Active Learning in Online/Hybrid Courses
Active learning methods engage students in the learning process by encouraging them to discover, process, and apply information in a variety of ways. Inclusive of students' diversity, talents, and ways of knowing.
General Topics
- Adventure Learning: Transformative hybrid online education - Doering, A. 27(2), (2006).
- Asynchronous Strategies for Inclusive Teaching - extensive guide from Brown University
- Enhancing Teaching-Learning Effectiveness by Creating Online Interactive Instructional Modules for Fundamental Concepts of Physics and Mathematics - Directory of Open Access Journals, Moradi, M.; Liu, L.; Luchies, C.; Patterson, M.; Darban, B. 8(3), (2018).
- Examining Interactive and Metacognitive Processes in Student Learning: Findings from a Hybrid Instructional Environment - Online Learning, Meyers, S.; Feeney, L. 20(3), (2016).
- Student Engagement in Blended Learning Environments with Lecture-Based and Problem-Based Instructional Approaches - Journal of Educational Technology and Society, Delialioğlu, Ö. (2012).
- Using online lectures to make time for active learning - Genetics, Prunuske, A.; Batzli, J.; Howell, E.; Miller, S. 192(1), (2012).
- Videoconferencing Alternatives - a blog post detailing instructional choices around bandwidth and immediacy
Special Topics
- Facilitating Global Learning Online - strategies to develop global perspective, awareness and engagement
STEM
- Online Resources for Science Laboratories & Remote Teaching
- Network of Stem Education Centers - STEM teaching strategies, including online simulations and labs
- Teaching Lab Science Online - Specifically A&P - recorded Online Learning Consortium webinar
- How to Quickly (and Safely) Move a Lab Course Online - Chronicle of Higher Education article
General Active Learning Information
Successful Active Learning Implementation, University of Minnesota
- A tutorial with many sections of content, specific examples, and case study videos.
ARTICLES
Wieman, C. E. (2014). Large-scale comparison of science teaching methods sends clear message. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(23), 8319–8320.
Prince, M. (2004), Does active learning work? A review of the research. Journal of Engineering Education, 93: 223–231.
Armbruster, P., Patel, M., Johnson, E., & Weiss, M. (2009). Active learning and student-centered pedagogy improve student attitudes and performance in introductory biology. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 8(3), 203–213.
Frymier, A. B., & Houser, M. L. (2015). The Role of oral participation in student engagement. Communication Education, 65(1), 83–104.
Weimer, M. (2016, June 29) Six things faculty can do to promote student engagement [Blog].