WLA 2016 Low Tech Active Learning Prorak
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THREE LOW TECH, ACTIVE
LEARNING THEMES AND
VARIATIONS
Diane Prorak
1. Line Up2. Group Gathering3. Hands up
LINE UP
• Get some students out of their seats in
front of the class – in an order
determined by the activity
• May be preceded by sharing in seats
beforehand
• Examples: information timeline, citation
formats, put call numbers in order
• Form small groups to do an activity,
sometimes followed by a presentation to
the whole class or posting of results.
• Worksheets to complete often help
focus.
• Examples: Website evaluation, citation
ordering, call number ordering, search
strategies, choosing databases for an
information need.
GROUP GATHERING
1. Video, handout, web page or
introduction to Library of Congress call
numbers
2. Hand out index cards or labels
3. Groups sort in order
4. Post or display results if possible
5. Peer review or instructor feedback
LC CALL NUMBERS GROUP ACTIVITY
University of Alaska Fairbanks
http://library.uaf.edu/ls101-call-numbers
CALL NUMBER
ARRANGING
• Voting or displaying an item
• Alternative to clickers (e.g. colored index
cards)
• If items are passed out, try to get
students to share with neighbors or have
them pass them to another for each
round
• Examples: information formats, scholarly
vs. popular periodicals
HANDS UP
Know your sources
http://www.pcc.edu/library/scripts/know-
your-sources/index.html
HANDS UP ACTIVITY