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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

Scholarly Teacher

At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. Structured seating formation is not conducive to discussion.

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The latest in K-12 learning trends

eSchool News

This week, we’re taking you on a virtual tour of some of the latest developments and trends in K-12 learning, including flipped and blended learning, marketplace updates, and flexible learning spaces and their influence on active learning. This new tool makes the flipped classroom more social.

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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

Edsurge

Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online. Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms.

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A New Architecture for the University Campus of the Future

Edsurge

As schools innovate and transform what teaching and learning look like on their campuses, the design of academic buildings is likely to change in dramatic ways as well. Classrooms and lecture halls may, over time, fade away and become relics of our educational past. A great deal of time was spent discussing podiums.)

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Reaching the Quiet Kids in Class

Edsurge

The thing is, I really wanted to contribute to class discussions. As he lectured, he would randomly pick names from the stack to call on students. To this day, when I want to contribute to a discussion, raising my hand makes my heart beat a bit faster. I just didn’t always know how to. And on top of my perfectionism, I was slow.

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Running a Workshop: Guidelines for Engagement and Impact

Faculty Focus

Most of us have the experience of registering for a workshop only to discover that it is a lecture or (worse) an advertisement for the presenter. What follows are some suggested principles we have prepared for workshop facilitators that move beyond a talkfest to genuine learning. Principle 2: A workshop is not a lecture.

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Running a Workshop: Guidelines for Engagement and Impact

Faculty Focus

Most of us have the experience of registering for a workshop only to discover that it is a lecture or (worse) an advertisement for the presenter. What follows are some suggested principles we have prepared for workshop facilitators that move beyond a talkfest to genuine learning. Principle 2: A workshop is not a lecture.