Indrani Dey is a PhD student in Learning Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying under Dr. Sadhana Puntambekar. At iSAT, she works with Dr. Puntambekar to investigate how students’ ...

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 ...

The classic mode of lecturing is pretty passive, with the teacher on the stage and delivering content and the students sitting and, hopefully, listening,” Jackson says. His approach, on the other hand ...

Using computers to support student collaboration has significant positive effects on their learning, according to a comprehensive new review of more than 400 research studies conducted since 2000. The ...

Roughly a decade ago, a coalition of industry leaders, businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations in an American city tried to pass a ballot measure for a tax increase. The tax aimed to raise ...

Julene Reed is the director of academic technology for St. George’s Independent Schools in Collierville, Tenn. Today’s students face a future where boundaries are abstract and global learning is ...

Katrina Hankins is the literacy coach at Roebuck Elementary in Spartanburg, SC. Katrina also serves as a summer reading-camp teacher in schools across Spartanburg District 6. Dawn Mitchell serves in ...

Teamwork and collaboration, as part of our UAB Shared Values and Leadership Competencies, are important to your success at UAB. The programs, job aids and resources below offer you the opportunity to ...

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 ...