Featured learning activities
Placemat method
This method facilitates group discussions, letting students individually answer questions before collaborating on shared responses.
World café
A structured group discussion in a café setting, promoting listening and discussion on specific themes.
Lightning Talk
Lightning talks, or 'Pecha Kucha,' are short, minimalistic presentations that require delivering effective speeches and providing only core information
All learning activities
Assignment Station
Let students rotate between different questions posted, so different groups answer the same question.
Brainwriting
Let students brainstorm individually for a given time before answering a open question.
Buzzgroups
The instructor introduces a question or assignment, and then the students work on it briefly in small groups.
Concept Map
Let students make a concept map to use as a graphic organizer about a certain topic.
Concrete Images
Students bring a concrete image to class and discuss common themes, patterns and missing information regarding a topic or phenomenom.
Create Infographic
Students collaborate to create an infographic or PowerPoint about literature, a case study, or a project.
Demonstrations
In effective demonstrations students should be asked to predict outcomes, then experience the demonstration, and then reflect.
Elevator Pitch
An elevator pitch is a presentation of 1 to 5 minutes
Entry & Exit tickets
Entry & Exit tickets are short prompts that provide instructors with a quick student diagnostic.
Evaluating Sources with Compass
Let students critically think about the sources they use, after first finishing a designated online Compass-modules.
Exam Questions
Let students come up with their own exam questions and answers. Other students practise with these questions.
Fishbowl Method
Students discuss a topic with a participating group within the fishbowl and an observing and reflecting group outside the fishbowl