21st Century Learning and Teaching

Colin Hussey gives you 4 ways to begin employing active learning in the classroom, in this article featured on Edudemic.

Active learning is basically an instructional method that aims to engage students in the learning process; it is learning by doing. While traditional activities like homework could be included within this, active learning refers to activities that are set in the classroom.

Learn more:

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Learning+by+doing

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Active+Learning

Here are a few quick and useful tips on how to turn your professional or personal learning network (PLN) into an Active Learning Network (ALN).

I remember when I first figured out the "power of the pair". I had walked onto our school library and the noise was way above what I would expect.

It’s not a ‘sit and be still’ classroom -and that means students are no longer viewed as a single learning ‘receptacle’. Be it concepts in the science lab, or reasoning for a development in world affairs their partner is always the first sounding board for that. They have a present and willing person to speak and listen to. We often switch partners, or move to larger groups, during activities but for the start/end of class students know who and where their ‘home partner’ is.