How to use the Forest Workers Online Training Tool in a teaching situation Photeinos Santas Athanasios Stavropoulos Regas Santas OikoTechnics Institute Athens 2016 “...Just because you are up there teaching, doesn't mean that we' re learning” From the top student in a Physics class to the professor who happened to be the student’s father... i TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................1 ASSUMPTIONS.................................................................................................3 THE FOREST WORKER’S ONLINE TRAINING TOOL....................................3 Statistics.........................................................................................................3 Number of Lessons.....................................................................................3 Number of Terms by Lesson and Case Studies........................................4 Authoring workload distribution......................................................................4 Numbering Conventions.................................................................................4 Chapter And Lesson Layout...........................................................................5 Non-linear Lesson Teaching Order................................................................5 NAVIGATING THE FOREST WORKERS ONLINE TRAINING TOOL.............5 LEARNING OBJECTIVES.................................................................................8 Reading..........................................................................................................8 Listening.........................................................................................................9 Writing..........................................................................................................11 Speaking.......................................................................................................11 Vocabulary...................................................................................................12 THE COURSE.................................................................................................12 Prerequisites................................................................................................12 Resources....................................................................................................12 Syllabus........................................................................................................13 Class duration..............................................................................................13 Semester length...........................................................................................13 Semester-long course..................................................................................14 One-month long crash course......................................................................14 Teaching credits...........................................................................................14 TEACHING APPROACH.................................................................................15 Give learning tools and methods..................................................................15 Demonstrate.................................................................................................15 Apply, play & learn.......................................................................................15 TEACHING METHODS...................................................................................15 Synchronous Bilingual Teaching..................................................................15 Flipped Classroom.......................................................................................16 Interdisciplinary Teaching............................................................................17 Invited Speakers.......................................................................................17 Intelligent Adaptive Learning........................................................................18 Chunking......................................................................................................18 Language of Lectures..................................................................................19 LEARNING TOOLS (HACKS).........................................................................20 Learning how to learn...................................................................................20 Game-Based Learning.................................................................................20 Project-based Learning & Learn by doing (apprenticeships).......................22 Brainstorming...............................................................................................24 Active learning..............................................................................................25 Flash cards...................................................................................................25 FWG.............................................................................................................25 Mnemonics...................................................................................................25 Note taking...................................................................................................25 Critical thinking.............................................................................................25 Creative thinking...........................................................................................26 HOW TO USE THE FOREST WORKER’S ONLINE TRAINING TOOL.........26 Interesting/Diffcult terms..............................................................................29 Exercises......................................................................................................29 Closed-Type Questions................................................................................30 ii True or False............................................................................................31 Fill-in The Blanks......................................................................................31 Identify Items on The Picture....................................................................32 Match-Type Questions.............................................................................32 Listening Comprehension.........................................................................33 Crossword Puzzles...................................................................................33 Multiple Choice Questions........................................................................34 Mixed-Up Sentences................................................................................34 CHAPTER REVIEW ....................................................................................35 Vocabulary Review...................................................................................35 Test Yourself.............................................................................................36 LEARNING ENHANCERS...............................................................................36 Motivation.....................................................................................................36 Technology...................................................................................................36 Student Coaches & Peer Instruction (Knowledge Sharing).........................37 LEARNING DISTRACTORS............................................................................37 Pressure.......................................................................................................38 Texting & Cell phones .................................................................................38 Procrastination.............................................................................................39 Boredom vs. Engagement............................................................................40 Death by PowerPoint....................................................................................40 Trainer/trainee resistance............................................................................40 THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN CLASS ....................................................41 Learner.........................................................................................................41 Storyteller.....................................................................................................41 Entertainer....................................................................................................42 Leader..........................................................................................................43 Mentor..........................................................................................................43 Motivator.......................................................................................................44 Facilitator......................................................................................................45 ASSESSMENT................................................................................................45 Self-Assessment..........................................................................................45 In-Class Assessment....................................................................................45 INTERNAL EVALUATION (in progress)..........................................................47