Looking to use escape rooms within your practice? Look back to this chapter in 100 Ideas for Active Learning that provides an introduction and overview of the benefits to using escape rooms, tips for setting them up and some practical ideas across higher education. Access the chapter on Escape rooms Share with us Leave comments about… Continue reading Idea #71: Escape rooms: discovering clues, solving puzzles and working as a team
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Idea #6: Module designs that welcome students into your discipline
Looking for inspiring ideas to help (re)design taught modules so they are welcoming and inclusive? Look back to an interesting chapter that provides an outline for applying what Oprandi (2022) describes as "the welcoming curriculum design" in 100 Ideas for Active Learning. Access the chapter Share with us Leave any comments. How would you design… Continue reading Idea #6: Module designs that welcome students into your discipline
Your Hub for Active Learning
We’re excited to announce the launch of a series of miniblogs designed to be your go-to destination for everything related to active learning, featuring a wealth of materials gathered from our various books, online conferences, festivals, and professional development events. Our first step is to highlight the different resources from the “100 Ideas for Active… Continue reading Your Hub for Active Learning
2022 ALN Conference: Should we employ active learning even when our students “hate” it?
25 mins Presenter: Megan Litster, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmoG3Joe_MI&t=3875s This great provocation was suggested by Megan Lister in our 2022 Conference. She argued faculty confidence in adopting Active Learning is effected by students’ attitudes. She asked, "How then do we move forward with confidence when we encounter negative perceptions of an instructional strategies, particularly… Continue reading 2022 ALN Conference: Should we employ active learning even when our students “hate” it?
2022 ALN Conference: Cooperative storytelling games for the classroom
45 mins Presenter: Scott Nicholson, Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Ontario, Canada https://youtu.be/uc2XtVZtz6Q?si=iLy_8mUtVDijXgwN Look back at this session on using escape games in the classroom from our 2022 Conference. Scott Nicholson says escapes require significant time and resources to prepare creating a barrier to entry that many teachers can not overcome, but a new game system… Continue reading 2022 ALN Conference: Cooperative storytelling games for the classroom
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