instructional strategies and NA

1. Making Learning Interactive
Engaging Learners with
Instructional Strategies
ADLT 670, Class Session 4

2. A Proverb
Tell me, I will forget
Show me, I may remember
Involve me, and I will
understand
Learners learn from what
they do, not what YOU do!

3. Agenda for Tonight
Where are we? Poll Everywhere
Engaging adult learners
 The 15-minute rule
 Quick and easy instructional strategies
 Gaining formative feedback from learners
Further discussion - General and Targeted
needs assessment
 Class exercise
 Posting your work to the blog

4. Characteristics of Adult Learners

5. Characteristics of Adult Learners

6. Characteristics of Adult Learners

7. Characteristics of Adult Learners
The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species – Malcolm Knowles, 1973

8. The 15-Minute Rule
Adult attention span – How long is it?
Dyads or triads to explore a question
Use a mini-case
Employ clicker or polling questions
Use one-minute papers as formative
assessment / Muddiest point papers

9. Learning Pyramid
50%
75%
90%
Discussion
Group
Practice Group
Teach Others

10. Types of Input:
Instructional Strategies
Learning Methods
 Lecture
 Forums, panels, symposiums
 Interactive TV, video
 Discussion
 Case Studies / Group Projects
 Online/hybrid learning
 Learning Contracts
 Critical Thinking Techniques
 Demonstration / Simulation
 Mentoring
 Learners teach the content
Level of Engagement
 Low
 Low
 Moderate
 Moderate
 Moderate
 Moderate to High
 Moderate to High
 Moderate to High
 Moderate to High
 Moderate to High
 High

11. Stages in the Development of
Mastery
Novice Expert

12. Strategies for Making Lecture
Interactive
Just-in-Time Teaching
Involves learner in pre-class preparation with
strategies to inform faculty what needs to be emphasized
in lecture
Clickers /Polling, One-Minute Paper, etc
Involves small groups/pairs during lecture with exercises
that aid in absorption of new material
Jane Vella’s Four I’s
A strategy for structuring class time to assess learner
knowledge/readiness, provide content, and examine
understanding and ability to apply content

13. Jane Vella’s 4 Learning Tasks
Inductive work – connects learners with what
they already know
Input – course content; new material
Implementation – try it out
Integration – asks learners how they will
integrate new learning into their developing
knowledge of medicine and medical practice

14. High Engagement Strategies
Team-Based Learning (TBL)
Teams work on two graded exercises to test
understanding of pre-reading and then apply
what they learned
Process Oriented Guided Inquiry
Learning (POGIL)
An inductive learning process in which learners
discover major concepts
Case-Based Teaching
Uses a story of real events or problems so
learners experience the complexity involved
in practice situations

15. Timeline
 Next week – February 16
 Review articles posted on blog (Week-by-Week) about EPAs
 Dr. Mike Ryan to join us
 No class on Week of Feb 23 – LCME site visit
 Instructional Strategy presentations on March 1
 Team members share instructional strategies topic – 30
minutes preso to include engagement with class as
learners
 POGIL, TBL, CBL, or other small group methods
 Goal is to model as well as share

16. A Strategy for Garnering Learner
Feedback
Use an index card
Write three words
Stop
Start
Continue
Complete with a sentence for each
about our course