Choose Your Own Adventure: How to Help Students Lead Their Education
Summary:
Learn how to teach the course objectives while letting students pick how they accomplish them. Stop struggling to choose what to keep and cut. It’s time to let your students take charge and choose.
Description:
“Choose Your Own Adventure” books were some of my favorites. The author gave options and the reader got to pick, create a story based on their curiosity and desire. So, why could I not do the same for my students? The pandemic hit midway through the term, with many projects and learning objectives to go, and I couldn’t teach it all. Or could I? Students would be disappointed if I cut their top picks. So, scrambling to re-imagine my course with my students’ feelings in mind changed the way I teach forever. In 2020, I adapted all of the projects online by creating a system for them to select their pathway from several options. Now, utilizing Gamification and Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences, learn ways to facilitate students leading their own educational journey, which increases engagement and retention. Format includes presentation, discussion, and workshop of your own materials