Active Learning at King's
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  • What is active learning?
  • How to select activities
  • Activities
    • All guides at a glance
    • By learning outcome
      • Knowledge
      • Skills
      • Attitudes, values, self-awareness
      • Argumentation
    • By group size
      • Large group
      • Medium-sized group
      • Small groups or pairs
    • By interaction
      • Whole group
      • Break-out groups
      • Observation
      • Independent
    • By students’ level of experience
      • Experienced students only
      • Experience – all levels
    • By time
      • 10 minutes or less
      • 10-30 minutes
      • 30-60 minutes
    • By amount of preparation
      • Preparation <30 min
      • Preparation >30 min
    • By type of environment
      • Fixed spaces
      • Flexible spaces
  • Enquiry and evaluation
    • Evaluation approaches
    • Reflective practice and review
  • Exchange
    • Case studies
    • Disseminating your teaching practice

By time

  • Activities which typically last under 10 minutes.
  • Activities which typically last 10-30 minutes.
  • Activities which typically last 30 minutes to one hour.
  • Activities which typically last over one hour.

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Active learning approaches

  • All active learning guides at a glance
  • By time
  • By level of interaction
  • By amount of preparation
  • By students’ level of experience
  • By group size
  • By type of room
  • By learning outcome

How is it working?

  • All evaluation guides at a glance

Case studies

  • All case studies at a glance

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