These tips demonstrate that planning for active learning experiences doesn’t have to be time-intensive or difficult.

Understanding a proof in a math textbook is one thing; being able to reconstruct it without help is a whole other beast entirely. My classmates and I learned this the hard way at university. Most of ...

How do I get students interested in active learning? We all want to help students learn more. Here’s something I wrote about the topic for Character Lab as a Tip of the Week: A few years ago, a group ...

Students in massive open online courses are apt to take a passive approach to learning, avoiding collaboration with others, seeking only passing grades, and therefore not retaining new knowledge, a ...

My course evaluations are in. They are mostly encouraging — except for the ones that say I should lecture more. “Lessen the amount of reading per week and just lecture more,” reads one comment.

Guidance on bringing together academic expertise, students’ lived experience and GenAI’s creative capacity to co-design ...

Create a supportive learning community with student co-creation. Here are three ways to help students take the reins ...

Like white-collar workers reluctant to return to the office, many undergraduates now question the value of attending class in person. They see little reason to sit through lectures when the same ...

Conversation has been a fundamental element of education for hundreds of years. Dialogue from ancient Greek Socratic dialogues to contemporary mentorships enables learners to understand intricate ...