Kaleido Scope

Empowering Medical Education: Active Learning Center launches new era in training

This fall, the Heersink Family Active Learning Center officially launched in the Heersink School of Medicine’s medical education hub, Volker Hall’s Education Tower. Made possible by a philanthropic ...
Kaleido Scope

Alumni reception celebrates Volker Hall renovation and Heersink Family Active Learning Center ribbon-cutting

On Nov. 15, 2023, the Heersink School of Medicine, Medical Alumni Association (MAA), and Department of Medical Education partnered to host a combined alumni reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony to ...
Purdue University

Purdue Active Learning Center named for engineering alumni Wilmeth brothers

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue University Board of Trustees on April 10 approved naming the future Active Learning Center for two College of Engineering alumni brothers to honor their long-term ...
EdTech

Active Learning Classrooms Foster Collaboration Among Students

Like many university instructors, Steven Jackson knows his way around a lecture hall. The rows of seating, the balcony above, the lectern centered carefully at the front — all part of the traditional ...
Drexel University

Active and Collaborative Learning Strategies

Active and Collaborative Learning Strategies The classic: think-pair-share Think-pair-share (TPS) is the black dress of active learning: a highly flexible tool that can take as little or as much time ...
Drexel University

Active and Collaborative Learning

While it might be tempting to view “active learning” as another educational buzzword, a large body of research demonstrates that active and collaborative classrooms produce deeper and more ...