Using these approaches and practices serves to enrich the learning experience and improve student learning outcomes.
Active Learning Definitions
The following are definitions of active learning shared by participants of the Fellowship on Active Learning. These definitions represent the variety of emphases and focus of active learning across campus.
Sarah Pultorak | School of Education | Active Learning Definition
Active learning fosters development of higher order cognitive skills through interactive activities designed to promote discovery of real-world knowledge, processes, and skills. Using these approaches and practices enriches the student learning experience and aims to …
Nina Valeo Cooke | College of Letters & Science
Active learning is a process designed to facilitate self and social awareness motivated by critical thinking and problem solving. Students in this learning environment are acquiring knowledge and a sense of mastery via engaged, interdisciplinary, …
Scott Mellor | College of Letters & Science | Active Learning Definition
Active learning facilitates engaging and preparing students with increasingly authentic tasks and authentic assessment. These interactions are meant to demonstrate discipline-specific methodological approaches to knowledge and knowledge creation.