Students will develop skills to be successful active learners within a variety of instructional modalities. Students will learn to engage peers and instructors, embrace collaborative learning and study groups, reflect on their progress and strategies, and adapt based on self-reflection and results. Students will apply the skills and content in an experiential learning environment and through engagement with the community.
Athena Title
Becoming Active Learners
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in UNIV 1202
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will capitalize on a personal understanding of the culture and expectations of higher education, particularly those of a research university.
By the end of this course, students will engage in self-motivation practices to maintain interest in academic content given common instructional modalities in college (lecture, online, seminar).
By the end of this course, students will maintain behavioral, psychological, and affective engagement in common educational delivery modalities (small and large-group discussion, game-based learning environments, student-led seminars).
By the end of this course, students will engage active learning strategies conducive to success in specific content-courses.
By the end of this course, students will thrive in out-of-class active learning strategies conducive to success in specific content-courses (group projects, case studies).
By the end of this course, students will engage in service projects in their local community by assisting various nonprofits with fulfilling their missions while students complete various learning tasks linked to active learning.
Topical Outline
1 Course orientation
Service-Learning at UGA
Introducing UNIV 1202 Service-Learning (SL) project
2 Scholarly engagements: Culture of higher education
3 Dos and don’ts in active learning classes
4 Active learning vs. passive learning
SL project – Best practices for creating a website
5 Metacognition and growth mindset
SL project – Forming working groups
6 Working on SL project
7 Active learning for group engagement
SL Mid-Semester Reflection
8 Active learning for group engagement (cont.)
9 Working on SL project
SL Project – Submit an outline for the website content
10 Active learning in nontraditional settings
SL Project – Progress report/meeting with the instructor
11 Active learning researchers
12 Active learning online
SL Project – Submit a revised outline for the website content
