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Active Learning in Higher Education is a leading international publication for all those who teach and support learning in higher education and those who undertake or use research into effective learning, teaching and assessment in universities and colleges. View full journal description

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The Impact of Pomodoro-style Class Breaks on Higher Education Student Engagement

  • Aleksa Owen
  • Theresa Watts
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Active Learning for Autistic Learners: Enabling or Disabling?

  • Lucie Eadon
  • Francesca Peruzzo
  • Laura Crane
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Twenty-Five Years of Active Learning in Higher Education: Centring the Student in the Learning Process

  • Sally Brown
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The social media use of college students: Exploring identity development, learning support, and parallel use

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  • Sarah Schlick
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A review of educational dialogue strategies to improve academic writing skills

  • Marlies Schillings
  • Herma Roebertsen
  • Hans Savelberg
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The usefulness of feedback

  • Michael Henderson
  • Tracii Ryan
  • David Boud
  • Phillip Dawson
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  • Elizabeth Molloy
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A framework for capturing student learning in challenge-based learning

  • Kerstin Helker
  • Miguel Bruns
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  • Jan D Vermunt
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Effective engagement strategies in HyFlex modality based on intrinsic motivation in students

  • Kristi M Bockorny
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