2020 Gateway CONFERENCE Workshop: Best Practices of student peer study Groups

Best Practices of Learning Groups to Engage and Increase Student Achievement in Difficult Courses workshop. Chicago, IL. Additional resources under peer learning and peer bibliography pages in this website. <> = webpage link

Peer Workshop Handouts:.

• <Workshop PowerPoint Slides (PP version)> These are the essential PP slides for the workshop. Open the file with PP to take notes in the "notes" section. These are the major text information slides. They do not reflect the high number of interactive activities that will occur during the online workshop.

• <Complete workshop packet> This bundle is provided to you via an email from the conference organizers. This packet contains the essential PP slides (6 pages per page) and essential documents used during the workshop. It is recommended to print this document ahead of time and take some time to skim the contents as they will be used during interactive activities.

• <Annotated bibliography of publications describing online peer learning programs> These publications provided detailed information how the programs operate online.

• <Course-based Learning Assistance Guidelines> This 90-page guide to best practices was developed and pilot tested by hundreds of peer program staff in the U.S. and several other countries. We will work with three of the 13 sections. A new section is under development for guidelines for taking peer learning online.

• <Abridged Glossary of Terms Related to Peer Cooperative Learning Groups> This abridged document was taken from <Complete Glossary of Terms Related to Learning Assistance and Developmental Education> which contains references.

Lessons Learned from Online Peer Assisted Learning:

• <Lessons Learned from Taking Peer Learning Programs Online> This report took the survey responses and the publications about online study groups and arranged the data into topics and themes to make it easier to learn the lessons.

• <Raw Survey Data from Administrators of Online Peer Learning Programs> Forty-five peer learning group program administrators responded to six questions concerning experiences of taking their programs online in response to Covid-19.

• <Selected Annotated Bibliography of Publications of Taking Peer Learning Online> These 38 publications provided evaluation studies and information for offering peer assisted groups online. Many of them can be downloaded.

Key Resource Pages Related to Peer Learning in David’s Website:

• <Peer Learning Groups Resource Page> This is my master resource page for postsecondary peer learning groups.

• <Annotated Bibliography Postsecondary Peer Cooperative Learning Groups> Provides access to an annotated bibliography on 1,600 publications on the seven major peer learning groups. It contains subject and topic bibliographies drawn from this one. The EndNote data file of the bibliography can be downloaded.

• <David Arendale Peer Learning Publications and Media> These are my personal publications and media with web links to them.

• <Universal Design for Learning> This link is included since David will talk about applying the best practices of PAL to the classroom by instructors. Doing so related to the best principles of UDL as well which were used extensively in my history course.

Overview Videos of the Major Peer Learning Programs

• [Video, 23:41]. Peer assisted learning programs: Choosing the most effective model. <https://youtu.be/kiYU-zmtbSY> <PP Slide Handout for Video>

• [Video, 40:00]. Common elements among major peer learning programs. <https://youtu.be/ZhbT45KvRpQ> <PP Slide Handout for Video>

• [Video, 15:08]. Emerging Scholars Program (ESP) Overview. <https://youtu.be/pM07mK5tmt0> <PP Slide Handout for Video>

• [Video, 15:57]. Peer-led Team Learning (PLTL) overview. <https://youtu.be/yvxR19OffDE> <PP Slide Handout for Video>

• [Video, 14:49]. Structured Learning Assistance (SLA) overview. <https://youtu.be/yn7eNWkMySk> <PP Slide Handout for Video>

• [Video, 41:15]. Supplemental Instruction (SI) overview. <https://youtu.be/kT9W6WKvYdA> <PP Slide Handout for Video>

• [Video, 37:34). Video-based Supplemental Instruction (VSI) overview. <https://youtu.be/awa1JdilC4E> <PP Slide Handout for Video>

• [Video, 12:52]. Lessons learned from major peer learning programs. <https://youtu.be/MzTPRK1Kgx0>

Videos of Research Studies Concerning Student Leaders of Peer Study Groups

• [Video, 13:12]. Peer group facilitator growth overview, part one of four. <https://youtu.be/8xpstTaIdyI>

• [Video, 13:15]. Peer group facilitator vocational identity development, part two of four. <https://youtu.be/xIudkyIqizM>

• [Video, 18:27]. Peer group facilitator leader identity development, part three of four.  <https://youtu.be/tAKABcmoPbE>

• [Video. 13:57]. Peer group facilitator professional identity development, part four of four. <https://youtu.be/lyRXq6hvGrQ>

My YouTube, Podcast, Facebook, and Social Media Related to Peer Learning

• <Peer Learning Groups YouTube Channel> This is a YouTube channel I use to share my videos and those developed by others about SI, PLTL, and others.

• <PAL Groups Podcast> I host this podcast and share interviews with peer facilitators, research updates, and sometimes content that is also provided through the YT channel.

• <PAL Groups Facebook Page> This contains the same audio, video, and documents shared through the PAL Groups Podcast.

• <Personal LinkedIn Account> My updates contain the same items shared through my Facebook page. Click on the “connect” button to access these updates after you have logged in to your personal LinkedIn account or joined for the first time.

Training Materials for PAL Program at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

• Arendale & Lilly, <Peer Learning Facilitator Training Guide for the University of Minnesota> This 208-page document is used for training peer facilitators at UMN. It also contains many of the handouts shared during this workshop.

• <Publications and Training Manuals for PAL at the Univ. of Minnesota> Two dozen publications describe and evaluate the PAL program at UMN in this bibliography. Contains links to training manuals developed by staff and student facilitators.

• <PAL Facilitator Professional Development Course> All new PAL facilitators were required to enroll in the one-credit course during fall term. Light homework.

Glossary Describing New Approaches for Meeting Student Needs

• <Chart of Different Approaches to Replace Developmental-Level Courses>

• <Draft Glossary of Terms Describing the Different Approaches>

• <Draft Glossary of Developmental Education and Learning Assistance Terms>

Zoom Video Tutorials by Russell Stannard <https://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/>

• Collection of Zoom video tutorials, <https://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/Zoom>

• One of the most popular of the tutorials mentioned above is for Breakout Rooms, <https://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/complete_breakout_rooms_training>

• Stop “ZoomBombing” <https://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/security_in_zoom>