Active Learning

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Active Learning

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…

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…

Lance Eaton

Coordinator of Instructional Design

North Shore Community College

Danvers, Massachusetts

UNITED STATES

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…

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…

Robin Bartoletti

Director, Learning Communities

Academic Partnerships

Dallas, Texas

UNITED STATES