How to teach your students to think for themselves.

1. How to teach your students to think for themselves. Elaine Haight & Jane Ostrander 9 February 2010

2. Destination SBL ProjectFoothill-De Anza CCD Elaine Haight Jane Ostrander Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

3. Agenda Why change the way we teach? What is scenario-based learning? What does it look like in my classroom? What obstacles have we encountered? What has our research found? What tools and support are available? Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

4. Please Introduce Yourself • In the chat box enter • Your name • Institution (college, company, university) • Main subject or class you teach or research interest Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

5. Why change the way we teach? Employers want • Teamwork • Communication • Professional Attitude • Problem-Solving Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

6. What is Scenario-Based Learning? • Challenge • Shift(s) • Authenticity • Collaboration • Project Management Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

7. Industry Comment Engineering: “Students or interns will see their part of the larger project—that it is not just as an exercise, but a real life application, different than the normal theoretical class materials.” Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

8. Poll Have you used scenario-based or problem-based learning in your classroom? ✔ Yes ✗ No Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

9. What does it look like in my classroom? • QuickSoft AssociatesAjax http://elc.fhda.edu/quicksoftAjax/index.html Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

10. What obstacles have we encountered? Curriculum Students pushback Assessments Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

11. Survey What major problems did you encounter when introducing a new way of teaching? Student resistance? Your resistance? Administration resistance? Other? Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

12. What do students think about SBL? 87.5% of student post-surveyed in 25 sections since 2007 would choose an SBL class over one taught with traditional lecture. 77% of all students in the same surveys believe SBL provided a more engaging learning environment 90% believe they were better prepared to advance in their current job or obtain employment as a result of taking the SBL class (Saflund, 2010). Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

13. What do faculty think about SBL? Tasks are appropriately challenging for community college technician education students. Many observed increased student engagement. Women students became more committed to ICT as a career. Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

14. What resources, tools and support are available? • SBL Community in Tapped In http://tappedin.org ->SBL Center • Assessment Toolkit http://elc.fhda.edu + SBL Center • Website http://elc.fhda.edu • Action Research Cohort • Workshops Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

15. How to Create & Implement SBL Tasks March 5th + April 9th+ Online Truckee Meadows CC Reno NV chouse@tmcc.edu Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

16. Pacific Region Learning Summit How to Create & Implement PBL Tasks May 24-28th + online Leeward College Pearl City HI http://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/prls2010/ Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

17. Faculty Action Research SRI & Digital World Biology Training - Summer/Fall 2010 Mentoring - 2010-2012 15 Biology Faculty 15 Biotech Faculty sandra@digitalworldbiology.com Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project

18. For More Information http://elc.fhda.edu ostranderjane@fhda.edu haightelaine@foothill.edu http://www.tappedin.org -> SBL Center Destination: Scenario-Based Learning Project