Active Learning

Active learning is an umbrella term referring to the various solutions concerning learner's active engagement in the learning process. In active learning, the instructor, instead of simply delivering the lessons to the learners, guides them through the process of concluding the points of the lessons themselves.

The instructor poses the problem at stake in terms of questions for the students, and the students go through the process of data analyses, modeling of the data, and hypothesis testing to arrive at the intended conclusions proactively.

It has been demonstrated that this active engagement significantly improves the students' attention, helps them to grasp a deeper understanding of the concepts, and directly improves their innovative thinking, an effect that is more pronounced among the communities of students in need.

At EdCortex, we try helping our clients to simulate the 'path of discovery' for the learners by 1. instructing the designers on how to design the challenges so that they would maximally rely on the users' feedback at each stage of learning. And 2. Passing the challenges to the learner based on a protocol that best resembles the stages of active learning, from engaging by posing questions and demonstrating surprises to elaborating ideas leading to the target concepts.