Active Learning by Design

Are you tired of doing all the work of teaching? Find out how to transfer the learning work to your students by designing a class that allows them to understand the power of active learning. Through the technique of backwards design, you can use the course learning outcomes as the basis to create opportunities for practice, assessment, and feedback that will foster student agency, authentic learning, and student success. (Salahab, 2020) Research has shown that productive struggle and continued practice cause neurons to grow and make connections in the brain, helping with mastery of skills and/or knowledge. (Sriram, 2020) Participants may choose to practice active learning by designing active learning.

Laureen Kodani
University of Hawaiʻi Maui College

Laureen believes in supporting student success and the achievement of learning outcomes by helping faculty and staff achieve success! She enjoys assisting faculty with designing and developing courses with the best possible, student-centered learning environments while staying current with the latest learning technology tools. Laureen equally enjoys supporting staff with digital strategies to streamline efficient and productive work environments.

Helen Torigoe
Kapiʻolani Community College

Helen Torigoe is an Instructional Designer at Kapi‘olani Community College where she coaches her instructional colleagues to teach online and to design active learning. She taught Computer Science at UH Hilo and Hawai‘i CC on the Big Island before moving to Kapi‘olani CC. Helen enjoys hiking, traveling, and walking her 15-year-old Border Collie.

Kawehi Sellers
Kapiʻolani Community College

Kawehi Sellers is an associate professor in the Hospitality and Tourism Education Department at Kapiʻolani Community College and has been at the College since 2010. Kawehi has been working on class gamification techniques since 2015 and is always excited to see her students embrace a different kind of class environment. Her new-found passion includes dabbling in instructional design and supporting faculty in developing their active learning strategies.

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