Active Learning Online

Active Learning is all about engaging students in higher-order learning activities. Study after study has shown that when we actively engage the students in the process, they learn and retain more. The linked blog covers a wide variety resources and approaches including:

• The Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Teaching
• Social Constructivism in Online Learning
• Connectivism - a new learning theory for the digital age
• Social Software
• Mode Neutral pedagogy
• Learning Management Systems and Web 2.0
• Power Point as an Active Learning Tool!
• The Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
• Web 2.0
• Assessing active learning
• Some strategies for implementing active learning