Active Learning Techniques for Effective Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

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Abstract : This article proposes active learning strategies for delivering engineering courses to the students in order to make learning more engaging, interesting, accomplishing, and joyful. The education system was impacted by the unprecedented situations generated by the Coronavirus pandemic from the last two academic years. The student community is also going through difficult situations on many levels. The primary challenge for teachers was to engage the students passionately in learning while maintaining a stress-free, healthy and fruitful environment in the online classes. For a stress-free teaching-learning process, adopting a variability in course content delivery methods would be a smart choice for teachers. This paper discusses the most effective active learning strategies in higher education. The work also highlights examples of implementation and an analysis of the effectiveness of active learning methodologies in terms of learners understanding, competency, satisfaction and knowledge gain. The findings indicate that the active learning strategy has assisted students in being more comfortable and engaged in effective learning in the online mode. Keywords :Active Teaching and Learning; Crossword; Higher Education; Mind map; Project Based Learning; Think pair share.