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Active Learning Cards

Below are a number of active learning strategies, organized by motivation. Maybe you want to elicit more engagement from students. Click on that category below for a number of strategies designed to encourage engagement. Or, click on the wild card category, which houses strategies that serve several purposes at once. The strategies were contributed from the CATE team, and we’ve provided a list of citations for you at the bottom of the page.

For departments and/or colleges interested in having CATE host an active learning strategies workshop, reach out to us through CATE’s contact form. As a bonus, we’ll bring along decks of printed cards for instructors who attend.

An accessible version of the cards is available for download.

Active Learning Strategies title card

The development of these cards was inspired by an active learning card activity Josh Lovett, UIC PhD Candidate in Psychology, developed for a TA workshop on active and collaborative learning strategies.

 

Key Card

Use this Key Card on the Active Learning Cards in the accordions below.