Active Learning

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Active Learning

Why Intervention and Impact Evaluation Is Critical for Improving Student Learning

February 4, 2013 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting

This session will highlight effective strategies for designing and assessing the impact of interventions aimed at improving learning. Drawing on two recent SEI case studies that reported research…

Seminar 17P - Designing, Supporting, and Evaluating Active Learning Spaces PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.

October 18, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference

Active learning spaces support teaching and learning in a technology-rich, collaborative environment designed to engage students in their own learning. McGill University has developed principles fo…

How Instructors Make Meaning of Features in Active Learning Spaces and the Impact on Student Learning

October 21, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference

Active learning spaces are technology-rich, collaborative environments designed to engage students actively in their own learning. This highly interactive session will provide an opportunity to dis…

Seminar 14A - Designing and Supporting Active Learning Classrooms

October 12, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference

Active learning classrooms support teaching and learning in a technology-rich, collaborative environment designed to engage students actively in their own learning. This session will focus on provi…

Certifying Higher Education's Learning Spaces

October 15, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference

The LEED standard (see http://www.usgbc.org/) has influenced the promotion, design, and construction of green buildings. Could a similar standard for learning spaces in higher education encourage t…

Creating Learning Environments That Engage Today's Learners

March 16, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2010

During the EDUCAUSE Teaching and Learning Challenges 2009 Project (http://www.educause.edu/eli/challenges), the community identified "creating learning environments that promote active learnin…

Expanding Educational Realities: Exploring Interactive and Immersive Learning Experiences

January 20, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010

Today's students are increasingly choosing to move beyond the traditional physical classroom educational model. The Internet has created an educational evolution fostering learner-centered env…

Creating Learning Environments that Promote Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Collaborative Learning, and Knowledge Creation

September 21, 2009

A Solutions in Action Webcast - View the Session Archive Monday, September 21, 1:00 p.m. EDT As we discover more about the way that people learn, how can we evolve our conve…

Transforming the University: Teaching and Learning in Emerging Learning Environments

March 25, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2009

More higher education institutions are embracing opportunities to encourage faculty to teach in emerging learning environments, and faculty are beginning to explore how they might utilize them to e…