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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Your authentic assessment may be assessing irrelevant student characteristics instead of learning outcomes. Authentic features such as an emergency room setting or board meeting may create additional ...

Explore the ins and outs of having students complete real-world assessment tasks. From the guiding principles to how to implement authentic assessments, this page supplies you with what you need to ...

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 ...

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 ...