article thumbnail

What is Active Learning? And Why it Matters

ViewSonic Education

Game-based learning. Collaborative learning groups. This massive meta-analysis showed that in traditional lecture classes, students failed 55% more often. Students can take the perspective of fictional or historical characters. They can be challenged to look at a topic, question or controversy.

Learning 255
article thumbnail

Video for learning: Today and tomorrow

Learning with 'e's

Video has been used to encourage independent thinking and critical analysis, and in higher education for example, has been used successfully to promote active engagement and collaborative learning (Parlour, 2019). Game based learning is another area of development that has already impacted positively on education.

Video 52