Providing Choices: Impact on Student Motivation and Engagement
Description:
This one-hour Zoom workshop introduces participants to the use of student choice in fostering motivation, engagement, and deeper learning. The session will introduce choice boards as a flexible instructional resource that provides structured options while maintaining alignment with course outcomes.
Faculty will engage in hands-on activities to design or revise a choice board tailored to their disciplinary context
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the motivational benefits of student choice using principles of autonomy, competence, and relevance.
- Design a discipline-specific choice board activity that offers meaningful options while maintaining clear expectations and assessment criteria.
- Implement tips related to choice board development and feedback.
Presented By:
Jeff Tunney, Associate Director, Center for Teaching & Learning Innovation
Registration:
Please register for this event. When you do, you will receive an automatic email from the CTLI confirming your registration. This email will include the Zoom link and the option to “add to calendar” using an embedded hyperlink – this will work for Outlook, Google Calendar, and Yahoo Calendar.
