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Abstract:
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Researchers define active learning in different ways, but most definitions include providing students with opportunities to apply what is learned and to hone critical thinking skills by analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating content. This paper describes an effort to incorporate active learning in an online, graduate-level introductory course. Students in this course work independently to complete activities, homework assignments, quizzes, and a project that involves data collection, exploration, and analysis. Students also collaborate in assigned discussion groups to complete small-group assignments. The way in which active learning is fostered in this course will be described, and student feedback will be presented to demonstrate the impact course assignments have on student learning and the ways in which assignments might be improved in future offerings.
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