Inside Higher EdOpinion

Can’t Quit the Lecture? Try Quasi-Active Learning

Calls for active learning have been persuasive, but for many faculty members, abandoning lecture feels unrealistic, even ...
Nature

Flipped Classroom and Active Learning in Education

The evolving landscape of education has seen a significant transformation with the adoption of flipped classroom methodologies and active learning strategies. This approach reallocates traditional ...
EdTech

Active Learning Classrooms Foster Collaboration Among Students

Like many university instructors, Steven Jackson knows his way around a lecture hall. The rows of seating, the balcony above, the lectern centered carefully at the front — all part of the traditional ...
Inside Higher Ed

AI Can Facilitate Mastery Learning in Higher Education

Learning in contemporary higher education is rooted deeply in calendars and time rather than mastery of the topic of the learning. With an inflexible semester or quarter calendar and an ...
The Conversation

Chalk and talk vs. active learning: what’s holding South African teachers back from using proven methods?

Learning experiences have to include opportunities to develop thinking, skills and values. PickPic As a full-time teacher completing a PhD part-time, I made a decision early on: do research that ...