Overcoming barriers to learning in large classrooms using simple technologies & techniques to facilitate learning for all Presentation at the Consortium for Healthcare Education Online Faculty Professional Development Workshop May 14, 2015 MP4 Video

The changing landscape in higher education is changing the way we teach. It is important to help students learn how to think, under pressure, and think critically like a scientist. Seven methods of learning include teaching, practice, discussion, demonstration, audio-visual, reading, and lecture. Although lecture is often the primary method of instruction, only 5% of the lecture is retained. iClickers, annotated PowerPoint, and recorded lectures are options for increasing opportunities for students to use those methods of learning that help them retain the most information – teaching, practice, discussion, and demonstration. Several UDL techniques are discussed for addressing accessibility issues in documents provided to students in electronic format as well as how lecture capture enhances students’ access to information. Jennifer McLean, assistant professor microbiology and immunology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, presented this information to faculty working on the Consortium for Healthcare Education Online project at the CHEO Discipline Panel Faculty Professional Development Workshop – By Design: Taking ALL Allied Health Students Across the Finish Line, on May 14, 2015. The event was hosted by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and was held at its SHEPC Learning Center in Boulder, CO. The CHEO project is funded by a U.S. Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant. See www.wiche.edu/nanslo/CHEO-faculty-professional-development for more information about this workshop.