Eli is Associate Editor for EdTech Magazine Higher Education. When not in the office, Eli is busy scanning the web for the latest podcasts or stepping into the boxing ring for a few rounds.

My last column stated: "Because most poker authorities don't know how to teach, you have to become an efficient learner. Don't just sit there, waiting for an epiphany. Take an active role in your own ...

There are many active learning modalities informed by different teaching and learning traditions. We envision these modalities on a spectrum. This spectrum can be rearranged depending on the quality ...

If you work hard on your game but are dissatisfied with your progress, you probably don't learn efficiently. "Efficiency" measures how much you learn for the time and money you invest. You don't have ...

The classic mode of lecturing is pretty passive, with the teacher on the stage and delivering content and the students sitting and, hopefully, listening,” Jackson says. His approach, on the other hand ...

Active learning, or instructional methods that actively engage students in their own learning, is on the rise. So, too, are physical spaces dedicated to this kind of teaching. These are positive ...

One of the challenges of catalyzing a transformation of higher education towards an active learning model is that students are simply not demanding that this change occur. In class this term I showed ...

In an age where attention is short and classrooms are increasingly digital, teachers are constantly searching for ways to make participation more interactive and equitable. One unexpected ally in that ...

Pending acquisition brings more than 400 Nelson titles trusted by educators at more than 80 percent of Canada’s higher ed institutions, onto Top Hat’s leading all-in-one active learning platform, ...

Genio, a provider of learning tools that significantly improve student success, today announced enhanced, AI-powered STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) capabilities in Genio ...

Fortunately, actively learning can become part of an instructor’s lectures in small steps. Incorporating one of these activities into your already created lectures is a great step in getting students ...