Active learning compendium: strategies for student engagement

Description

This Compendium of Active Learning Strategies for Student Engagement serves as a helpful collaborative resource with ideas for continuing to improve practice and enhancing student engagement.

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

This Compendium of Active Learning Strategies for Student Engagement, consists of two key sections. Part One provides a theoretical overview of Limerick Institute of Technology’s commitment to Active Learning and outlines over 60 different Active Learning Strategies for Student Engagement. These include sections on: Individual, Partner and Group Learning Activities. Part Two – The Practitioner Guide presents a practitioner perspective on a significant range of Active Learning Strategies used by LIT Academic Staff, across different disciplinary domains. The Compendium also includes a list of helpful resources for practitioners.

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Boyle, A. S., Kirwan, B., Corcoran, C., O’Connell, C., McInerney, D., Aherne, E., Griffin, J., O’Brien., J., Healion, K., MacCarthaigh, L., Dennehy, M., Fitzgerald, M., Cannon, M., Ryan, M., (editor), M. R., O’Brien, P., Browne, P., Keating, P., Conway, S., McMahon, S., & Larkin, T. (2021). Active learning compendium: strategies for student engagement. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/active-learning-compendium-strategies-for-student-engagement/ License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY).

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Credits
Animation, Backgrounds & Compositing — Arantxa Vara
Animation & Backgrounds — Giada Randolfi
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Animation & Backgrounds — Alex
Music composition & production — Darragh Winters

Special thanks
Karima Dillon
Eimhin Mc Namara
Rebecca Roper
The students who shared their experiences