Practical advice on assessing students’ skills and application of learning in real-world, professional contexts ...

We continue our discussion of the core principles of SNHU Online learning design framework below. As we noted in Part 1, these principles are meant to guide the efforts of our teams of expert faculty, ...

According to the CoI (Community of Inquiry) model, engagement in learning is the result of teaching presence (a well-designed and facilitated online course), social presence (interaction with course ...

There is great interest in redesigning classrooms for next gen learning but it’s often difficult to know how to proceed. Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA), a high school that embraces ...

The basic premise of the flipped classroom is that class time is best spent on active learning and higher order thinking, while content delivery can successfully take place outside of the classroom. A ...

For three years, I followed a traditional teaching model: one teacher delivers all the content to a diverse set of learners. My students, regardless of their learning style, prerequisite skills, and ...

The Learning Design Group has been offering monthly Course Design series since Fall 2022. These engaging sessions are held online and are open to all faculty and staff in teaching, regardless of the ...

A century ago, in the years following World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic, higher education reformers took aim at the American research university. In the “hour for experiment” that ensued, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of learning, work and human development. School buildings around the country are closed but juniors and ...

The Massachusetts Teacher’s Association (MTA) is continuing to fight for the removal of MCAS as a high school graduation requirement. Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exams, or MCAS, are ...

"I'm planning to replace final essays with an authentic assessment where students analyze literary themes through personal connections and peer interviews. I think this will increase engagement and ...