Active learning disrupts this all-too-familiar pattern by inviting students to engage with course material in real-time. Like any disruption, the shift from passive to active engagement can engender ...

What is considered an Active Learning Strategy? An active learning strategy is any type of activity during class (face-to-face, online, or outside of class) that engages learners in deep thought about ...

There are many active learning modalities informed by different teaching and learning traditions. We envision these modalities on a spectrum. This spectrum can be rearranged depending on the quality ...

Other instructors are increasing student engagement by introducing active learning practices borrowed or adapted from discussion classes during large lectures. In "Learning that Lasts a Lifetime: ...

Active Learning Classrooms (ALC) are student-centered spaces that support engagement, group collaborations and instructor-student interaction. The technology and seating arrangements in these rooms is ...

You may want to explore different designs to determine what would work best for your class. Sometimes the active learning assignment and process will be fairly self-evident, based on the knowledge and ...

Active learning was critical for me because I didn’t have the same level of formal education that many of my colleagues had. I had a journalism degree from a state school and no Ivy League MBA.

In Fall 2021, several faculty members came together throughout the semester to discuss how we can facilitate more active learning in large (greater than 35 students) courses. In our initial discussion ...

For School of Accountancy Director Dr. David Stott, accounting is the bedrock of nearly every industry. This holds true for ...

Think-pair-share (TPS) is the black dress of active learning: a highly flexible tool that can take as little or as much time as needed, and serve a number of pedagogical purposes including ...

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Introduction: What is Active Learning? Active learning can be defined as any strategy “that involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing” (Bonwell & Eison, 1991, p.5) ...