2009 UNC TLT Conference

Active and Interactive Learning in Higher Education: Faculty Professional Development and Lessons Learned at WSSU [Wednesday]

This paper shares a strategy created to help faculty members at WSSU effectively assume their teaching role; through a blended-learning course they are prepared for the integration of ICT in their courses, within a student- and group-centered approach. WSSU is proud of having highly qualified faculty members who know and do research in their disciplines. Also WSSU recognizes that only some of the faculties have formal preparation as educators and that there is a need to continuously foster reflective teaching and research on teaching as ways of overcoming the above mentioned weakness. In response to this, the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning has designed and implemented a seven-week blended course; it allows faculty to have first hand experiences as learners that make use of ICT-based active and interactive learning strategies; it also invites them to reflect on their own teaching and to redesign their course syllabus based on lessons learned and ICT opportunities uncovered through the course. Initial results are outstanding, both concerning face-to-face teaching enhanced with ICT, and online teaching that makes use of active and interactive learning strategies.

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