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Join us for the Global Festival of Active Learning!

So, Glastonbury is cancelled for another year.... But do not fear. The Active Learning Network is on the case. From 19th- 23rd April, we will be hosting the Global Festival of Active Learning online! For two hours each day, during that week, there will be a chance to share, listen, collaborate and network with fellow… Continue reading Join us for the Global Festival of Active Learning!

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The Launch of our “Online Active Learning” resource

Why not add your own ideas/tools/thoughts to the resource bank? Today we are pleased to launch our "Online Active Learning" resource! Stuck for ideas of how to engage your students with online learning? Look no further. We have already collated a number of contributions from network members and are keen to add to this as… Continue reading The Launch of our “Online Active Learning” resource

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Online Active Learning: A call for collaboration!

Have you tried an online active learning tool or method that worked well or has potential? If so, we would love to hear from you! Our aim is to create a collaborative, open access, online active learning resource bank.  With our annual conference postponed until 2021, this is an alternative opportunity to get involved in… Continue reading Online Active Learning: A call for collaboration!

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Exciting events and opportunities coming up for the Active Learning Network

Workshops, webinars, book collaborations and more! Large Class Teaching - a proposal for a working group or workshop - expressions of interest required! Dr Victoria Walden is interested to explore methods for large class teaching in Media, Film and Music (as our maximum seminar group sizes have just increased). I'm hoping to run a working… Continue reading Exciting events and opportunities coming up for the Active Learning Network

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Creating an inclusive environment for discussion in large groups

Our blog-post this month is provided by Professor Alison J. Sinclair, FRSB, SFHEA, Professor of Molecular Virology and Director of Teaching and Learning in the School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/26183 @ASLAB Can active learning meet the challenge of inclusion in large groups? I embrace active learning and over thirty-years of practice I… Continue reading Creating an inclusive environment for discussion in large groups