Active Learning and Engagement

February 11, 2023

Discussion Forums

Reading Time: 5 minutes Consider how to utilize discussion forum posts in your asynchronous or hybrid classroom.

Active Learning and Engagement/Hybrid/Online Asynchronous/Teaching

January 9, 2023

More Ways to Up Engagement in Your Synchronous Online Class

Reading Time: 5 minutes Creating Opportunities for Higher Levels of Engagement Students experience higher learning gains when they are taught through a more interactive classroom (Knight & Wood, 2005)....

Active Learning and Engagement/Online Synchronous/Teaching

October 25, 2022

Getting Students to Participate in Breakout Rooms

Reading Time: 7 minutes “[B]reakout rooms do not always magically create engagement and higher levels of learning.” (Saltz & Heckman, 2020, para. 16) Breakout groups are used as a discussion...

Active Learning and Engagement/Class Management/Group Work/Online Synchronous/Teaching

July 14, 2022

Pathway – Group Work as an Effective Learning and Assessment Experience

Reading Time: < 1 minute View this video introduction to the learning path to better understand some best practices for setting up group assignments, guiding groups, and marking group work....

Active Learning and Engagement/Class Management/Group Work/Modes of Delivery/New Faculty/Teaching

May 26, 2022

Pictionary

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ideas for supporting active learning using elements of the game Pictionary.

Active Learning and Engagement/Teaching

May 25, 2022

Asking Effective Questions

Reading Time: 6 minutes You may want to ask questions of your class during lessons in order to: This post provides some ideas and examples for how to form...

Active Learning and Engagement/Class Management

May 2, 2022

Getting Started with Breakout Rooms

Reading Time: 7 minutes Whether you’re new to the idea of using breakout rooms, or you’ve been using them for a while and are looking for new ways to...

Active Learning and Engagement/Teaching/Zoom or Teams

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...

Active Learning and Engagement/Library Services/Teaching

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...

Active Learning and Engagement/Build Community/Teaching

March 26, 2022

Students Talking in an In-Person Class

Reading Time: 5 minutes This teaching tip offers strategies for addressing students “side talking” in an in-person class in a kind, respectful way. It also describes ideas for structured and unstructured talk time in class.

Active Learning and Engagement/Class Management/In-person/Teaching

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