Contents

Notes on contributors

Foreword

Professor Mike Sharples

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of figures

List of abbreviations

Introduction

Simon Pratt-Adams, Uwe Richter and Mark Warnes

THEME 1
Approaches to Active Collaborative Learning

 1 SCALE-UP at Nottingham Trent University: The adoption at scale of an active learning approach for diverse cohorts

Jane McNeil and Michaela Borg

 2 Increasing student engagement in their learning through active collaborative learning

Uwe Richter and Rachel Berkson

 3 What’s wrong with traditional teaching? A case for transitioning to active and collaborative learning

Simon Tweddell

THEME 2
Student Engagement and Retention

 4 Developing an Active Learning Curriculum aimed at Improving Engagement and Retention in Foundation Year Students on an Extended Degree

Nicky Milner

 5 A novel bioscience ‘capstudy’ assessment based on Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Jo Rushworth, Graham Lawson, Unmesh J Desai, Nazmin Juma and Abigail Moriarty

 6 Exploring virtual reality for teacher training, materials development and student engagement

Paul Driver, Nicola Walshe, Siân Shaw and Suzanne Hughes

 7 Barriers to Scaling Up Active Collaborative Learning

Rachel Berkson and Uwe Richter

 8 The 1–2-3 Feedback Cycle

Mike Hobbs and Elaine Brown

 9 Students as professionals: The audit experience

Susan Smith

THEME 3
Space and Resources

10 A tale from the north: Moving away from formal learning spaces to active learning spaces

Auðbjörg Björnsdóttir and Asta Ásmundsdóttir

11 Layers of interaction: Object-based learning driving individual and collaborative active enquiry

Maria Kukhareva, Anne Lawrence and Katherine Koulle

12 Using place to develop a culture for active pedagogy

Andrew Middleton

Final Thoughts

Simon Pratt-Adams, Uwe Richter and Mark Warnes