Active learning
Active learning is an approach to classroom teaching and learning that focusses on planning and guiding students through various activities that require learning by doing.
Summary
When using active learning, instructors engage students through interactions with course content material as well as other students using a variety of pedagogical techniques including guided group discussion, collaborative problem-solving, hands-on experimentation, and simulations for example. Active learning uses an eclectic approach and is better suited to serving a more diverse student population.
Contents
Each chapter in the guide (Pressbooks) is linked below.
Introduction
- Introduction to active learning
- What faculty are saying
- What is active learning?
- Active learning classrooms