5th International Active Learning Conference - Moving forward with conference On 20th July 2022, we co-hosted the international Active Learning Network conference. The conference programme and recordings attest to the high quality workshops and presentations. In this blog, we share our reflections, as conference organisers, of the processes and planning leading up to the event… Continue reading Hosting the Active Learning Conference 2022
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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
ALN Conference 2022: How coffee can improve your ability to use a language
15 minutes Presenters: Sophia Zevgoli, Deree-The American College of Greece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYtfiX8c3hU&t=149s Take a look back at Sophia Zevgoli's session on experiential learning and culture teaching especially in language classrooms. Integrating real-world experiences has been widely emphasized in the literature (e.g. Andersen, Boud & Cohen, 2000; Byram & Grundy, 2003), but they say the extent this… Continue reading ALN Conference 2022: How coffee can improve your ability to use a language
ALN Conference 2022: A simple framework for engaging students in the classroom
45 minutes Presenters: Nancy Winfrey, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc2XtVZtz6Q&t=2697s In this post we look back at a Nancy Winfrey's workshop that introduced a design framework for leveraging active learning in the classroom. In the framework students use their prior knowledge as a neurological anchor for learning new content, through relevant application… Continue reading ALN Conference 2022: A simple framework for engaging students in the classroom
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