Category: Active Learning

April 13, 2022

Active and Problem Based Learning Resources

Reading Time: 8 minutes Whether teaching virtually, in person, or any combination of the two, faculty are often looking for ways to keep students engaged during class. Active learning...

Categories Active Learning/Library Services/Teaching Tips

April 12, 2022

Content Chunking

Reading Time: 5 minutes This post provides an overview of content chunking and the steps to take to chunk content in lessons, including practice activities. Defining Content Chunking Chunking...

Categories Active Learning/Lesson Planning/Teaching Tips

March 31, 2022

Start Your Class with Content-based Icebreakers

Reading Time: 4 minutes Content-based icebreakers are icebreakers are short discussion or active learning activities that incorporate a topic or key concept of the course or class topic. They...

Categories Active Learning/Building Community/Teaching Tips

January 24, 2022

Active Learning Ideas 

Reading Time: 11 minutes The ideas here are in alphabetical order. This is not an exhaustive list of active learning ideas and many of these ideas may be adapted...

Categories Active Learning/Teaching Tips

January 21, 2022

Jigsaw

Reading Time: 3 minutes A versatile group learning activity in which students become the “experts” and teach each other.

Categories Active Learning/Group Work/Teaching Tips

January 20, 2022

Learning Cells

Reading Time: 2 minutes What is it? With Learning Cells, students develop questions about a learning activity and then take turns asking and answering questions in pairs. Uses Learning...

Categories Active Learning/Hybrid/In-person/Modes of Delivery/Online Synchronous/Teaching Tips

June 22, 2021

“Involve me and I learn”- The Connection Between Active Learning and How Brain Learns

Reading Time: 3 minutes Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin Conestoga College endorses active learning to promote an...

Categories Active Learning/Teaching Tips

May 20, 2021

Icebreakers for Your Zoom Classrooms

Reading Time: 4 minutes In the era of synchronous online learning, it is important to create a community of learning. Using icebreakers can foster communities, promote positive teacher and...

Categories Active Learning/Building Community/Online Synchronous/Teaching Tips

January 7, 2021

Silent In-Class Reading Time

Reading Time: 4 minutes If one goal of your class meetings is to promote thoughtful, lively discussion among students, then it can be useful to think about ways to...

Categories Active Learning/Lesson Planning/Online Synchronous

September 3, 2020

Visual Thinking Activities

Reading Time: 4 minutes A selection of visual thinking activities with examples

Categories Active Learning/Teaching Tips