Engaging students with pre-reading or pre-learning can often be a challenge. This idea by Santanu Vasant offers a creative solution to boost participation. Inspired by the TV show "Would I Lie to You?", students prepare statements based on the pre-reading or pre-learning materials. These statements are then presented in class, where peers must determine whether… Continue reading Idea #90: Would I lie to you? Engaging students with pre-learning
Category: 100 ideas for Active Learning
Idea #15: “Put yourself in my shoes” – Classroom activities to support empathy and inclusion
Are you looking for ways to discuss diversity and inclusion in the classroom? Look back to this chapter which describes an easy to run exercise which helps build empathy and understanding, from the book 100 Ideas for Active Learning (Betts & Oprandi, 2022). The exercise is based on advertisements, but can be applied in different… Continue reading Idea #15: “Put yourself in my shoes” – Classroom activities to support empathy and inclusion
Idea #92: Memes in class? Using multimodal texts to feed open-ended creativity
Are you interested in using different tools of cultural transmission in a classroom setting? Look back at this chapter on using memes in education, , from the book 100 Ideas for Active Learning (Betts & Oprandi, 2022). The chapter proposes an activity in which students are encouraged to use creativity to explore the interplay between… Continue reading Idea #92: Memes in class? Using multimodal texts to feed open-ended creativity
Idea #9: Active learning journeys
Are you wanting to design active learning into your module? Look back at Dr Rod Cullen and Orlagh McCabe's chapter where they present an interesting teaching design that can be used in online, distance and in-person teaching in 100 Ideas for Active Learning. They an introduce a teaching process of Triggering ideas, Reviewing those, comparing… Continue reading Idea #9: Active learning journeys
Idea #65: Can project management processes be used to structure active learning tasks?
Are you interested in a five-process framework in the PMBOK standards: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and closing for executing active learning? Look back at this chapter in the "100 Ideas for Active Learning" book where Rachel John Robinson presents an engaging method that allows students explore engagement in a structured format. Access the chapter Here! Share… Continue reading Idea #65: Can project management processes be used to structure active learning tasks?
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