Home

What is the Active Learning Network?The Active Learning Network is a group of people from around the world who share an interest in active approaches to learning. This site is designed to be a collaborative platform to showcase active learning projects, research and discussion taking place nationally and internationally. If you have a project that you would like us to showcase, please let us know! The group was initiated by Dr Wendy Garnham (@DrWGarnham), a Teaching Fellow in Psychology, Tab Betts (@TabbanBetts) and the Chair, Dr Paolo Oprandi (@Paolo_Oprandi), senior learning technologist from Technology Enhanced Learning at University of Sussex. All opinions stated are our own. Interested in joining? Join the JiscMail Group or use our sign-up form.
How do we define Active Learning?“In active learning, rather than the teacher ‘transmitting’ knowledge through lectures or reading, learners engage in a series of activities which require them to produce observable evidence of their learning. Where possible, these individual, pair and group tasks should aim to develop higher order thinking skills, emotional connection with content and tactile or physical engagement with the environment.” – Tab Betts, Learning Technologist, University of Sussex “Active learning is a process whereby students engage in activities, such as reading, writing, discussion, or problem solving that promote analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of class content. Cooperative learning, problem-based learning, and the use of case methods and simulations are some approaches that promote active learning.” – Centre for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
Join our 2nd Global Festival of Active Learning, on 25-29 April 2022 The Active Learning Network is delighted to announce the program of the 2nd Global Festival of Active Learning is now available. Registrations are now open.

The rise of recognition apps

Species identification from phone app It is now extremely easy to identify just about anything on mobile devices through image recognition apps. From plants to insects, from foreign words to ancient texts, from rare paintings to state of the art buildings, from fingerprints to faces, there will be an app to help you identify what… Continue reading The rise of recognition apps

Events & Projects

Active Learning through Games Our next ARU Active Learning Network meeting 1-2pm on 19th May will explore Games-based Learning. We will be looking at the differences between game-based learning, gamification, and ‘gameful’ learning. How do such ideas benefit an active approach to student learning? To prepare for the discussion you might want to take a listen… Continue reading Events & Projects

Resources

The Online Active Learning Resource Assessing reflection We enter into higher education to learn something new; deepen our understanding of a field of knowledge and research. However, learning is a skill in itself and in order to improve our capacity to learn we need to reflect on when and how we learn. Our students’ ability… Continue reading Resources

%d bloggers like this: