Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

For instructors planning student group work projects over many weeks or months.

Library Scavenger Hunt: Let the Race Begin

This activity is designed to familiarise students with library search engines, library spaces and APA/MLA reference guides.

Past, Present & Future: A Belize Timeline

Students collaborate to create a historical timeline for a country they will soon be travelling to.

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

Students map key movements in Architecture and Design alongside social, political, artistic, economic, and tech milestones.

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.

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

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.

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

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Projet Specific: Webzine

Three-Tiered Writing

Dictation: Read and Run

Putting the “You” in education: Using self-reflections for learning

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

National Building Code Jeopardy