Using Pinterest as a medium for student active learning through individual discovery of relevant content

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Research has suggested active learning and student choice in class material benefit student learning. Social media also has been seen to facilitate engagement and connections between learners. I describe how Pinterest is used in my class to integrate both of these goals and my session will discuss how other educators can use the site for their own class needs. Students are asked to find course relevant content online such as example videos and articles and share them on the class Pinterest board. They then explain why their content is relevant as well as interact with the content of others.

Author(s):

Gordon Schmidt    
Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
United States