In coursework, reflection assignments help students make connections, understand the significance of their learning, transfer that learning to other contexts, and are a central element of effective ePortfolio creation. But most of us don’t naturally do reflection well, either as guiding instructors or as developing learners, and the genre of reflection writing is unfamiliar to even the strongest students.
This workshop is designed for any instructor wanting to integrate reflection more effectively into their courses. Through a review of current reflection research, example prompts, response, and feedback walk-throughs, and guided drafting time, this workshop will provide a foundation for all who use or plan to use reflection at any stage of an assignment, course, or degree program.
After this workshop participants will be able to:
- define “reflection” as a teaching practice and identify the benefits and challenges of including it in a course design
- draft and evaluate reflection prompts that encourage metacognitive development, identity formation, and interdisciplinary thinking
- describe scaffolding and feedback techniques that help students practice reflection more effectively
If you have registered for this event, or are on the waitlist and require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate, please contact drakeinstitute@osu.edu. Requests should be made at least two weeks prior to the event, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.