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Active learning is a process whereby students engage in learning activities, such as reading, writing, discussion, or problem solving that promote application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of new knowledge of class content. In other words, students are the center role of the the learning process.
Why "Active Learning"?
Innovation in Teaching and Learning:
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Daine's techniques | |
MIT Teaching & Learning Laboratory | |
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/prod/groups/ohr/@pub/@ohr/@ctl/documents/asset/ohr_asset_314707.pdf |
Indiana University Bloomington | http://www.indiana.edu/~icy/document/active_learning_techniques.pdf |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
How Effective are these teaching techniques in helping students achieve their learning outcomes?
In CDIO Program:
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MIT "Active Learning" Projects:
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- The New York Times (1/12/2009): At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard
- 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Paper: Hall, S. R., Waitz, I., Brodeur, D. R., Soderholm, D. H., & Nasr, R. (November, 2002). Adoption of active learning in a lecture-based engineering class.
- Prince, M. (2004). Does active learning work? A review of the research. Journal of Engineering Education, 93, 223-231. http://ctlt.jhsph.edu/resources/views/content/files/150/Does_Active_Learning_Work.pdf
PowerPoint Handouts:
- Active, Experiential and Integrated Learning (Steve Hall & Diane Soderholm, 2004).