There are no silver bullets in education but if there ever was a secret weapon educators can deploy to improve student learning, it’s metacognition. Metacognition is a meta-level awareness of ...

Recently, I had the pleasure of attending the annual conference of the Association for Continuing Higher Education. This organization is dedicated to the success of students who don’t follow the ...

Oliver Friedfeld (COL ’15) is the founder of the Treehouse Project, which seeks to broaden student’s perspectives about college life. As founder of the Treehouse Project, Oliver Friedfeld (COL ’15) is ...

Ed tech company Swivl has introduced its latest tool, Mirror, which automates helping students develop higher order skills of thought and reflection about their learning and gives teachers insights ...

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 ...

Adult students re-enter education with professional knowledge, time constraints and often a need to see direct benefits from ...

Colleges will ask what about your experiences mattered to you and why. Write down the details now while they're fresh in your ...