Visit the Moon with Me! Virtual Reality in the Classroom
I just took a walk around the Moon. I looked around and saw the Sun, my spaceship, a satellite, and…
Active Learning Annotations: Role-Play & Issues in Accounting Education
Stevens, R. (2015). Role-play and student engagement: Reflections from the classroom. Teaching in Higher Education, 20(5), 481-492. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2015.1020778. This…
Teaching through Debate
“The essence of free speech is that we allow people with whom we disagree to speak.” Robert Sharpe of the…
Student-Created Study Guides
Instead of providing students with a study guide and go over it with a class of glaze-covered eyeballs, have students…
Active Learning Ambush Episode 3: Where Do You Stand with Sherry Wangen
Active Learning Ambush, Episode 2: Where Do You Stand with Sherry Wangen
Forming Classroom Teams: The Student-led Draft
Creating teams for class projects can be a dismaying task for instructors and students. Choosing teams through a student-led draft…
Active Learning Annotations: Student Perceptions & Art Education
Lumpkin, A., Achen, R. M., & Dodd, R. K. (2015). Student Perceptions of Active Learning. College Student Journal, 49(1), 121-133….
Active Learning Tip: Blow N Tie
BLOW: Often, lecturers starts with a brain-storming bubble on the board. Rather than beginning the lecture/session with brain-storming, end the…
Active Learning Ambush Episode 2: Network Feud with Andrea Schauer
Active Learning Ambush, Episode 2: Network Feud with Andrea Schauer
Designing Interactive Lectures that Make the Most of Students’ Attention Spans
We’ve all been there. Standing in front of the classroom, diligently “covering” the day’s content as we watch our students’…
Active Learning Annotations: Cooperative Learning & Increasing Student Performance in STEM
Keyser, Marcia W. (2000). Active learning and cooperative learning: understanding the difference and using both styles effectively. ScienceDirect, 17(1), 35-44….
Active Learning Annotations: Creating Innovators & Just In Time Teaching
Ito, H., & Kawazoe, N. (2015). Active Learning for Creating Innovators: Employability Skills beyond Industrial Needs. International Journal of Higher…
Playing Games in the Classroom: Reacting to the Past
Instructors looking for innovative ways to actively engage students in course content while strengthening their students’ ability to debate, work…
Active Learning Ambush Episode 1: Reverse Lecture with Beth Eyres
Active Learning Ambush with Tenisha Baca. Season 1, Episode 1 Reverse Lecture with Beth Eyres, English Faculty
Quick Tip: Make It Interactive
Do you lecture in your courses? If so, this Quick Tip is for you! Given the average attention span of…
