Active Learning

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Active Learning

Teaching Without Walls: Life Beyond the Lecture

September 14, 2009

Malcolm Brown , EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative director, will moderate this web seminar with Michelle Pacansky-Brock , where she’ll pull back the curtain on the classroom of the future, exp…

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…

A Campus-Wide E-Textbook Initiative

July 30, 2009

By Jon T. Rickman, Roger Von Holzen, Paul G. Klute, and Teri Tobin A typical college student spends up to $1,000 per year on textbooks, and many students don’t buy textbooks at all be…

7 Things You Should Know About QR Codes

February 13, 2009

QR codes are two-dimensional bar codes that can contain any alphanumeric text and that often feature URLs that direct users to sites where they can learn about an object or place (a practice know…

Game-Based Learning: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Learning Technology)

January 22, 2009 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2009

This session will focus on three aspects of gaming in higher education: What new opportunities can games bring to our students' learning experiences? What issues of concern surround the discus…

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 …

New ELI 7 Things... Explores Gamification

August 12, 2011

 Gamification is the application of game elements in non-gaming situations, often to motivate or influence behavior. The rewards or the spirit of competition can spur students’ concentr…

Edward A. Bachmann

eLearning Director

Pierce College District

Lakewood, Washington

UNITED STATES

Robin Bartoletti

Director, Learning Communities

Academic Partnerships

Dallas, Texas

UNITED STATES

Robert Adams

Director, Center for Learning & Teaching

Loras College

Dubuque, Iowa

UNITED STATES