Teaching and learning can now take place not just in the classroom but virtually anywhere, providing a more engaged and integrated learning experience.

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They are teaching this in the classroom, and encouraging the application of innovative thinking, experiential learning, and team problem solving to business, technology and social problems and issues.

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The training I have received and the experience I have gained by deploying to disasters has had a tremendous impact on my teaching, my research, and my approach to service learning in the classroom.

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So, for Professor Broadfoot, the key ingredients of good teaching included: creating an atmosphere of mutual respect and fairness in the classroom, providing opportunities for "active learning" and humour to encourage pupil engagement, making learning interesting, and explaining things clearly.

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