Stephen Kosslyn

Inspired by the recent proliferation of online courses necessitated by the COVID 19 pandemic, researcher and educational innovator Stephen M. Kosslyn offers instructors and course designers (as well as school administrations and teacher-education students) a treasure trove of active learning principles and activities for implementation in online, hybrid and in-person courses. Whether your course is synchronous (e.g., live with Zoom) or asynchronous (e.g., using video content on Canvas), this book will inject active learning into existing courses or into courses designed from scratch. In both cases, active learning will make the courses not only more interesting but also more effective; student engagement will increase, learning outcomes will be reached, and general teaching and learning experiences will be enriched.

Five Principles That Make Online Courses Come Alive

Active Learning Online

Kato

The book "Active Learning Online" aims to show a method how to effectively design synchronous and/or asynchronous online lessons. Active Learning is based on the Science of Learning and follows five basic principles.

It doesn't matter which tool you use for this, i.e. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or whatever. And that is very refreshing, because unfortunately 80% of the discussion about digital teaching is about tools. 

Active Learning Online by Stephen Kosslyn is written very openly for any type of instructor. And of course - as expected from a psychology authority - it is also written in a very understandable way, logically structured and uses his own teaching principles.

With many examples of how to plan and execute an exercise according to the Science of Learning principles, diagrams, and short personal anecdotes, Kossyln does a great job of presenting the thoroughly dry topic of "learning." At the end, there is even a list of tangible exercises and scenarios that are suitable for Active Learning Online.

Active Learning Online Five Principles That Make Online Courses Come Alive

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