Active Learning

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Active Learning

7 Things You Should Know About Flipped Classrooms

February 7, 2012

The flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed . The notion of a flipped classroom draws on such concepts as active l…

Pedagogy and Space: Empirical Research on New Learning Environments

December 15, 2011

Key Takeaways In the new technology-enhanced learning spaces at the University of Minnesota, students outperformed final grade expectations relative to their ACT scores. When…

Interdependent Catalysts for Transforming Learning Environments ... and the Faculty Who Teach in Them

September 22, 2010

Key Takeaways Designers of technology-rich interactive learning environments must consider the interdependent factors of physical and virtual spaces, faculty, students, and institutional in…

Hotseat: Opening the Backchannel in Large Lectures

September 22, 2010

Key Takeaways Despite their flaws as teaching and learning environments, large lectures remain a standard teaching approach because of their relatively low cost, ease of preparation, and lo…

Active Learning Classrooms Pilot Evaluation: Fall 2007 Findings and Recommendations

October 25, 2007

This document provides a summary of the fall 2007 exploratory research on the Active Learning Classrooms constructed as a pilot project by the Office of Classroom Management (OCM). This pilot pro…

Using the PAIR-up Model to Evaluate Active Learning Spaces

March 26, 2009

By Aimee L. Whiteside, Linda Jorn, Ann Hill Duin, and Steve Fitzgerald The PAIR-up model takes advantage of interdisciplinary partnerships, assessment, innovation, and reevaluation of c…