Enhance your teaching practice through engagement and interactivity.
Build community
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Cohort building through active learning in lectures
We outline principles and strategies for active learning in lectures.
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Introduction, warm-up and ice-breaker activities
Introduction, warm-up and ice-breaker activities are individual, pair or group activities that perform a number of diverse functions, typically at the beginning of a lesson.
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Whole class discussions
Class discussions are an effective way to encourage informal social interactions, within and between online and face-to-face cohorts. They develop a sense of learning community and class cohesion.
Interactive learning
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Reflection and consolidation activities
Reflection is an important activity for students to be able to make sense of and grow from a learning experience.
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Social annotation
Incorporating social annotation in your teaching is a great way to facilitate collaborative learning and assess comprehension.
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Student-led activities
Student-led learning (or peer-assisted learning) is when students facilitate their own learning by guiding other students in (mostly) group activities to discuss materials and solve problems.
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Pair and groupwork activities
Pair and groupwork activities comprise a broad and substantial range of learning activities.