, online courses, using slides vs.
Video lecture technique examples: Active Reading Documents (ARDs),Advance Organizers, Coded Notes,Cued Notes,Guess and Confirm,Guided Notes,Individual Readiness Assurance Tests (iRATs),Intrigue Journal,Know-Wonder-Learned (K-W-L),Lecture Bingo,Lecture Engagement Logs,Lecture Wrapper,Listening Teams,One-Sentence Summary,Post-Lecture Knowledge Survey,Pre-Post Freewrite,Preview Guide,Punctuated Lecture,Real-World Applications,RSQC2,Sentence Stem Predictions,Sketch Notes, Snap Shots,Support a Statement,Thick and Thin Questions,Think-Pair-Share,3-2-1,Translate That!,Two-Minute Question-Development Talks (TQDTs),Update Your Classmate