Celebrate Learning! Winter 2014 (Vol 6, Issue 1) | Page 14

Page 2 Stayonference 2014 Reflections on Stayonference 2014 at Northeast Campus The conference offered a wide variety of opportunities to learn more about effective teaching. One of the most beneficial to me was Active Learning Strategies by Amanda Blackman and Donna Goodwin. They demonstrated several strategies and discussed ways to engage students in active participation. This session explained how to use Video Notes, a way for students to watch a video and make notes while they watch. A professor can also use student questions from these activities as discussion starters in class. This is an excellent way to open topics, review material, and determine unde