Building And Sustaining Successful(BASS) Learning Environments

000 Introduction to Building and SustainingSucessful (BASS) Learning Environments

Building and Maintaining Learning Environments

Tool Resource Library

SSDL (Staged Self-Directed Learning Model

Learning Theories

Working hypotheses

Brain Based Natural Learning Systems

Others introduced in appropriate modules

100 BASS Effective Content

Content is not enough, necessary but not sufficient

SSDL mode (Staged Self-Directed Learning)

VARK Learning Styles

Inverted Pyramid

Multi-sensory

Accessible

Optimizing media for web delivery

Publishing syllabus online

State the learning objectives

Provide accommodation statement

Stress academic integrity

Publish your office hours

Publish your preferred means of contact

Maintaining content over time

Update and refresh content

Effective Content

On the ground

Online

In other contexts

Relevant college policies and expectations

200 BASS Student Motivation

Evaluate if students are ready to go forward

Share why you are excited by your subject

Apply principle of andragogy

Act as coach

Stimulate positive emotions

Provide clear guidance

Give positive feedback

Encourage good work

Praise good interactions with other students

Use scaffolding

Model desired outcomes

Build on brain-based learning systems

Stress academic integrity

Fair play

Self-esteem

Listen to feedback from students

Motivating Studetns

On the ground

Online

In other contexts

Relevant college policies and expectations

300 BASS Communication and Collaboraration

Evaluate if students are ready for cooperative learning

Create opportunities for collaboration

Use Groups

Partner with students

Build safe environments

Apply social learning theory

Distinguish carefully between cheating and collaborating

Understand uses of different communication channels

Communicating and Collaborating

On the ground

Online

In other contexts

Relevant college policies and expectations

400 BASS Communities for Learning

Build safe environments for learning

Accept displays of multiple intelligences

Apply social learning theory

Promote displays of diversity

Maintain scholarly civility

Apply student feedback

Apply Maslow's hierarchy

Building community

On the ground

Online

In other contexts

Relevant college policies and expectations

500 BASS Self-Directed Learning

Explain your role to students

Structure Self-Directed Projects

Encourage Exploration and Discovery

Set the parameters and expectations

Use Problem Based Learning

Provide expert assistance

Be open to new ideas

Monitor progress without interfering

Intervene appropriately

Self-Directed Learning

On the ground

Online

In other contexts

Relevant college policies and expectations

600 BASS Intra/Interdisciplinary Programs

Seek opportunities to partner in your discipline

Seek opportunities to partner across disciplines

Seek opportunities to partner across institutions

Set overall outcomes for students (type of person he or she should become)

Role of Cross-Course Competencies

Interdisciplinary Programs

On the ground

Online

In other contexts

1000 Resources for BASS Learning Environments