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The Greenwood Dictionary of Education (John W. Collins, Nancy P. O'Brien, 2003) defines active learning as the "process of having students engage in some activity that forces them to reflect upon ideas and how they are using those ideas. Requiring students to regularly assess their own degree of understanding and skill at handling concepts or problems in a particular discipline. The attainment of knowledge by participating or contributing. The process of keeping students mentally, and often physically, active in their learning through activities that involve them in gathering information, thinking and problem-solving."

Active learning methods get students engaged in their own learning. Collaborative learning groups, problem-based learning, and flipped classrooms are just a few examples of active learning. Active learning demands both good facilitation and teaching skills as the instructor guides the students through the learning process.

The following resources provide information and examples for incorporating active learning in your teaching:

Videos by Mary Gene Saudelli, PhD

• Mini active learning strategies
• Sticky note clustering

Articles

• Active Learning Strategies in Face-to-Face Courses — Barbara J. Millis
• Strategies to Support Active and Collaborative Learning — E.F. Barkley, K.P. Cross, C.H. Major‌
• Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom — Charles C. Bonwell, Ph.D.
• Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics — S. Freeman, S. Eddy, M. McDonough, M. Smith, N. Okoroafor, H. Jordt, M. Wenderoth
• Ring Their Bells: A New Way to Deliver Bell Work — Dr. Lori Desautles

Flipping the maths classroom by UFV's Judy Larsen M.Sc.

Articles

• A Guide to the Flipped Classroom — The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Blended and Flipped: Exploring New Models for Effective Teaching & Learning — Faculty Focus
• The Flipped Classroom Unplugged: Three Tech-Free Strategies for Engaging Students — Barbi Honeycutt.
  
• Bridging the Gap Between Pre-Work and In-Class Sessions in the Flipped Classroom — Sarah Maclean

An alternative to lecturing in large class settings.

Handouts by Jim Sibley

• Classroom Logistics for Readiness Assessment Tests
• Creating Effective TBL Assignments - Summary

Blog posts

• Best practices for teaching a course as a team — Shoshanah Jacobs
• 50 Alternatives To Lecturing — TeachTought

Books

• Brookfield, Stephen D., and Stephen Preskill. (2012). Discussion as a Way of Teaching Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms. Hoboken: Wiley.
• Michaelsen, Larry K., Arletta Bauman. Knight, and L. Dee Fink. (2004). Team-Based Learning: a Transformative Use of Small Groups. Stylus Publishing.
• Stanfield, Brian. (2005). The Art of Focused Conversation: 100 Ways to Access Group Wisdom in the Workplace. Gabriola Island, B.C.: New Society Publishers.

Websites

• Team-Based Learning Collaborative 
• The Team-Based Learning Collaborative (TBLC) is a non-profit, volunteer supported organization which encourages the use of Team-Based Learning (TBL). Their website provides videos, papers and support materials for implementing TBL.