Active learning, or instructional methods that actively engage students in their own learning, is on the rise. So, too, are physical spaces dedicated to this kind of teaching. These are positive ...

Calls for active learning have been persuasive, but for many faculty members, abandoning lecture feels unrealistic, even ...

This blog is authored by Shayne Sobell, AIA, NCARB, Project Academic Planner, Page; and Melissa Burns AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Lead Academic Planner and Principal, Page. Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs) ...

Like many university instructors, Steven Jackson knows his way around a lecture hall. The rows of seating, the balcony above, the lectern centered carefully at the front — all part of the traditional ...

Faculty from across the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences gathered last week for an energetic, hands-on workshop to explore practical active learning approaches that make engagement visible, ...

College students are habituated to a classroom norm sociologists call civil attention: creating the appearance of paying attention (sitting still, looking awake, scribbling or typing) while ...

My course evaluations are in. They are mostly encouraging — except for the ones that say I should lecture more. “Lessen the amount of reading per week and just lecture more,” reads one comment.

While it might be tempting to view “active learning” as another educational buzzword, a large body of research demonstrates that active and collaborative classrooms produce deeper and more ...

Districts and schools are increasingly adopting active learning practices in order to address businesses’ demand for employees capable of creative and collaborative work. But one commonly overlooked ...

Associate Teaching Professor Cecil Joseph remembers the first time he taught physics in one of UMass Lowell’s Technology Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL) classrooms. Instead of facing rows of students ...

Wylie Wong is a freelance journalist who specializes in business, technology and sports. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Colleges and universities adapted ...

Below, you'll find a Bingo card filled with active learning techniques. Think about your teaching style and check off the activities you've tried before or are interested in exploring. Can you get ...