Active Learning

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Active Learning

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…

Engaged, Empowered and Enabled: The New K–12 Student Vision for Learning

October 13, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference

Since 2003, the Speak Up National Research Project has collected authentic feedback about education and technology from 1.5 million K–12 students. In this review of the most recent data findings,…

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…

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…

A Personal Cyberinfrastructure

September 4, 2009

© 2009 Gardner Campbell. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/…

Pedagogical & Technological Support for Active Learning Classrooms

July 22, 2009

A survey to determine the pedagogical and technological supports available within the active learning classroom (ALC) environment was sent June 1, 2009. The invitation for survey responses (inclu…

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…

Technology in the Field: Tablet PCs in Higher Education

January 20, 2009 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2009

Field-based classes are enhanced by pen-enabled tablet PCs. The mobility of a tablet PC allows Vassar students to investigate geospatial and statistical problems in the field with software, a full …

Active Learning in Field-Based Classes Using Tablet PCs for Collaborative Data Collection and Mapping (Learning Technology)

January 21, 2009 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2009

Tablet PCs in higher education field courses have changed the way we teach field-mapping and data-collection concepts. Curriculum redesign and assessment strategies were applied to field archaeolog…

Leah Chuchran

Educational Analyst

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

UNITED STATES