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Elements of Effective e-Learning Design

Andrew R. Brown
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia

Bradley D. Voltz
St Joseph's Nudgee College
Brisbane, Australia

Abstract

Preparing and developing e-learning materials is a costly and time consuming enterprise. This paper highlights the elements of effective design that we consider assist in the development of high quality materials in a cost efficient way. We introduce six elements of design and discuss each in some detail. These elements focus on paying attention to the provision of a rich learning activity, situating this activity within an interesting story line, providing meaningful opportunities for student reflection and third party criticism, considering appropriate technologies for delivery, ensuring that the design is suitable for the context in which it will be used, and bearing in mind the personal, social, and environmental impact of the designed activities. Along the way, we describe how these design elements can be effectively utilized by contextualizing them with examples from an e-learning initiative.

Keywords: e-learning; educational design; learning resource development

Introduction

Educational materials that have been effectively designed will facilitate the achievement of desired learning outcomes for students. Effective design of electronic learning materials relies on instructional design processes that reflect the absence of or reduction in face-to-face instruction. This change in learning context is an important factor distinguishing online or e-learning from traditional instruction, and therefore requires different educational design considerations such as those outlined in this paper. The effects on student learning of changing from traditional to e-learning contexts have been widely researched, and a qualitative summary of these findings has been presented by Shakar and Neumann (2003), who conclude that e-learning programs can, but do not always, deliver improved learning outcomes. Young (2003) describes this emerging e-learning environment as one that is “adapted and developed for intellectual partnerships” (n.p.), suggesting that rich learning activities allow students to learn with computers rather than from computers. The change in learning context affects the student–teacher relationship, which becomes a multifaceted interaction among student, online materials, the broader community of Internet users, and, in many cases, teachers as facilitators and mentors. The unpredictability of the student context and the mediated relationship with the student require careful attention by the educational designer to details which might otherwise be managed by the teacher at the time of instruction. We hope that the elements presented here will assist in clarifying the significant aspects of e-learning design and enable a design process that takes account of considerations traditionally deferred where face-to-face delivery is assumed.

For the purpose of this discussion, we define ‘e-learning’ as teaching and learning that are delivered, supported, and enhanced through the use of digital technologies and media. We consider that e-learning may encompass face-to-face, distance, and mixed mode or blended delivery models. The six design elements introduced in this paper provide a framework within which designers of e-learning materials can create online resources, appropriate for K-12 and tertiary settings.

In this paper, we are concerned with the design phase of the e-learning resources. By ‘design’ we mean the planning or working out of the e-learning resource. This combines tasks including lesson planning, instructional design, creative writing, and software specification. Our design considerations take into account the constraints of building and delivery, but do not assume any particular software methodology or development platform. We acknowledge other variables that may affect design: for example, the use of courseware for delivery. While the use of this kind of software may limit flexibility in designing learning activities, it is nevertheless still important to consider activity at the design stage. Our particular concern is the creation of engaging and appropriate learning experiences that are likely to be utilized and to achieve the intended learning outcomes.

Background

There is much deliberation in the literature concerning instructional methodology and design. Discussion ranges from considerations of media options and technological hurdles (Bersin, 2003) to attempts to distinguish between online and traditional class materials (Nash, 2004). Existing pedagogical research is limited, according to Frydenberg (2002), who suggests that this is because few fully developed programs have arrived at a stage where summative evaluation is possible. Studies concern mainly the application of traditional teaching concepts to e-learning environments. For example, Roslin Brennan (2003) cites communication, interactivity, and social cohesion as key pedagogical goals, while George Siemens (2003) contends that variety is a central requirement for learning, and that media choices should be made according to desired learning outcomes. Many of these concepts can be traced back to the work of John Dewey (1970), who, in writing about experiential learning, argued that education must engage with and enlarge experience, and that interaction and environments for learning provide a continuing framework for teaching practice. “This process of making meaningful connections is at the core of all learning” (Horton, 2000, p. x; emphasis in original). E-learning materials often reflect these concepts through the use of simulations and a focus on interactive learning activities. Jasinski (2001) explores improvization as a strategy to make online materials more meaningful to learners by providing a better balance between content and process. Jasinski contends that this strategy enables a fast transition from the conceptual to the operational, and that students “learn by playing with rules, not by rules, or to create new rules” (n.p.).

A feature of online instruction over paper-based distance learning processes is the ability to employ multiple media types to present ideas and concepts. “Online courses are much more than the posting of traditional in class materials on the Web” (Nash, 2004, n.p.). Text, images, and sound can be combined to create materials that cater for several learning styles, and allow a degree of interactivity on the part of the student. “In the modern world, language is not the only important communicational system. Today images, symbols, graphs, diagrams, artefacts, and many other visual symbols are particularly significant” (Gee, 2003, p. 13). In many cases, the constructivist ideal of online learning matches poorly against the reality of delivery (Brennan, 2003). We believe that paying attention to the core elements of e-learning design outlined here can reduce the gap between educational intention and the reality of student experience.

In this paper, we use as examples the work of The Le@rning Federation (TLF). The TLF is an initiative of state and federal governments of Australia and New Zealand. Over the period 2001-2006, the initiative aims to develop online interactive curriculum content specifically for Australian and New Zealand schools. References to the work of the TLF have been drawn from our observations of their design and review activities. Our comments are based on data drawn from specification documents, design workshops, conversations with writers and developers, teacher feedback, and the review of draft and final online resources. We elaborate on each of the six elements of effective design, and illustrate these with selected examples.

Design Elements

In this section, we present six elements at the heart of effective e-learning design, in an attempt to draw attention to the important considerations within a complex system. The design of e-learning resources requires understandings in education, multimedia content, resource publication, and electronic technologies. The sophistication of the task is highlighted by the fact that teams, rather than individuals, are often employed to undertake it. The six areas – activity, scenario, feedback, delivery, context, and impact – cover issues across all disciplines involved in e-learning design, but particularly focus on learning as the driving motivation. In many business situations, the e-learning goal is to improve business outcomes. We make the assumption that this is achieved indirectly by the effectiveness of the e-learning training or education, and thus focus on improving that effectiveness.

Activity

As with other educational design, creating effective e-learning relies on having tasks for students to undertake that provide an experience likely to lead them to the desired new understanding. Despite the apparent obviousness of this requirement, it seems all too easy for providers of e-learning to become carried away with, or distracted by, other design elements and to overlook the necessity of providing a rich learning activity. A rich activity is one that opens up opportunities for action rather than directs students down a prescribed pathway. Such an activity “implies the active involvement of the learner in making choices about what experiences to undertake” (Muirhead and Haughey, 2003, p. 15), and is complex enough both to engage and to challenge students for the duration of the study, if not longer. This highlights the view that “the more ways in which the learner is involved in task related activity, the stronger the learning” (Biggs, 1991, p. 219). Learning takes place in the student's mind and body; therefore the activity needs to be considered from the perspective of the actions and challenges it affords the student, rather than the complexity of the materials or tools provided for the activity to take place. As Gee (2003) suggests, an active learning experience is one where students “experience the world in new ways, form new affiliations, and prepare for future learning” (p. 23).

Sonic Space City is a TLF online learning resource that allows students to manipulate and combine sounds typically found in a busy city to produce a soundscape. Trial feedback on this learning object indicates that learner discussion was successfully focused on the timbral choice and temporal structure of the soundscapes, as anticipated by the design. This successful outcome was a result of a design that removed unnecessary distractions from the activity, thus making the task clear, while providing an open ended activity that allowed extensive exploration of the desired creative task. In a review of another TLF resource, Where Do Frogs Lay Their Eggs? it was found that, although the explorative intention of the activity was clear, “it is unclear how the learner locates and identifies the eight different egg laying locations” (Muirhead and Haughey, 2003, p. 31). These examples highlight the fact that the use of an appropriate and clearly evident activity is fundamental to an effective learning outcome, and ensuring that the integrity of the activity is maintained as focus shifts to the media-focused development stages is an ongoing challenge for the e-learning designer.

Scenario

There needs to be a reason or motivation to undertake an educational activity if the learning is to be memorable and considered valuable. An interesting context or scenario can assist the activity to have meaning. In some situations, the context will either be evident or require little explanation, for example, in relevant workplace training situations or in situations where student motivation is known to be high. In other contexts, possibly the majority, where the learning agenda is largely institutional, students are encouraged and assisted by an interesting scenario into which the activities are placed. Scenarios are usually provided by a story, role play, or simulation, within which the activity plays a pivotal role in helping students to contextualize content (Brodsky, 2003). The scenario will most likely be fictional; however, there is an assumption that the learning or skill gained through the activity will be transferred to future real world situations. This transfer is assisted if the learning scenario raises issues and problems similar to those in the real world; scenarios with this real world correspondence are often referred to as being ‘authentic.’ An interesting scenario will make extensive use of humor, imagination, reward, anticipation, or drama to enhance the activity. It will have topics and themes likely to be relevant and interesting to the target audience. It will make the learning activity seem like an obvious or necessary thing to undertake, given the situation presented by the scenario. Designers of entertainment products have long understood this requirement, and the study of their techniques is of increasing interest to educators such as Gee. In his book What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy, Gee (2003) suggests that “learners participate in extended engagement (lots of effort and practice) . . . in relation to a virtual world that they find compelling” (p. 67). For the effective design of e-learning materials, the target audience must be clearly identified in order to develop scenarios that are likely to engage and stimulate the learning.

At one TLF workshop that we observed, teachers commented on a number of potential online resources. One of these, entitled Goldfish Bowl, which simulated the maintenance of an aquarium, was well received by teachers. This resource features an authentic scenario, and engages students in the task of setting up and maintaining the tank with the fish of their choice. Another learning object discussed was Bunyip Transit. Its scenario involves a portal that allows a range of otherworldly Australian-based creatures the chance to enter the outside world and subsequently return. Students' problem solving task is to work out the best way to save the creatures by transporting them to the portal. Comments about this activity were that it was fun and that students would like it, but teachers felt that they would have trouble springboarding from it into other activities. They suggested that if a resource is too much like a game with rules unrelated to real world contexts, then teachers would avoid using it. From this feedback, it is clear that authenticity and interest are highly valued aspects of e-learning design scenarios.

Feedback

Experience becomes knowledge through reflection, which is enhanced by timely and appropriate criticism. Effective e-learning design will include provision for feedback that amplifies the learning from the experience, and enables students to increase their level of skill and knowledge. The range of available feedback strategies is vast, including reflective responses to prescribed questions, semi-automated responses by the system to student actions and work, shared comments in online forums and blogs, and personal responses via email, telephone, and post. The technologically mediated nature of e-learning is perhaps most apparent in the element of feedback, and the challenges are significant for e-learning in domains that have traditionally relied heavily on interpersonal communication, in particular, psychological counseling and the performing arts where “one-to-one is the traditional norm” (Green, 2002, p. 128). Timeliness of feedback is also a consideration. Timeliness may be enhanced through automation in some cases, or it might be delayed, such as where email responses replace tutorial question and answer sessions. Effective use of feedback will enable an e-learning design to set up a dialogue within which the student participates, without which designs may simply become plans for broadcasting content.

In the TLF learning object Sonic Space City, where students create a soundscape to visual stimulus, feedback mechanisms include the ability to monitor work in progress in real time, and the facility to analyze and enhance projects by recording and replaying audio. In addition, students can describe their finished soundscape according to whether they consider it peaceful or noisy, calm or busy, scary or safe. These descriptions may be printed and the views of other class members sought. In this design, deliberate attention has been paid to incorporating multiple avenues for feedback to the learner, both during and after the activity. Students who use this learning object have displayed high levels of motivation and engagement because of the immediate and rich feedback provided by the activity. Activities such as this might be enhanced by enabling feedback from a broader range of people via the presentation of their soundscapes in an online forum, where reviews and downloads could provide qualitative and quantitative feedback about the appeal of their musical creation to others.

Delivery

Good educational design relies on appropriate delivery to reach its full potential. Conditions for defining appropriate or effective delivery are not easily specified because of contextual variations on learning environments, and in this article we do not attempt to define any particular means of effective delivery. We do, however, provide some guidelines for the delivery of e-learning that relate to the elements of activity, scenario, and feedback. There is often a design tension between the practicalities of electronic production or delivery on the one hand (such as data transfer rates, file size, security, and cost) and the requirements of the learning activities on the other (for example, timely interaction, rich media content, and a desire for social communication and communal distribution). The appropriate delivery of e-learning should aim to maximize the engagement of the student with the activity, enable the communication of stimulating contexts, and maximize opportunities for feedback and reflection. At times, this may stretch the technical boundaries of e-learning systems, which presents an opportunity for new solutions and technologies, but, at other times, it may mean that simpler delivery strategies are most appropriate, perhaps even ones that are not electronic. As part of the design of the TLF learning resource Campaign Manager, where a student takes on the role of coordinating the activities of a candidate in an election for school captain, the issue of calculating election results was considered. A significant advantage of using electronic media in the delivery of this learning activity was that an interesting model of voting preferences (based on real student surveys) could be used to provide a dynamic situation where outcomes varied each time that the activity was undertaken, based both on user choices and on the ‘random’ choices made by computer-controlled opposition candidates. The use of dynamic simulation enabled by computer delivery offered a significant advantage over more static delivery options, such as paper and video.

Context

The situation within which the e-learning resources are to be used has a significant influence on the design, but may only be partially predictable. Some aspects of the usage context are implied by the elements previously described; however, the broader context is also relevant to addressing learning needs (Siemens, 2003). Elements of activity, scenario, and feedback need to take into account the users’ profiles and the delivery element needs to consider the technical infrastructure. However, additional contextual considerations include the institutional objectives of the e-learning program, the role and skills of any instructor, longevity of the resources, and cultural sensitivities. The connection between context and delivery methods is highlighted by Silverman and Casazza (2000), who note that “different systems of communication seem to be at the heart of many of the cultural and ethnic differences that affect the learning environment” (p. 42). Bearing this in mind, it is clear that the broader context within which the learning activity is delivered can influence many elements of e-learning design. One example of the broader context is the supervisory situation that might be assumed. One of the key criteria that inform the design of TLF materials, for example, is that the materials should be suitable for use as a stand alone resource, and not assume a detailed level of teacher input. This situation puts particular pressure on the explanatory clarity of instructional design, as reflected in comments on the TLF learning resource Dynamic Fractions. Muirhead and Haughey (2003) note that for this learning resource “the instructions associated with the control panel are complicated and must be simplified” (p. 63). Another aspect of context is how the activity fits into a sequence of learning, exemplified by Muirhead and Haughey’s recommendation that the TLF resource Plant Scan would be used best as an assessment activity, since significant prior learning is required. Taking context into account requires that the designer consider the demands and scaffolding inherent in the learners’ environment.

Influence

The difference that the e-learning materials will make is an important design consideration. The influence of the e-learning design can be assessed from a number of perspectives, including the way that it will affect the learner, the ramifications that it will have for the learning (and broader) community into which it will be implemented, and the environmental influence of its development and use. Considerations about the personal influence of the e-learning design might consider the extent of learning that is likely to take place compared to the effort required to produce the resource. They might also consider the potential effect of the content and its presentation on a person’s self-esteem and other psychological states (Raskin, 2000) – in short, the extent to which the content benefits the user. Considerations about the social influence of the e-learning design might include the cultural appropriateness of the material, the extent to which the design makes demands on others working with or supervising the learner, the way that it may influence cultural capital in the educational setting, and the ethical values implicit in the design or content (Brennan, 2003; Ehn, 1992) – in short, the extent to which people other than the learner will benefit. Considerations about the environmental influence of the design include the use of resources required to develop and deliver the e-learning materials, and the influence on the environment of activities required by people using or administering the learning materials – in short, the extent to which the environment will benefit from the design. As Arnold Pacey (1999) concludes, “sensibilities regarding people and nature seem central to what technology ought to be about” (p. 222). Considering the influence of the design requires designers to appreciate their relationship with, and influence upon, the learner and the learner’s social and physical context. Designers need to act in a responsible and ethical manner to ensure that the impact of their e-learning design is of benefit to the learner, society, and the environment. The TLF employs participatory or cooperative design processes that include conducting workshops that involve expert focus groups. These groups, in addition to educational specialists and designers, are comprised of teachers from a range of Australian states and territories who participate in the quality assurance, evaluation, and review phases of a project by providing in-context user feedback about the development process. User participation in design can be particularly important where there are cultural sensitivity issues. The degree of attention to aspects of impact in TLF projects, however, was heavily dependent on the people involved in their development. A TLF project that paid particular attention to influence was Studies of Australia. This project developed digital resources that support the study of Australian history, geography, Indigenous studies, environmental studies, values, and cultural studies, with a focus on the experience of regional and rural Australians.

Conclusion

The elements of effective design highlighted in this paper stem from a focus on student experience, while taking into account the broader networks that contribute to and are influenced by that experience. We encourage a participatory design and implementation approach, where the e-learning system is a two-way street, allowing early and ongoing communications between designer and users, rather than a conduit directed at the learner or educator. We assert that the practicalities of design methodologies should elaborate on the elements presented in this paper. In compiling these elements of effective design, we were aware that technology affords opportunities to educational designers to amplify the strengths and weaknesses in both the activities and the delivery systems. It is because of this amplification of technological tendencies that the design phase is so critical. These six elements – activity, scenario, feedback, delivery, context, and influence – provide foci for the educational designer, assisting in the navigation of the complexities and the often contradictory pressures that influence the development of an effective e-learning design.

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Teaching Methods

Each pedagogic approach is described succinctly so you can quickly understand how the technique might be relevant to your teaching. Written by fellow educators, these descriptions include tips for effectively using each technique, related research on their impacts on learning, as well as a set of example activities.

This list is by no means comprehensive. It reflects the interests and priorities of the partners and projects that have contributed to the library so far. If you'd like to contribute to the library and help this list grow we'd love to hear from you.

Assessment provides educators with a better understanding of what students are learning and engages students more deeply in the process of learning content. Compiled by: William Slattery at Departments of Geological Sciences and Teacher Education, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
Calibrated Peer Review™ (CPR) is a web-based management tool that enables discipline-based writing with peer review in classes of any size.
Campus-Based Learning uses the campus environment itself as a teaching tool. Compiled by: Suzanne Savanick at SERC, Carleton College.
ConcepTests are conceptual multiple-choice questions that focus on one key concept of an instructor's learning goals for a lesson. When coupled with student interaction through peer instruction, ConcepTests represent a rapid method of formative assessment of student understanding. Compiled by: David McConnell, North Carolina State University.
Cooperative Learning involves students working in groups to accomplish learning goals. Compiled by: Rebecca Teed (SERC), John McDaris (SERC), and Cary Roseth (UMN).
Experience-Based Environmental Projects get students involved in their own learning. Compiled by: Karin Kirk at Montana State University.
The First Day of Class is your opportunity to stimulate excitement about the course, establish a positive classroom climate, and engage students with course content - right from the start.
Gallery Walk activities get students out of their chairs to actively work together. Compiled by: Mark Francek at Central Michigan University.
Game-Based Learning was written to assist geoscience faculty who want to start using games to help them teach. Compiled by: Rebecca Teed at SERC, Carleton College.
Interactive Lectures provide short activities that can break up a lecture. Compiled by: Heather Macdonald (College of William and Mary) and Rebecca Teed (SERC).
Investigative Case-Based Learning involves students in addressing real world problems. Compiled by: Ethel Stanley (BioQUEST, Beloit College) and Margaret Waterman (Southeast Missouri State University).
Just-in-Time Teaching gets students to read assigned material outside of class, respond to short questions online, and then participate in discussion and collaborative exercises in the following class period. Compiled by: Laura Guertin at Pennsylvania State University Delaware County.
Lecture Tutorials are short worksheets that students complete in class to make lecture more interactive. They are designed specifically to address misconceptions and other topics with which students have difficulties. Compiled by Karen Kortz, Community College of Rhode Island, and Jessica Smay, San Jose City College.
Making and Testing Conjectures is an effective way of engaging students in learning and helping them to develop their reasoning abilities. Compiled by: Shirley J. Alt at The University of Minnesota - Twin Citie
Peer-Led Team Learning engages teams of six to eight students in learning sciences, mathematics and other undergraduate disciplines guided by a peer leader. Peer leaders are drawn from the pool of students who have done well in the course previously.
Peer Review uses interaction around writing to refine students understanding. Compiled by: Laura Guertin at Pennsylvania State University Delaware County.
Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) is a research based learning environment where students are actively engaged in mastering course content and in developing essential skills by working in self-managed teams on guided inquiry activities.
Quantitative Writing engages students with numbers by asking them to analyze and use quantitative data in written reports and arguments. Compiled by: John C. Bean at Seattle University.
Role-Playing immerses students in debate around Earth science issues. Compiled by: Rebecca Teed at SERC, Carleton College.
SCALE-UP is a Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs. Carefully designed studio classrooms facilitate student teamwork and instructor movement between groups.
Service Learning in the Geosciences offers the opportunity to link academic learning with community service. Compiled by: Suzanne Savanick at SERC, Carleton College.
Socratic Questioning turns a lecture into a guided discussion. Compiled by: Dorothy Merritts and Robert Walter at Franklin & Marshall College.
Spreadsheets Across The Curriculum helps students build spreadsheets and apply elementary mathematics to solve problems in context. Compiled by: Len Vacher at University of South Florida, Tampa.
Structured Academic Controversy is a type of cooperative learning strategy in which small teams of students learn about a controversial issue from multiple perspectives. Compiled by: Claudia Khourey-Bowers, Kent State University.
Student Research engages student interest and provides opportunities for them to participate in active learning. Compiled by: Linda Reinen at Pomona College.
Studio Teaching can provide a quintessential active and cooperative learning environment. Compiled by: Dexter Perkins at The University of North Dakota.
Teaching Urban Students: Urban students bring a rich set of experiences to the classroom that may be significantly different than those of students in small-town settings. Effective teaching of urban students requires instructors to tap into these rich experiences, cultural customs, and practical skills sets. Compiled by: Wayne Powell, Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Teaching with Data helps faculty find and integrate real data sets into their classes. Compiled by: Robert MacKay at Clark College.
Teaching with GIS in the Geosciences shows how this powerful new tool can be used to help teach geoscience. Compiled by: Brian Welch at Dept. of Environmental Studies, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN.
Teaching with Google Earth provides detailed instructions for bringing rich imagery and interactive information into the classroom. Compiled by:Glenn A. Richard, Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook University.
Teaching with Interactive Demonstrations helps faculty use effective these hands-on, inquiry-based learning opportunities in class or lab. Compiled by: Dorothy Merritts, Robert Walter (Franklin & Marshall College) and Bob MacKay (Clark College).
Teaching with Models helps students understand the relationships between data and Earth processes. Compiled by: Bob MacKay at Clark College.

Conceptual Models are qualitative models that help highlight important connections in real world systems and processes. Compiled by: Bob MacKay at Clark College.
Mathematical and Statistical Models involve solving relevant equation(s) of a system or characterizing a system based upon its statistical parameters. Compiled by: Bob MacKay at Clark College.

Teaching with Data Simulations allows students to visualize probability distributions, which in turn can make the processes associated with probability more concrete. Compiled by: Danielle Dupuis at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.
Teaching with Visualizations helps students see how systems work. Compiled by: Bob MacKay at Clark College.
Using an Earth History Approach helps students' understand how human impact on the Earth's systems has increased exponentially over time. Compiled by: Rebecca Teed at SERC, Carleton College.
Using an Earth System Approach introduces concepts and resources centered on space, air, water, land, life, and human dimensions.
Using Field Labs introduces students to complex natural systems, breaks down barriers among academic fields, encourages multiple observations, and introduces students to the area near their campus. Compiled by: Mary Savina at Carleton College.
Using Indoor Labs provides students with opportunities for structured investigations and experiments of materials, models, and other equipment. Compiled by: Mary Savina at Carleton College.

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Authentic Writing for STEM (science, technology, engineering, & mathematics) will promote writing within the context of a profession, such as engineering or engineering technology. This type of writing requires a style that is more analytical, devoid of emotion, and with a separation of author from the written product. Sue Ramlo, University of Akron.
Guided Discovery Problems: Through intriguing puzzles to solve, structured hands-on activities, carefully worded leading questions, crucial hints, and just-in-time presentations of information, guided discovery problems escort students step-by-step through the discovery process, giving them a tantalizing taste of the most delicious part of science. Ann Bykerk-Kauffman, California State University, Chico.
Jigsaws: When you have several related data sets you would like students to explore, a jigsaw may be an option. In a jigsaw, each student develops some expertise with one data set, then teaches a few classmates about it (and learns about related data sets from those classmates). Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College.
Metacognition is thinking about thinking and learning. Teaching students to be aware of their own learning processes, including learning strategies, can significantly improve student learning.
Place-Based Learning is intended to promote sustainable lifestyles and economies appropriate for the ecological and cultural attributes of places and regions, rather than global standardization or narrowly-focused career training. Steven Semken, Arizona State University.
Problem Solving Strategies are specific methods and templates for teaching students to solve problems in mathematics, physics and chemistry. The ultimate goal of these strategies is to guide students in their progression from novice to expert problem solvers by providing them with a framework for a systematic approach to new problems. Marsha M. Hobbs, Jackson Preparatory School.
Teaching Large Classes will help you bring active pedagogies into large lecture halls. Mark Leckie, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Teaching Science with the News focuses on the need for students to achieve scientific literacy and goes beyond content to include critical thinking skills. Anne E. Egger, Stanford University.
Teaching with Visuality intentionally harnesses the power of the visual to provide powerful learning experiences for all students. Mary Savina, Carleton College.

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