100 Ideas for Active Learning
About This Book
Introduction to Theory and Curriculum Design Paolo Oprandi; Ikedinachi Ogamba; and Dr Andrew Middleton Within this theme, we discuss the radical redesign of teaching and learning for active learning. Active learning should not be an add-on to a curriculum: for it to work well and not to be resisted by colleagues and students, it should be embedded deep into the curriculum design. Additionally, active learning is about providing opportunities to practise the application of knowledge (Pratt-Adams
| Category | humanities |
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| Subject | Teaching skills and techniques, Philosophy and theory of education, Social pedagogy, Higher education, tertiary education, Adult education, continuous learning, Teachers’ classroom resources and material, Study and learning skills: general |
| Year | 2023 |
| Authors | |
| Chapters | 69 |
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| Price | |
| Institution | University of Sussex |
| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Chapters
- Radically collaborative learning environments
- An institutional approach to active learning: lessons learned
- Active learning about active-learning design with a ‘tool-to-think-with’
- The Be ACTIVE Framework
- Designing back from the future: building scenarios to engage students with globa
- The sandwich model: a supportive framework for blended learning
- Active learning journeys: the TREC model
- Using formative assessment to activate Chinese ‘quiet students’ in English learn
- Silence is golden: using silent discussions to promote inclusivity and critical
- To agree or not to agree? Working towards consensus under conditions of mutual r
- ‘Put yourself in my shoes’: an active learning exercise for the instruction of d
- International Pathways students: applied Learning Weeks build networks
- MS Teams: illuminating a research community
- Democratising teaching: student votes and module case studies
- Boost learners’ confidence
- Handing over the key: students take ownership of the learning management system
- Learning by mistake: the role of humour in active learning
- Embracing mindfulness to facilitate active learning
- Introduction to Transferable Skills
- Student writing retreats: spaces to actively enable the production of academic w
- Dissertation speed dating
- Making report writing ‘active’
- I’m (not) an academic … get me out of here!
- Active essay writing: ten steps to success!
- OPV: Other People’s Views
- Arguing to learn: challenging a viewpoint with mystery quotations
- Matching reflections
- Do you dare to pause? Hearts and minds together: a contemplative approach to fos
- Using active learning techniques to facilitate employability and enterprise skil
- Everyone’s a winner: developing mutually beneficial partnerships
- The ‘Diamond Nine’: encouraging student engagement with graduate attributes
- Using role play to explore professional situations for practice-based courses
- Introduction to Assessment and Feedback Practices
- Haikus for learning
- Active assessment literacy
- Student-led peer marking criteria
- Group crosswords as formative assessment tasks
- Using online comic strip generators to enhance the student experience in bioscie
- The ‘Reflective Elevator Pitch’
- Using Active Engagement Assessments (AEA) for active learning
- Active Learning and the use of discussion forums as summative assessment for onl
- Assessed presentations to a non-expert audience
- The IAG approach to active learning
- Laying the foundations for groupwork
- Introducing contemporary controversial subjects through a carousel
- Object-based learning: active learning through enquiry
- Worth a fortune: active learning through origami fortune tellers
- Ready, steady…evaluate: using an online spinner to enliven learning activities
- Large-scale team card games
- Escape rooms: discovering clues, solving puzzles and working as a team
- Plasticine definitions
- An Active Learning ‘co-created ideas’ collection
- Chemistry is for everyone: a co-created website showcasing the work of first yea
- Rubrics as active learning tools
- Bring it forward: a collaborative learning activity
- Introduction to digitally enhanced learning
- Engaging students with remote labs using an active learning pedagogy
- Block ‘n’ flip: boosting student engagement in the HE classroom
- Passive to active: how online lessons create real world learners
- Mentimeter: engaging students with an easy-to-use audience response system
- Using PrepQuiz approach to enhance students’ engagement in online flipped classr
- Modern Muddiest Point: the use of polling apps to enhance classroom dialogues in
- EDPuzzle to integrate video-based self-assessment
- Would I lie to you? Checking knowledge in pre-reading, listening or watching tas
- Student-created infographics: three practical ideas for active learning
- Memes in class? Using multimodal texts to feed open-ended creativity
- Active Learning: student-generated podcasts
- Using multimedia to teach critical and contextual studies
- Flipgrid videos for student interaction