for Effective Teaching through Online Environments

Workshop: Peer-to-Peer Learning Through Linked Courses
Tracy Nichols, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Overview

Tracy Nichols describes a unique application of peer-to-peer learning across two similar courses, one taught at the undergraduate level and one taught at the graduate level. Benefits to graduate students included providing them with a leadership experience and reinforcing critical skills. Benefits to undergraduate students included receiving additional writing practice and feedback and being exposed to graduate education and graduate students. Since both courses covered introductory material to the field of public health education, both groups of students were given a chance to explore the field and discover career opportunities.

This brief hybrid workshop provides an opportunity to explore potential uses for peer-to-peer learning across the undergraduate and graduate student population within a discipline.

Initial Activity

Five-minute reflection
Identify and list challenges in your undergraduate and graduate curriculum that might ameliorated by interaction between your undergraduate and graduate population.

 

eClip - Peer-to-Peer Learning

studentsWatch this eClip that describes a collaboration between an introductory graduate class and three sections of an introductory undergraduate class.

Reflection Activity

Take five minutes to think about one or more of the questions below. Then discuss your answers with a partner and share your thoughts with the group.

  1. Design a linked assignment that would address one of the challenges you identified in the initial activity.
  2. How could technology facilitate this assignment?

Follow-up Resources

Documents used in the activity described in the clip

Linked Assignment 1: Writing
Instructions for Undergraduates
Instructions for Graduates

Linked Assignment 2: Discussion (Using Blog tool)
Instructions for Undergraduates
Instructions for Graduates

Linked Assignment 3: Workforce Web Project
Instructions for Graduates
Instructions for Undergraduates
Rubric for Undergraduates' Use