Active Learning Ambassadors

What is Active Learning?

Active learning is an instructional method that engages students in the learning process and requires students to do meaningful learning activities. Students who participate in active learning are challenged to think about what they are doing rather than passively receiving information from their instructor. While there are many approaches to active learning, the core elements are student activity and engagement in the learning process.

What are Active Learning Ambassadors?

The Active Learning Ambassadors program consists of an interdisciplinary team of faculty, passionate about promoting active learning techniques in the classroom. This group meets on a monthly basis to discuss current pedagogical techniques, as well as host workshops, open to the campus community to attend. Topics cover a wide range of areas, including assessment techniques, innovating technology into your classroom, and forming effective group dynamics.

Who are the Active Learning Ambassadors?

Past Workshops

Checking for Understanding: Classroom Assessment Techniques, Technology to Build Community: In and out of your classroom,  Engaging Students: Teaching tools inside and outside the classroom

How can I learn more and get involved?

Have an idea for a topic? Have a question about active learning in your discipline? Want to know more? Contact your ambassador and/or email facdev@csun.edu.