Enhancing Student Engagement and Skills Development Through Activity-Based Learning: A Case Study of Classroom Transformation in the Digital Age

Abstract

The 21st-century students more depend on technology tools and accessories because of online classes and drastic improvements in emerging technologies. To motivate students to attend the classes and learn the courses by activity-based approach. JIGSAW Pedagogy, flipped classroom, Project-Based learning and demonstration activity planned for the module teaching. The one-minute paper activity was conducted to take the reflections from the students. The goal of this research is to converting a traditional classroom into an activity-based classroom with the goals of motivating students to attend regularly and fostering the development of technical skills, communication, presentation, and teamwork. The research question Is student’s attendance increased after implementing activity based leaning? Is student’s skills improved? Module wise activity planned before starting of the semester. As per lesson plan time slot is given for each activity. 

The method followed to implement activity based learning is team activity and presentation by students. Gradually students interest towards course increased and overall class attendance is increased up to 80 % - 85%. After the module reflection collected from the students to know is students understanding the topic clearly or not. The student’s reflection shows that majority of the students are able to give presentation on stage without any hesitation. After implementation of activity in the module student’s attendance increased but not able to achieve 90 % - 100%. The internal assessment conducted for the activity in Moodle tool the students’ performance is increased compared to pre-test. Students technical knowledge enhanced on materials and their applications.