In spring 2025, Global Studies opened COIL with the course Building a Sustainable World, where Katies collaborated with students from the Universidad Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico. Students in ...

K-12 educators sometimes use the terms “collaborative learning” and “cooperative learning” interchangeably when discussing students working together in the classroom. But the two terms carry distinct ...

Think-pair-share (TPS) is the black dress of active learning: a highly flexible tool that can take as little or as much time as needed, and serve a number of pedagogical purposes including ...

Collaborative learning in college is an instructional approach where students work together in small groups to solve problems, complete tasks, or discuss concepts. It emphasizes shared responsibility, ...

Indrani Dey is a PhD student in Learning Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying under Dr. Sadhana Puntambekar. At iSAT, she works with Dr. Puntambekar to investigate how students’ ...

I n one way or another, we have all experienced it: a shift. Not only does physical distance seem less determining than ever, regarding where we end up traveling, studying or working. At the same time ...

I believe that collaborative learning is at the core of a successful distance learning environment. “Relatedness"—will what I’m being asked to do bring me in closer connection with others who I ...

As colleges and universities prepare for the fall, a new framework for digital learning takes place in a rapidly changing education landscape. As higher education leaders prepare for what remains an ...

After the extraordinary changes over the last two years, for many in education a key question is where next for online learning? And few people are in a better position to answer this than the CEO of ...

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 ...

This short course embraces the use of online environments to promote collaborative learning, to meet the professional needs of teachers and educators. For full instructions on how to apply for short ...

While it might be tempting to view “active learning” as another educational buzzword, a large body of research demonstrates that active and collaborative classrooms produce deeper and more ...