eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Engage students actively for deeper learning and enhanced academic outcomes Enhance learning through active participation, collaboration, and critical thinking skills Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Active learning strategies engage students in the learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

And the related place-based learning sees students explore the history and culture of their own region. The concepts inherent to active learning are not new. During that decade, McMaster University pioneered the problem-based learning approach with its medical students. “We How do you engage students?

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Learning Problem-Based Learning History Lecturing 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Just as personalized learning is important for our students, so is it imperative for our adult learners. How We Addressed All Teacher Learners I had the honor of becoming the superintendent of a newly developed and growing school district, Tri-City United Schools , in southern Minnesota four years ago.

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Teachers Learning Peer Review Students 167

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Adding small activities for engagement. In addition to mid-semester check-in techniques, I try to incorporate at least one low stake active learning strategy instead of direct teaching. There are many instructional strategies that engage students to become active learners (e.g.,

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Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Here, students engage with instructional content, such as pre-recorded lectures or readings, at home, freeing up class time for interactive activities, discussions, and hands-on exercises. Moreover, inquiry-based learning encourages students to ask questions, explore topics independently, and seek answers through experimentation and research.

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Teaching Textbooks Learning Styles Teaching Methods 130

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Adding small activities for engagement. In addition to mid-semester check-in techniques, I try to incorporate at least one low stake active learning strategy instead of direct teaching. There are many instructional strategies that engage students to become active learners (e.g.,

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98