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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…

Games: The Best Way to Learn. Period.

October 14, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference

In an age of distraction, information overload, and disengagement, traditional methods of conveying information to students are increasingly ineffective. In this session, we argue that games—with…

Five Years of Course Redesign: Lessons Learned (Innovative Practice)

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

Large-enrollment undergraduate classes are an instructional ghetto in higher education. We know that hands-on experiential learning, especially in collaboration with other students, is a superior p…

Seminar 16P - Top-Ten Ways to Improve Student Learning Using Technology Outside the Classroom

November 3, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference

Technology is the most powerful way to increase your nontechnological interaction with students in the classroom. We will explore 10 easy ways for faculty to take advantage of technology to improve…

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…

Learning Architectures That Help Biology Students Reach the Pinnacle of Bloom's Taxonomy

September 17, 2008 | A session at the ELI 2008 Fall Focus Session

This session will present the academic architecture of a new course for entering biology majors and explore how the physical architecture of the Active Learning Classroom at the University of Minne…