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 ...

Diana Laurillard presents ideas and tools for students to create their own digital products as part of a collaborative learning task An effective way of supporting students learning through discussion ...

To collaborate or not to collaborate – that is the question. Students choose online study for many reasons – the flexibility of learning around caring or work commitments; the desire for more agency ...

Art Kohn, a professor at Portland State University School of Business, famously argues what many L&D professionals already suspect: that within 24 hours the average person forgets 70% of any new ...

What are some new ways I can use group activities to help students learn? According to the science of learning, students learn better from interactive activities where they talk, act, deliberate, and ...

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 ...

Debbie Zacarian (debbie@zacarianconsulting.com) is known for her work in advancing student engagement and achievement. She is an education consultant and the author of many books, including two ...