LOW TECH ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES

DIANE PRORAK

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

CRAAP TEST GROUP WORK

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

Look at content you want to teach and

consider how these strategies can help

keep students awake.

Combine and vary!

QUESTIONS?

MIX AND MATCH

Any way of engaging students can avoid this scene.