How do you approach planing for a teaching session? Check out Dr Éric Bel and Johanna Tomczak's their chapter in the '100 Ideas for Active Learning' book who introduce "a tool-to-think-with". Access the chapter here. Share with us Does this tool still look useful to you? Do you use something similar? Try it and/or let… Continue reading Idea #3: Designing a session: ‘A tool-to-think-with’
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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?
Revisiting our manifesto for learning
In 2022 we asked, "what will the future of inclusive and accessible education look like?" and went about creating a Manifesto for Inclusive and Accessible Learning. The process had to involve the active learning community and so we ran interactive sessions in both the ALN Festival and ALN Conference in which attendees had the opportunity… Continue reading Revisiting our manifesto for 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?
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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