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Like a jazz dance performance, active learning combines doing, movement and impromptu variety in a way that gets students and faculty up and out of their usual positions in the classroom. The room and ...

Identified by EDUCAUSE as a top strategic technology, active learning classrooms (ALCs) go beyond just outfitting learning spaces with technology. These engaging, dynamic spaces provide new ...

Active Learning Classrooms (ALC) are student-centered spaces that support engagement, group collaborations and instructor-student interaction. The technology and seating arrangements in these rooms is ...

Many of the concerns listed on this webpage use technology to address problems that may arise when building in active learning. Here you will also find additional resources to help facilitate teaching ...

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 ...

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.

Identified by EDUCAUSE as a top strategic technology, active learning classrooms (ALCs) go beyond just outfitting learning spaces with technology. These engaging, dynamic spaces provide new ...

Fortunately, actively learning can become part of an instructor’s lectures in small steps. Incorporating one of these activities into your already created lectures is a great step in getting students ...

Fortunately, actively learning can become part of an instructor’s lectures in small steps. Incorporating one of these activities into your already created lectures is a great step in getting students ...

The active learning classrooms have been specially designed to promote essential student engagement and collaboration. These spaces use advanced technology including extended full wall whiteboards, ...