Teaching suited my natural need to organize and orchestrate. The inherent excitement about planning a new year’s course of study with a blank planner and a pack of colored highlighters, pens, and ...

Why authentic learning? There are so many reasons to choose from, some of the most important being: providing deep purpose for learning, empowering students, providing differentiation and choice ...

Shirley Hord, Learning Forward’s scholar laureate, has focused her career on research about and practice of effective professional learning communities. Here she answers an educator’s question about ...

As we begin redesigning our programs and courses for a semester-based academic schedule, many of us are taking this (rare) opportunity to reflect on our current offerings and to experiment with fresh ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Learning is one of our greatest gifts. Not just when we are young, in school or pursuing a ...

AI shifts education from information access to capability development: As explanation, feedback, guidance, and simulation become more abundant, higher education must place greater emphasis on judgment ...

Embedding authentic assessment from the start of a university course allows students to practise and refine their skills before entering the workplace. Such contextualised learning can also have a ...

Authentic assessment and adult learning principles link to real-world learning, so lean into that. Andragogy principles imply assessments could include a workshop, report or oral presentation, where ...

Over the years, I have often heard faculty describe their role as creating an engaging learning environment, effectively delivering content, and instilling in students a “love of learning.” This ...