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Refining Active Learning Design Principles through Design-Based Research
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Christiane Reilly; Thomas C. Reeves – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2024
This design-based research (DBR) study had both local and general goals. Its local goal was to increase active learning in the online courses offered at a large research university in the midwestern United States. Its larger goal was to define active learning design principles for online courses in general, so that they might be used to improve…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Instructional Design, Research Methodology, Educational Research
Conceptualizations of Active Learning in Departments Engaged in Instructional Change Efforts
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Molly Williams; Karina Uhing; Amy Bennett; Matthew Voigt; Rachel Funk; Wendy M. Smith; Allan Donsig – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Several academic departments have increased their use of active learning to address low student success rates. However, it is unclear whether those implementing active learning have a consistent conceptualization of it. Like other educational terms, the phrase "active learning" is in danger of becoming overused and misunderstood, which…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Departments, Change Strategies, Undergraduate Study
Tutor-Student Interaction in Seminar Teaching: Implications for Professional Development
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Hardman, Jan – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2016
While much of the recent academic literature into university seminar teaching has focused on collaborative learning involving student-student interaction, little research has been done into tutor-student interaction and how tutors interact with students during whole class, group-based and one-to-one teaching. In response to this finding, this…
Descriptors: Tutors, Professional Development, Higher Education, Active Learning
Investigating the Relationship between Student Engagement and Transition
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Vinson, Don; Nixon, Sarah; Walsh, Barbara; Walker, Cath; Mitchell, Elizabeth; Zaitseva, Elena – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2010
Failure to establish meaningful and effective transition for undergraduates can lead to academic underachievement. Student engagement represents a key component of student success. This study sought to investigate the impact of a bespoke transition programme featuring a wide range of innovative, student-centred activities on enhancing students'…
Descriptors: College Students, Underachievement, Focus Groups, Program Effectiveness
Empowering or Compelling Reluctant Participators Using Audience Response Systems
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Graham, Charles R.; Tripp, Tonya R.; Seawright, Larry; Joeckel, George L., III – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2007
This article investigates the impact of an audience response system (ARS) on student engagement in undergraduate university courses. A survey was administered to students in a dozen courses piloting the ARS system. On 13 out of 14 measures the majority of students thought the system was helpful. Overall, students were more positive about the use…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Audience Response, Audiences, Student Surveys
Developing a Research Culture in the Undergraduate Curriculum
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Garde-Hansen, Joanne; Calvert, Ben – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2007
A great deal of value is placed on student research within universities, exemplified by the prominent role of the dissertation or extended written work at the end of many programmes, and the more general benefits of embedding research-based learning into a curriculum in order to develop higher-order learning. This article reports on a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Student Research, Problem Based Learning, Research Skills