Front-Page February: Daily News You Can Use; Teaching Tips for Active Learning while Physically Distancing; GHC Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Front-Page February

Goal #1: Engage Content Learning + Support Development of Communication Skills

Strategies for facilitating student-engagement via think-pair-share activities in online synchronous, online asynchronous, and face-to-face physically distanced formats

#1: Think-Pair-Share

Strategies for facilitating small group discussions in online synchronous, online asynchronous, and face-to-face physically distanced formats

#2: Small Group Discussion

Ideas regarding how to facilitate a "Turn and Talk" exercise with students in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#3: Turn and Talk

Ideas regarding how to use partial outlines to facilitate student engagement in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#4: Partial Outlines

Ideas regarding how to use partial outlines to facilitate student engagement in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#5: Pausing in Lecture

Ideas regarding how to use posters and gallery walks to facilitate student engagement in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#6: Posters & Gallery Walk

Ideas regarding how to use a fishbowl activity to facilitate student engagement in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#7: Fishbowl

Goal #2: Engage + Check Understanding

Ideas regarding how to use polling to facilitate student engagement in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#8: Polling

Goal #3: Monitor/Assess Understanding

Ideas regarding how to use quick-write activities to facilitate student engagement in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#9: Quickwrite

Ideas regarding how to use a "muddiest point" activity to monitor & assess student understanding in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#10: Muddiest Point

Goal #4: Reflect on Learning

Ideas regarding how to adapt a "four corners" activity to facilitate students' reflection on their learning in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#11: Four Corners

Ideas regarding how to adapt a "What's missing?" activity to facilitate student reflection on learning in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#12: What's Missing?

Ideas regarding how to adapt an "Aha Wall" activity to encourage students to reflect on their learning in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#13: Aha Wall

Goal #5: Strengthen Understanding

Ideas regarding how to use a Pro/Con List activity to help students strengthen their understanding in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#14: Pro/Con List

Ideas regarding how to use a Concept Map activity to help students strengthen their understanding in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#15: Concept Map

Ideas regarding how to use a Visual Prompt activity to help students strengthen their understanding in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#16: Visual Prompt

Ideas regarding how to use an Entry/Exit Ticket activity to help students strengthen their understanding in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#17: Entry/Exit Ticket

Goal #6: Active Engagement + Plan for Learning Connections

Ideas regarding how to use an Brainstorming Challenge activity to help students actively engage and plan for learning connections in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#18: Brainstorming Challenge

Ideas regarding how to use a collaborative summaries activity to help students actively engage and plan for learning connections in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#19: Collaborative Summaries

Ideas regarding how to use a five-minute quiz to help students actively engage and plan for learning connections in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#20: Five-Minute Quiz

Goal #7: Providing/Getting Feedback on Work in Progress

Ideas regarding how to use peer review to help students provide & get feedback on work in progress in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#21: Peer Review

Ideas regarding how to use a project progress chart to help students provide & get feedback on work in progress in face-to-face physically distanced, online-synchronous, and online-asynchronous classes

#22: Project Progress Charts

Aspen Prize: Finalist

Aspen Prize: Finalist

Georgia Highlands College named one of the TOP 10 FINALISTS
for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.