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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Social sciences Humanities

Group Work Project Contracting

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

Interdisciplinary Health science

Role Reveal 201: Exploring Interdisciplinary Collaboration

In teams, students from each discipline complete a patient interview then contrast their approaches.

Interdisciplinary

Worksheets for Scaffolding Learning

STEM Biochemistry

Exam Preparation using Case Studies

The aim of this activity is to apply course materials to real-world problems using Case Studies.

STEM Biochemistry

Blended Learning: Just in Time

Interdisciplinary STEM Physics

How to Write Reading Annotations

Humanities

5 Senses Lab

Languages and Literature Interdisciplinary

Who are We? Class Demographics

In this single-class activity, students answer questions about themselves, which is included in a anonymous class profile.

Interdisciplinary

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Environmental science

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

Social sciences History

Family HiStories of Migration

Students interview two members of their family to collect information about their family history and present it in class.

Social sciences Humanities

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Environmental science

Geography Video Test