Active Learning Activities

Active learning activities are tailored to specific learning outcomes and content. They incorporate one or more of the evidence-based strategies. Structured to expose their theoretical underpinnings, the activities can be used by practitioners and researchers alike.

Applied arts

Students map key movements in Architecture and Design alongside social, political, artistic, economic, and tech milestones.

Health science

Before class, students read an article and gather 5 elements. In class, they "pool" findings and sort into categories.

STEM Physics

These mini-video projects require students to engage with course concepts and make connections to the world in which we live.

STEM Physics

Students learn to build a conceptual model describing a situation involving an accelerating charged particle.

Interdisciplinary

Environmental science

In this activity, students learn to define sustainability and apply this to a single Montreal neighbourhood.

Languages and Literature

In this multiple-class activity, students write a “texte expressif”, applying theory & grammatical lessons learned in class.

Languages and Literature

In this multiple-class activity, students build a toolkit of essay-writing skills through analyzing a short story text.

Social sciences

Applied arts

STEM Engineering

This activity's goal is to familiarize students with the peer review process and teach them how to accept peer criticism.