Active Learning Activities

Active learning activities are tailored to specific learning outcomes and content. They incorporate one or more of the evidence-based strategies. Structured to expose their theoretical underpinnings, the activities can be used by practitioners and researchers alike.

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13 Activities

Interdisciplinary

Find Someone Who… An Icebreaker With Purpose

In this activity, students try to find someone for each list item. Items highlight key issues explored in the course.

Languages and Literature

Reimagining the Reading Quiz: Peer Instruction in English

Students do a reading quiz in class and revise their answers after developing and sharing a rationale for their choice.

Interdisciplinary Health science

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

Biology Chemistry

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Aim of the activity is to increase students’ understanding of molecules’ movement through the cell membrane.

Humanities

Low Stakes Debate

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

STEM Chemistry

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Languages and Literature

Dictation: Read and Run

Languages and Literature

Pratique d’écriture

Languages and Literature

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Environmental science

Systems Ball Toss

STEM Engineering

Engineering Ethics

STEM Chemistry

Explosives Detective