Engaging+Students+in+Learning+through+Creativity,+Innovation,+and+Feedback

=Engaging Students in Learning through Creativity, Innovation, and Feedback=

Workshop themes: Class management and student engagement
This session will highlight and apply creative and innovative teaching strategies from exemplary teachers studied for the development of the Engaged Teaching and Learning Model (Vader-McCormick, 2012) as well as from other teaching/learning scholars and research. Participants will have opportunities to explore, experience, and reflect upon ways to leverage creative and innovation to engage students. The facilitator will use a collaborative approach while modeling the various strategies presented in the session: discussion, small groups, application, and critical reflection. The focus of this session will be on application of creative teaching techniques to enhance the learning environment. I believe we learn best when we have opportunities to work and reflect with others, and when we experience and discover for ourselves new learning. This session is designed around the concepts of active and student centered-learning, in which the session time is spent applying what is learned in structured small and large group activities/discussions, and reflection. Some of the specific questions that may be addressed in the session include:
 * How can you creatively provide appropriate challenge for students?
 * How can you use innovation to help students see the relevance and value of what you are teaching? How professionals in your field think?
 * How can you actively engage students in communication in the classroom?
 * How can you provide creative opportunities for practice, feedback and assessment of student learning?
 * How can you use cooperative, team, or group learning?
 * How can you motivate and reward students?

Participants will walk away from this session with solid strategies from faculty members representing a variety of disciplines. The intent of the session is to provide a diverse array of innovative and creative teaching strategies to use in the classroom to engage students and enhance student learning.


 * Activities:** Mini-lectures, group discussion, small group application of concepts, analysis of video clips, dialog, and reflection.


 * Objectives:** Model creative and innovative engaged teaching and learning activities, provide opportunities for application and reflection, and foster an environment of collegial sharing of best practices.


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