How to implement the High Impact Practice of Live Learning courses in Higher Ed: a STEM case study

Implementing the High Impact Practice (HIP) of virtual Live Learning can increase a sense of belonging in the Higher Ed classroom and benefit both professors and students.

My presentation will cover the University of Arizona Global Campus’s (UAGC) Live Learning project for First Year Learners and focus on how it was implemented in mathematics courses.

In this interactive presentation, I’ll share about our successful live learning project at UAGC, and using multimedia, polls, real student quotes and success stories, I’ll relate how we went from a pilot to full implementation using examples that relate to those in attendance.

• Who Benefits: Student Success Stories
• Why this High Impact Practice (HIP) is especially beneficial in STEM courses.
• A belonging approach: The Three C’s of Live Learning
• The power of connections: Connect with learners & Connect course material to real life. Next, students are primed to be receptive to Clear Concise explanations (delivered with enthusiasm).
• Quality Matters: How to Expand Successfully
• Multiply Student Success: How More Learners can Benefit

Throughout the presentation, there will be polls and collaborative moments including these: why connecting with students initially pays off, best practices to connect online, and how to collect data and share it to enlist University support. I’ll address how to select a topic for required live learning and how to fully prepare other professors to host live learning. Interacting with students live has intrinsic rewards for professors; I’ll share ideas on how to mine that gold to address and eliminate student pain points.

Participants will leave inspired by student stories and equipped with a toolkit of supplies and insider know-how on implementing required and optional live learning in their classes.