Active Learning "Active learning" is a general term that describes any time that students get to learn something by performing an activity in class—such as answering a poll question, ... Journal of ...

Supported by a $595,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Project-ACE (Active-learning-based engineering Curriculum transformation for excellence in Equity) reimagines six EEE classes ...

By embracing these active learning strategies, we can create a more dynamic and effective learning environment that prepares our students for the challenges they will face beyond the classroom. Ibham ...

BY ALEX GERAGE // view article PDF PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL WINTERMANTLE AND MICHAEL GOSS. Unveiled after a three-month renovation, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering’s teaching lab is ...

Transforming instructors into learning architects. In a series of recent articles, one of higher ed’s leading futurists, Michael Feldstein, predicts that the higher education’s future will be blended: ...

What is active learning? Active learning is fundamentally about student engagement and participation. It involves students going beyond passive listening in lectures or ‘sitting back and being fed ...

With funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Kramer and a team from the STEM Transformation Institute followed 811 FIU undergraduates enrolled in different sections of the same ...

Teaching Strategies: The round table design and HDMI laptop connection to a local display makes this active learning classroom great for case studies, analyzing scenarios, or fractured projects in ...

Western Illinois University will expand its academic peer support program for STEM students across campuses and partner with a local community college to launch the program there as well. Peer support ...

The free workshop will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 11-12 in John A. White Engineering Hall Room 337 and is open to all engineering graduate students preparing to be teaching assistants. Register by ...

After almost a decade of hands-on workshops and ongoing research, educators share the power of digital storytelling as an ...