Teaching in Higher Ed

Active Learning That Engages All Learners, with Matthew Mahavongtrakul

Teaching in Higher Ed

Show Notes

Matthew Mahavongtrakul shares about active learning that engages all learners on episode 603 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

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Quotes from the episode

You don’t need to change your entire course tomorrow. What is one simple thing that you can do that will push you on the path?

– Matthew Mahavongtrakul

“The number one kind of piece of pushback that I get from faculty is I just simply cannot cover everything.”

– Matthew Mahavongtrakul

“I think at the crux of it, it is the shift in mentality between us as being, as we say, the sage on the stage to being a facilitator in the classroom.”

– Matthew Mahavongtrakul

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Resources

UC Irvine Division of Teaching Excellence & Innovation’s Active Learning Institute

Stephen Brookfield

Todd Zakrajsek

You Care About It, Do It in Class: Why faculty members need to shift the balance of class time from first exposure to skills practice

Why Students Resist Learning with Anton Tolman on Episode 171

Notsu Notes

Lily Abadal’s workbook, outlining her process of having students write a research paper throughout her entire class

Bluesky post of Andrea Kaston Tange sharing about her reading scenario experimentation

POD Network Conference

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