This blog is authored by Shayne Sobell, AIA, NCARB, Project Academic Planner, Page; and Melissa Burns AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Lead Academic Planner and Principal, Page. Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs) ...

As an educator bringing 17 years of secondary school experience to a higher education context, I have continued to develop my interest in pedagogy through my work on a postgraduate course in learning ...

College students are habituated to a classroom norm sociologists call civil attention: creating the appearance of paying attention (sitting still, looking awake, scribbling or typing) while ...

Active learning, or instructional methods that actively engage students in their own learning, is on the rise. So, too, are physical spaces dedicated to this kind of teaching. These are positive ...

The traditional, lecture-based method of instruction has been increasingly criticised in recent years for failing to actively engage students and for its passive nature. Active learning practices, ...

There are many active learning modalities informed by different teaching and learning traditions. We envision these modalities on a spectrum. This spectrum can be rearranged depending on the quality ...

Active learning is not a new concept. Though coined by Bonwell and Eisen (1991), aspects of active learning can be found in studies by Piaget, Vygotsky, and Dewey*. Active Learning is a broad set of ...