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Giz demoed Sakai
- Discussed the move to Sakai
- Faculty discussed moving to Sakai at the last faculty meeting
Erik discussed POGIL
- Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Guided Inquiry is guided inquiry and Constructivism (context is everything) Think: student created knowledge
- POGIL classrooms look like: Group based (3-4 people) students take on roles Presenter, note taker, leader, etc. (six roles, sometimes students take multiple roles) Class time primarily activity based with quizzes.
- Three stages of learning, explore, formulate theory, apply critical thinking, tie in to blooms taxonomy
- Pedagogical theory: student created knowledge, meta-literacy skills, group dynamics
- Some criticisms: cover less content, not expert focused
- Positive comments: student ownership, context/organization to knowledge acquisitions