Academic instructors, hired for their content expertise, are rarely trained in skills like classroom facilitation or community-building. But successful collaborative learning requires a degree of ...

During a recent class, my freshmen and I were discussing the best ways to engage with the complex world of high school. We talked about how to juggle multiple deadlines, contact their busy and ...

The Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning sponsors several learning communities that bring together various groups of faculty and graduate students from across campus to engage in active and ...

Almost four years after colleges shifted to emergency remote instruction at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, presidents, provosts and other senior leaders are grappling with tough decisions around ...

Late last year, the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation published a widely noted study intended to explore what teachers want when it comes to professional development. But particularly on the important ...

In our fast-paced world, effective communication often eludes us, whether in classrooms, meetings, or personal interactions. While we may understand communication principles, applying them can be ...

The launch of Thinkific Communities introduces an all-new, monetizable product; creators can now build and sell collaborative learning communities that integrate seamlessly with their courses, or ...

The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework recognizes the importance of interactions between the teaching, social and cognitive presences in creating positive and collaborative learning communities.

As educational leaders with a combined experience of over 70 years, we have championed efforts to support collaboration for teachers while finding ourselves in a siloed and often lonely position of ...

The debate over online versus in-person classroom learning in K-12 education rages on, driven by concerns over student engagement, academic performance, and social-emotional development. Advocates of ...

While it might be tempting to view “active learning” as another educational buzzword, a large body of research demonstrates that active and collaborative classrooms produce deeper and more ...