Active learning means there is more than one right answer. Passive learning is based on the belief that there are only two sides to any issue: ideas are either right or wrong, and the teachers ...

Active vs. Passive Workplace Learning. If you need to train employees, either to teach them a new computer program or to promote them to a higher position, ...

However, some learning options are primarily video-based, which is passive, and not active learning. While this can provide helpful introductory information, it doesn't develop the ability to ...

Active learning practices, which encourage student participation and enhance learning outcomes, have emerged as a possible alternative to address this issue. Why active learning? Active learning ...

Collaborative Learning. Not all active learning is collaborative, but all collaborative learning is active. Collaborative learning is premised on the social constructivist idea that knowledge ...

Students who engage in active learning learn more -- but feel like they learn less -- than peers in more lecture-oriented classrooms. That's in part because active learning is harder than more passive ...

Students whose STEM courses are taught using active learning perform better than those taught with traditional lectures. That was the top-line finding of a widely cited 2014 meta-analysis, and it ...