The Center for Teaching and Faculty Development (CTFD) is hosting an Active Learning Institute on May 19th and 20th, 2014. While registration is now closed, you can contact the CTFD at ctfd@acad.umass.edu if you are interested in incorporating more active learning techniques into your pedagogy.
UMass Amherst IT currently supports a number of technological tools to support a variety of active learning techniques:
Lecture Capture (Echo360)
Create instructional videos to complement and support face-to-face activities.
http://www.oit.umass.edu/classroom-technologies/lecture-capture-umass-amherst
Audience Response System (i>clicker)
Poll students to get feedback on instruction or collect their input on a large scale.
http://www.oit.umass.edu/audience-response-system
Peer Evaluation (iPeer)
Allow students to give members of their teams structured, productive feedback.
http://www.oit.umass.edu/classroom-technologies/ipeer-limited-pilot
Learning Management System (Moodle)
Make use of a range of student collaboration, communication, and grouping tools.