Active learning
Active learning
How do you actively engage your students in your teaching? This is what the theme Active learning is all about. On this page, you can read more about what active learning entails and how to apply it in your own teaching. Find practical examples from colleagues and benefit from practical tools such as the e-book Interactive Teaching Techniques or the UvA Active learning card set (including 30 different techniques!).
Below you can find articles from the TLC network about Active learning. Also view the other didactic themes.
Active Learning: Engaging Students Through Active Learning
Active learning, however, enables students to take control of their education.
Active learning applied with the UvA card set
How do you actively involve your students in your teaching? The network of Teaching & Learning Centres (TLC) developed a new support tool that can help with this: the UvA card set.
Best practices of knowledge sharing among students from diverse backgrounds
A search by Dr. Lela Mosemghvdlishvili with the UvA TLC Didactic Innovation grant. How can we train students from different backgrounds and majors to share their disciplinary knowledge in an accessible way? Dr. Lela Mosemghvdlishvili (they/them) used the grant to explore the best practices of knowledge sharing among students from different disciplinary and methodological backgrounds.
Social interaction is even more important in online education and learning
Leer van de ervaring en expertise van dr. Jaap Schuitema over sociale interactie in het onderwijs.
Guiding discussions
Learn about methods to stimulate discussion and what you can do to keep students engaged in discussion.
Tutorial groups
Active learning: tools, courses and examples
This is a resource hub for promoting Active Learning in higher education! Explore a variety of tools, including interactive e-learnings, hands-on workshops, and inspiring stories from fellow educators. Our resources aim to support you in creating dynamic and engaging learning experiences that foster critical thinking and active participation.