Demo Application Activity

Preamble

With each activity the instructor will task all teams with coming to consensus on a specific problem that requires a decision or plan. You will then be given time within your team to discuss the question and options and arrive at a consensus answer for your team. When it is time to report, you will typically get your voting card ready and WAIT for the instructors signal to raise your card (voting card that indicates your teams position). The instructor will then facilitate a discussion where you may be required to defend your own position and critique other team’s positions.

Sample Activity

Thinking of what you want to get out of your college education and this course, which of the following is most important?

A.     Acquiring the information (facts,principles, concepts)

B.     Learning how to use information and knowledge in new situations

C.     Developing lifelong learning skills

Adapted from: First-Day questions for the Learner-Centered Classroom, Smith, G. A.,2008, National Teaching and Learning Forum, Vol. 17, No. 5

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