Reflections on Active Learning Approaches

Abstract

Student Engagement - Active Learning approaches help me to engage more and understand information better. They help me take control of my learning process. I find absorbing information is challenging but using active learning, helps me to gain more knowledge, enjoy the process of learning and remember it after learning. Graduate Attributes - Active Learning helps me develop TUS Graduate Attributes including: ‘work readiness and of the whole person’ because we will be required to be adaptable and able to continually communicate with different people. We learn a lot of these skills from groupwork, problem solving and presentation skills. Critical Thinking - Active Learning strategies therefore help me expand my critical thinking, teamwork, problem solving and my adaptability. I struggled with these especially during the COVID 19 pandemic and how I experienced remote online learning for a whole year. On returning to campus this year, my lecturers have been using more active learning strategies and these have given me new skills and confidence as a learner.