Designing Active Learning for the Classroom – April 30, 2025 (Chown A207A&B)

Active learning is a broad term representing various ways that instructors can enhance student learning by making students active participants in their own learning. In medical education, active learning is valued, as it can facilitate the development of important skills, such as team work, critical thinking/clinical reasoning, and communication. In this workshop, we’ll focus on active learning strategies that instructors can use in the classroom.

Learning objectives:

• Define active learning
• Identify benefits of active learning
• Apply active learning strategies in the body, set, and closure of a curriculum
• Discuss some common challenges in implementing active learning

Facilitators: Joanne Hamilton, Director, Office of Innovation and Scholarship in Medical Education, Max Rady College of Medicine
Christen Rachul, Director of Research, Office of Innovation and Scholarship in Medical Education, Max Rady College of Medicine

Location: Chown Building Room A207A&B, 753 McDermot Avenue, Bannatyne Campus

Registration is encouraged for this session.

Please note this workshop was rescheduled from February 19, 2025.