Introduction To Active Learning

Empowering Your Teaching and Learning Design

What you'll learn

Define active learning and explain its importance in learning and teaching

Identify active learning strategies to support student success

Apply active learning strategies to deliver an engaging learning experience

Analyse the effectiveness of active learning strategies in different teaching contexts

Requirements

Educators with some prior teaching experience and are looking to improve their instructional design skills

Instructional designers who are new to active learning techniques

Description

Active learning is a teaching approach that puts learners at the centre of the learning process. It involves a range of strategies that encourage learner engagement and participation, such as group work, discussions, problem-solving activities, and many more. The benefits of active learning are clear: it can lead to higher learner achievement, greater retention of information, and improved critical thinking skills.In this course, you will learn about the principles of active learning and how to incorporate them into your teaching practice. You will explore a range of active learning strategies and discover how to design and facilitate engaging learning experiences that support learner success.Through a series of educational videos, interactive activities, and examples, you will gain a solid understanding of what active learning is, why it matters, and how to implement it in your own classroom. You will also have the opportunity to reflect on your own teaching practice and identify areas where you can incorporate active learning techniques.Whether you are a seasoned educator/instructional designer or just starting out in the field, this course will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to create effective and engaging learning experiences that support learner success. By the end of the course, you will be equipped with a range of practical strategies and tools that you can use to transform your teaching practice and make a positive impact on your learners' learning outcomes.

Overview

Section 1: What is Active Learning?

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What is Active Learning?

Lecture 3 Characteristics of Active Learning

Section 2: Why use Active Learning?

Lecture 4 Learner-centred Active Learning

Lecture 5 So what about the tradition of the Lecture?

Lecture 6 Our own learning experiences

Section 3: Moving towards Active Learning

Lecture 7 Where to start?

Lecture 8 10 Tips for successful Active Learning

Lecture 9 Start with one chunk at a time

Lecture 10 What is Chunking?

Lecture 11 Why does Chunking Work?

Section 4: Approaches to Active Learning - Activities

Lecture 12 Active Learning Activities - Introduction

Lecture 13 Jigsaw

Lecture 14 One-minute paper

Lecture 15 Think-Pair-Share

Lecture 16 World Cafe

Lecture 17 Voting

Lecture 18 Videos and Presentations

Lecture 19 Snowball Technique

Lecture 20 Simulation

Lecture 21 Self Study

Section 5: Approaches to Active Learning - Techniques

Lecture 22 Active Learning Techniques - Introduction

Lecture 23 Peer Instruction

Lecture 24 Project-based learning

Lecture 25 Case Study

Lecture 26 Problem-Based Learning

Lecture 27 Final Message

Educators in K-12 or Higher Education settings,Instructional designers or trainers in corporate organisations