Video Resource for LA Development
The Video Resource for Learning Assistant Development is a package of thematic case-based "video workshops," designed to supplement the University of Colorado's widely disseminated LA development program. In a video workshop, short, compelling video episodes are accompanied by captions, transcript, excerpts from instructional materials, and targeted discussion questions to help LAs and faculty explore the principles and values that inform instructor and student behavior. The video episodes for this project will showcase a variety of exemplary (yet real-life) LA-relevant instructional formats including Tutorials in Introductory Physics, Modeling Instruction, labs developed at Western Washington University, and Open Source Tutorials.
The materials are available to instructors under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.
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Week 0 - Orientation
Orientation: Introduction to Learning Assistants
Orientation: Introduction to Collaborative Learning
What should LAs be doing in this course?
- Workshop 1 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Depth," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Pressure," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
- Workshop 2 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Ranking Forces," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Newton's Second and Third Laws," - Tutorials in Physics - Available in .pdf
Orientation: Introduction to Collaborative Learning
What should students be doing in this course?
- Workshop Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Jump Up," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Electrostatics," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
Week 1 - Univocal and dialogic discourse
What are different kinds of teacher-student interactions good for?
- Workshop 1 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Ranking Forces," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Newton's Second and Third Laws," - Tutorials in Physics - Available in .pdf
- Workshop 2 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Normal Force," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Newton's Second and Third Laws," - Tutorials in Physics - Available in .pdf
Week 2 - Types of Questions
What are different kinds of teacher questions good for?
- Workshop 1 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Tension," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Pulses," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
- Workshop 2 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Hello," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Work and Energy," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
Week 3 - Mental Models
What useful science ideas do students already have?
- Workshop 1 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Jump Up," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Electrostatics," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
- Workshop 2 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Potholes," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Work and Energy," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
- Workshop 3 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Kite," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Fields," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
Week 4 - Formative Assessment
What do teachers do to learn about student ideas?
- Workshop 1 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Depth," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Pressure," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
- Workshop 2 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Torture," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Velocity and Acceleration," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
Week 5 - Student Ideas in the Content Areas
What ideas do students have about the specific topics they are studying?
- Workshop 1 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Thought Experiment," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Forces," - Labs developed at Western Washington University - Available in .doc
- Physics supplement: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Workshop 2 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Quilted," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Electrostatics," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
- Workshop 3 Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Sparks," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Electrostatics," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
Week 6 - Cooperative Learning
Cooperative learning: How is a student's learning enhanced through interaction with others?
- Workshop Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Soft Bed," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Pressure," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
Week 7 - Argumentation and Metacognition
Argumentation
Metacognition
How do students articulate and defend their ideas to others?
- Workshop Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Bouncing," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Acceleration in One Dimension," - Labs developed at Western Washington University - Available in .doc
Metacognition
How do students articulate and defend their ideas to themselves?
- Workshop Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Scratched," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Newton's Third Law," - Open Source Tutorials - Available in .doc
Week 10 - Nature of Science
What do students do that is similar to what scientists do?
- Workshop Materials
- Worksheet: Available in .pdf and .pptx
- Movie: "Pie," available in .mp4 format
- Instructional materials: "Ball Bounce Lab," - Modeling Instruction - Available in .doc
