Nature

Active Learning Strategies in Higher Education

Active learning refers to instructional approaches that engage students in the process of learning through activities, discussion and reflection rather than passive reception of information. Rooted in ...
EdTech

Active Learning Classrooms Foster Collaboration Among Students

Like many university instructors, Steven Jackson knows his way around a lecture hall. The rows of seating, the balcony above, the lectern centered carefully at the front — all part of the traditional ...
Inside Higher Ed

Can’t Quit the Lecture? Try Quasi-Active Learning

Step into most college classrooms today and you will likely see a familiar scene: slides glowing at the front, a professor lecturing, students scribbling notes or staring at laptops. Despite decades ...
Inside Higher Ed

AI Can Facilitate Mastery Learning in Higher Education

What if higher education moved beyond rigid calendars and assembly-line teaching to AI-powered, mastery-based learning where every student truly understands the material before moving forward?
The Conversation

Chalk and talk vs. active learning: what’s holding South African teachers back from using proven methods?

Learning experiences have to include opportunities to develop thinking, skills and values. PickPic As a full-time teacher completing a PhD part-time, I made a decision early on: do research that ...
Forbes

Beyond Efficiency: Technology’s Role In Rewiring Higher Ed

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott Pulsipher covers reinvigorating the value of higher education. Technology is poised to be a catalyst for change, but only if ...
Nature

Active Learning Environments in Higher Education

Active learning environments in higher education encompass pedagogical approaches and physical settings that prioritise student engagement, collaboration and critical thinking over passive lecture ...