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Page Title: Active Learning in Online Classes

What Does Active Learning Look Like in an Online Class? Consider This!

Click through the slideshow below (or read the slideshow's text transcript) to experience an example of active learning in an online class, from the students' perspective.

If you would like to listen to a narration for each slide, click the audio button that appears on each slide.

Benefits of Implementing Active Learning in Your Class

• By integrating active learning activities, students are provided the opportunity to practice 21st century workplace skills (University of Leicester).
• Research suggests that active learning “…[decreases] the achievement gap for underrepresented minorities and first generation college students, particularly in STEM fields…” (Yale).
• Breaking lecture videos into chunked microlessons, followed by a learning activity helps students stay engaged with the material. Research indicates that when a video is longer than 9-12 minutes, students will watch less than half of it (Purdue).

New to Active Learning and Want to Give it a Try? Advice for Getting Started!

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Menu of Online Active Learning Strategies

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Durham Tech Supported Tools for Online Active Learning

LIST OF TOOL RESOURCES

Additional Active Learning Resources

• https://edspace.american.edu/ctrl/blooms_taxonomy/