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HIGH-IMPACT PRACTICES
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ACTIVE LEARNING
Active learning is any approach to instruction in which all students are asked to engage in the learning process. Active learning can take many forms and be executed in any discipline. Commonly, students will engage in small or large activities centered around writing, talking, problem solving, or reflecting.
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
Collaborative learning refers to a variety of educational approaches involving joint intellectual effort by students, or students and teachers together. Usually, students are working in groups of two or more, mutually searching for understanding, solutions, or meanings, or creating a product.
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER)
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING (PBL)
Problem-Based Learning is a teaching method in which complex real-world problems are used to promote student learning of concepts and principles as opposed to direct presentation of facts and concepts. In addition to course content, PBL promotes the development of critical thinking skills, problem-solving abilities, and communication skills.
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SOURCES
https://cei.umn.edu/active-learning
"What is Collaborative Learning?" by Barbara Leigh Smith and Jean T. MacGregor
https://en.unesco.org/themes/building-knowledge-societies/oer
https://citl.illinois.edu/citl-101/teaching-learning/resources/teaching-strategies/problem-based-learning-(pbl)