Creative Teaching in Actuarial Science Diana Skrzydlo, ASA Outline - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Creative Teaching in Actuarial Science Diana Skrzydlo, ASA

Outline  Background  Clickers (Student Response Systems)  YouTube Video Assignments  Takeaways

Background  Innovative teaching techniques  Used these techniques in multiple courses  Creative ways to engage students  Demonstrable student improvement

Clickers – Student Response Systems  What are clickers?  Active Learning  Options: iClicker, TopHat, Kahoot, Socrative, PollEverywhere, Acadly, etc

Clickers – Benefits  Students try out techniques immediately  Feedback on student understanding  Collect data for examples  Increase student engagement  NOT a means to simply increase attendance

Clickers – Drawbacks and Mitigation Drawbacks Possible Solutions Creating questions Question banks available Time asking questions in class Replace some examples Administrative work It gets easier! Cost to students Free options

Clickers – Best Practices  Assigning grades  Allowing absences  Administrative overhead

Clickers – Survey Results Do you feel that placing a weight of 5% Using iClickers in class... towards your final grade was fair? 45 42.86 80 40 69.92 70 35 60 Relative Frequency (%) 30 Relative Frequency (%) 26.82 50 25 40 20 16.29 15 30 11.53 10 20 15.79 14.29 5 2.51 10 0 Has helped me Has helped me Has helped me Has not been No opinion 0 attend class and learn the learn the beneficial to me Yes No No Opinion participate material and I material, but I do and I do not feel enjoy them. not enjoy them. like we need iClickers

Clickers – Impact on Grades 100 90 80 Final Exam Grade 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 Clicker Grade

YouTube Video Assignments  Learning through Teaching  Group project  Curated list made available  Used in many courses:  Probability  Life Contingencies  Stochastic Processes

YouTube Video Assignments – E xamples EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2 EXAMPLE 3 Harry Potter Petrification Common Shock Model for Markov Chain for paying Insurance Two Lives attention in class And one more for good luck!

YouTube Video Assignments – Grading  Correctness / Accuracy  Creativity / Passion  Communication / Quality

YouTube Video Assignments – Usage  Optional  Used to review material  Inspiring the next term

Takeaways  Don’t be afraid to try things  Students achieve remarkable things when given the chance  Document, Improve, Repeat  Share your successes