Active Learning: How To Improve Critical Thinking, Motivation & Engagement

Description  Overview The importance of active learning in higher education is well-established; research clearly shows that pedagogical strategies encouraging students to reflect, analyze, process and discuss course concepts lead to increased motivation, learning, critical thinking and engagement. Despite the plethora of benefits, transitioning teaching to embrace active learning can be challenging. This presentation overviews a range of approaches that can be integrated into the classroom to supplement lecture activities and engage students as active collaborators in the teaching-learning dynamic.We will examine classroom assessment techniques and assignments that promote individual engagement with course material, questioning techniques that enliven classroom discussions, feedback strategies that encourage active listening, instructional strategies to motivate critical thinking, group and pair activities that prompt interaction, and cooperative learning approaches to prom