Active learning techniques?

I'll be starting my course at uni next week, and during Fresher's they emphasised the importance of learning actively.
During A levels I don't think I did that very well at all, and I'm aware that past papers aren't a thing at university.
So what I want to know is, what active learning techniques have you found most useful/would recommend?

Reply 1

claireestelle

I ve always found flash cards to be quite effective for me.

Reply 2

Alisaurus Cats

Original post by pineneedles

They are just encouraging you to be more "self-directed" with your learning than you may have been before.

This can be about pro-activity:

- It's likely you have a suggested reading or study list for your course. Not everyone will read everything - it will be up to you to pick and choose from what they recommend.
- Doing research on other texts and reading that will support your coursework

Or it can be about methods:
- Watching videos
- Discussing the learning with the other students on your course
- Flashcards (as above)