Incorporating Active Learning into the Online Classroom

Gary Ackerman, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Mount Wachusett Community College, works with faculty to incorporate active learning into their online and face-to-face courses, and while there are differences in these learning environments, active learning can be implemented just as well online as face-to-face.

To continue reading, you must be a Teaching Professor Subscriber. Please log in or sign up for full access.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related Articles

I have two loves: teaching and learning. Although I love them for different reasons, I’ve been passionate about...
In recent years, many of my students have told me they feel bored, anxious, and lonely. Some explain...
Ask any group of faculty whether they include critical thinking on their course learning objectives, and nearly every...
Video is arguably the most powerful, attention-grabbing way to communicate online. But developing video has traditionally required sophisticated...
If you’ve taught for any length of time, you’ve probably heard this or gotten similar messages multiple times...
When discussing educational technology with instructors, it is useful to begin by asking how they define ed tech....
As teachers, we often focus on the product of our work to the exclusion of the process of...

Create a free account, or log in.

Gain access to limited free articles, news alerts, and select newsletters

Login here