EHRAB during Spring 2015 Semester

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Hasan

I have changed the time of EHRAB to fit my schedule and the schedule of most people interested in attending. We will meet for EHRAB every Tuesday at 5pm. The location has not changed. Below is the result of the doodle poll I conducted.

EHRAB and Active Learning

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Hasan

We have discussed a paper on November 5th 2014 about collective intelligence. Using the findings in the paper, Dr. Jamillah Zamoon suggested applying some methods to enhance student participation and learning during the sessions. We applied her suggestions last week and it was a lot of fun. Below is what she gave us as a guide.

Question 1: What were some key factors that helped to elevate the performance/intelligence of human groups?

Social sensitivity

Equal turn taking

Question 2: How can we apply these ideas here?

Student-Centered (YOU are the focus)

ACTIVE learning (but we ALL must DO!!)

Question 3: Why do we want student-centered ACTIVE learning?

To empower YOU (independent, free thinking, confident, productive)

Question 4: How do we implement student-centered ACTIVE learning?

Please be sure to

Prepare:

Read, take notes and come with questions!!

Participate:

Responsibility of SELF: TALK-share your thoughts with your colleagues & your discussion leader.

Responsibility to OTHERS: Respect ALL, don’t be judgmental or selfish and listen, REALLY LISTEN!!!

Enjoy:

Loosen up

Have FUN! That’s is a worthy goal

Don’t worry about getting it “right” or “pleasing” the teacher!!

It’s about YOU learning. You’ll get there!

Method implementation: ACTIVE

Break up into small groups (3-4 people each).
Take a white board and a couple of pens.
Spend about 10 minutes in the smaller groups WORKING TOGETHER to organize your thoughts (things you understand on one side of the white board, things that are unclear on the other side).
Come back to the larger group and share your white boards with everyone under the guidance of your discussion leader.