Active learning

Active learning

Active learning

Active learning

•You need to ‘notice’ to learn

•Engage with what you are studying

•How does it relate to you and your life?

•What do you think about the information? Do you agree with it? Can you relate it to something that you already know?

•Want to learn

Note taking

•What are effective ways of taking notes when reading?

•What are effective ways of taking notes in lectures?

•Are there any things that you think are less effective for note taking?

Suggestions

Study – active learning + note

taking

• Before lecture: print out PPT from ilearn in advance.

• During lecture: Write your thoughts / extra info on the print out.

• 24 hours after lecture: Read the coursebook chapter and review / rewrite your notes

Review your notes regularly!

Notetaking

Laptops V Paper

Research for laptops in lectures

•Open laptops caused distraction to other students and the users who spent a lot of time multitasking (Hembrooke & Gay, 2003)

•Open laptops caused lower understanding of course material and overall performance. (Hembrooke & Gay, 2003)

•Direct relation between amount of laptop use and recall + attention (Fried, 2008)

•Students who did not use mobile devices outperformed students who used technology (Wood et al., 2011)