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TEACHING INNOVATIONS

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INSIDE

THE

CLASS

Inside the Class

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  • Student Response System used to supplement oral discussion to increase participation from quiet students and “check in” during lectures.

 

  • Structured Reading Groups held weekly to encourage deep learning approaches to class material, as well as practice in interpersonal interaction, in influential and respectful argumentation, and in engaging with diverse perspectives. For details, see the HLTH 495 Reading Group Discussion Guidelines.

 

  • Building Final Project Rubric together as an in-class activity to raise student investment in and understanding of assessment.

 

  • Reading, Writing, and Grading Workshops integrated into lesson planning in a shift from primary focus on content to include more emphasis skill building.

OUTSIDE

THE

CLASS
 

Outside the Class

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  • Assigning Artistic Forms for weekly “readings” such as podcasts, poems, and spoken word performances to complement the more traditional scholarly articles and book chapters and as a way of privileging underrepresented voices.

 

  • Creative Project Options for final assignment to allow students space to express theoretical understandings in forms that can translate to real-life interventions (examples of student work include designing training sessions for health care professionals and forming a Health Social Movement group).

 

  • Learning Management Systems used to extend discussions beyond the classroom—for instance, as a question and answer forum, for online lectures, and for testing and other assessment. After using Moodle for several years, I was an “early adopter” of the D2L LMS when it was piloted at Queen’s in 2016.

 

  • Lecture Capture to provide students with alternative ways to access recommended additional material related to the course, paired with online discussion forum to promote interactive experience.

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The Classroom Itself

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  • Ellis Hall 319 Flexible Active Learning Classroom requested and granted for Fall 2014 instruction of HLTH 495. The room featured flexible classroom design, allowing students to move in and out of group work, whole class discussions, and mini-lecture configurations with ease.

 

  • Ellis Hall 321 and 333 Interactive Display Active Learning Classrooms used for technologically enhanced writing instruction sessions designed for both first- and third-year students.

THE

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