Active learning is generally defined as any instructional method that engages students in the learning process, requiring them to do meaningful learning activities and think about what they are doing. Studies establish that active learning increases student success. The “Active Learning” link below, from Vanderbilt University, is an excellent place to start: full of strategies for developing active learning in your classroom. The Baumgartner and Bruff documents adapt active learning to the hybrid classroom.
Active Learning
Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University
“Active Learning while Physically Distancing”
Jennifer Baumgartner, draft posted on POD listserv
“Active Learning in Hybrid and Socially Distanced Classrooms”
Derek Bruff, Director of the Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt Univeristy