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Active learning activities can be incorporated in various classrooms as well as in an online environment. Presented in each section are activities, organized by active learning strategies and instructional approaches, which can be adapted into many classroom types:
Each section lists active learning activities that are compatible with specific active learning classroom types. Each activity listed states suggested classroom types based in the TASLO legend:
Expand each section to view a typical approach of active learning activities that can be used in the classroom or online space. To further explore, customize or incorporate these activities into your teaching, contact the Instructional Design and Development to schedule a meeting with an Instructional Designer.
Active Learning Activities by Room Type (TASLO) |
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TEAL |
Active Learning Classroom |
Suitable for Active Learning |
Lecture |
Online / Hybrid |
Snowball Groups |
Jigsaw |
Post-it-Parade |
Reflection |
Peer Review |
Project-based Jigsaws |
Mind/Concept Mapping |
Group Text Reading |
Social Annotation of Text |
Case Study |
Display Think-Pair-Share |
Reflection |
Reflection |
Scavenger Hunt |
Reflection |
Posters with Screens |
Fish Bowl |
Fish Bowl |
Short Problems |
Discussion Forum |
Four Corners |
Scavenger Hunt |
Scavenger Hunt |
Minute Paper |
Reflection |
Reflection |
Video Vignettes |
Video Vignettes |
Polling Questions |
Four Corners |
Fish Bowl |
Minute Paper |
Minute Paper |
Drawing Concepts |
Scavenger Hunt |
Scavenger Hunt |
Polling Questions |
Polling Questions |
Socratic Questioning |
Video Vignettes |
Video Vignettes |
Drawing Concepts |
Drawing Concepts |
Think-Pair-Share |
Minute Paper |
Minute Paper |
Socratic Questioning |
Socratic Questioning |
Debate |
Short Problems |
Polling Questions |
Think-Pair-Share |
Think-Pair-Share |
Pros and Cons |
Drawing Concepts |
Drawing Concepts |
Buzz Groups |
Buzz Groups |
Peer Review |
Socratic Questioning |
Socratic Questioning |
Pros and Cons |
Pros and Cons |
Index Card Pass |
Think-Pair-Share |
Think-Pair-Share |
Peer Review |
Peer Review |
Interactive Learning |
Buzz Groups |
Buzz Groups |
Index Card Pass |
Index Card Pass |
iClicker Questions |
Pros and Cons |
Pros and Cons |
Interactive Learning |
Interactive Learning |
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Peer Review |
Peer Review |
Short Problems |
Short Problems |
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Social Annotation of Text |
Index Card Pass |
iClicker Questions |
iClicker Questions |
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Debate |
Short Problems | Poster and Gallery Walk | Poster and Gallery Walk | Index Card Pass | |
Interactive Learning | Debate | Four Corners | ||
iClicker Questions | Post-It Parade | Post-It Parade | ||
Jigsaw | Social Annotation of Text | Debate | ||
Post-It Parade | Four Corners | Social Annotation of Text | ||
Debate | ||||
Social Annotation of Text |