Active Learning Week 2022

The Teaching & Learning Transformation Center invites everyone to join us in celebration of active learning week, October 17-21, 2022. You will have a chance to observe and experience the wide range of engaging, innovative activities that are taking place in our face-to-face, blended, and fully-online courses. We invite you to be inspired and try out a new active learning strategy!

Share, Observe, Participate, and Learn

Sign up to attend a classroom observation. Faculty and graduate students have an opportunity to see active learning in action (pun intended) and reflect on how they could apply these strategies in their own teaching. Please register prior to Friday, October 14, 2022, using the links below:
- Course: MATH212 - Elements of Numbers and Operations, October 17, 2022 10-10:50am
  Instructor: Carolina Napp-Avelli
  What you'll see: students working in groups, discussing math problems, sharing their ideas at the boards, asking each other questions
- Course: EDSP451 - Curriculum and Instruction: Elementary/Middle Special Education, October 17, 2022, 1-3 p.m.
  Instructor: Dawn Martin
  What you'll see: peer collaboration, interactive discussion, self-reflection
- Instructor: Amara Channell Doig
  Course: HLTH264 - Tweets & Likes: Digital Health & Social Media, October 18, 2022, 11am-12:15pm
  What you'll see: Students will be researching and teaching the class on using different social media platforms.
Join us for one of two hands-on workshops that review the science behind active learning and gives you the opportunity to explore various strategies you can try out this week:
- Monday, October 17, 2022, 1-2 p.m. (Virtual)
- Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. in ESJ-0201
Active Learning Panel: Thursday, October 20, 2022, 12-1 p.m., Online via Zoom
Join us to hear Dr. Bill Phillips (College of Agriculture and Natural Resources), Christine Alexander (College of Education), and Adam Morton (Philip Merrill College of Journalism) share their experiences with implementing active learning in their courses. (60 min)
Click Here to Register for the Active Learning Panel.