Albuquerque Public Schools administrators and students who met on a recent day to discuss school culture began by tapping into their inner artist. In a small room inside the district’s office building ...

Veteran education columnist Maureen Downey wrote a column for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week about “what teens resent” in school. The answer might surprise you: disrupted learning and ...

MADISON, WI, May 12th, 2010 – Graduate student courses frequently incorporate student-led discussion sessions in order to encourage active participation over passive learning. They can improve ...

Online discussion boards serve as a tool for professors to connect with students asynchronously and promote thoughtful engagement with learning material outside of class time. However, many faculty ...

Creating a classroom community where meaningful conversations can happen isn’t easy—it’s an ongoing process that takes time. But using online discussion tools can be one great way to help your ...

As an undergraduate, I took a seminar dedicated entirely to Ulysses by James Joyce. Joyce’s modernist novel is mystifying, so question marks hung on the ends of students’ contributions. As we ...

Online discussion boards are one of the most commonly used activities when it comes to facilitating student engagement in an online environment. There are many benefits of using discussion boards.

We’ve all been there: rewording a classmate’s post just enough to hit the word count on a discussion board. Usually, we start with “Great point!” and then proceed to paraphrase their entire argument.