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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.

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Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

By Alex Lussier, Laura King and Alice Havel

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

By Alex Lussier, Laura King and Alice Havel

Schools of Thought in Psychology

By Selma Hamdami

Projet Specific: Webzine

By Maria Popica

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

By Susan Finch

Building Effective Teams

By Meghan Marshall

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

By Anna-Liisa Aunio

Rédaction d'un Paragraphe de Texte Expressif

By Lyane Henrichon

AR'e You Talking to Me? Mini Case Study in Cell Signalling

By Edward Awad

Now you see me, now you don't: Fluorescent tagging membranes

By Edward Awad

Brazil Nut Tree

By Edward Awad and Maxime Pelland

The genetics of PTC sensitivity and tongue rolling

By Edward Awad

Bringing context to life: Annotating research for reading novels

By Jeff Gandell

Rhetorical Strategies

By Jeffrey Gandell

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw

By Heather Martin

Managing Major Weather Hazards in Recreation

By Heather Martin

Why Health & Safety is Essential to Recreation Leadership

By Heather Martin

Mine Ventilation Design

By Agus Sasmito

Jigsaw Geography Presentation

By Jamie Miller

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

By Lawrence R. Chen

Talk to Your Neighbour

By Marta Cerruti

Protein Separation

By Madoka Gray-Mistume

Interior Design - Library Design

By Leigh Barnett Shapiro

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