When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired learning outcomes and with the ...

Over the course of Lau’s teaching career at CU, which spans an MA in Spanish Literature and now a doctoral degree in Ethnic Studies, they have taught a range of courses including Contemporary African ...

Keep your "nose to the grindstone" is the advice we often tell young people is an essential ingredient of learning difficult tasks. A joke captures the matter with the old bromide for success, "Keep ...

It wasn’t until after I developed a system in my classroom for effective reflection and feedback that I realized the impact it truly had on learning. That probably sounds backward, but it’s true.

Activities are what make your course come alive and help your students achieve learning outcomes. Because activities are what students will most experience and learn from, we first spend time ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

Human capital development through the learning and development vertical in higher education is a strategic investment every organization should consider as part of its institutional growth. In a world ...

When I started my first degree fresh out of high school, I was flooded with advice about what to study and what career path to follow. The most significant piece of guidance was from one of my ...

When I think of the hardest moments of my life, ironically, many have turned out to be blessings in disguise. While this isn't the most severe example, one, in particular, was being pretty much kicked ...