The Doer Effect is a long-standing principle that students who engage with more practice have higher learning gains than those who simply read text or watch a video. Originally published a decade ago, ...

7 Questions with Lumen Learning Founders Kim Thanos and David Wiley Over the past decade, Lumen Learning has expanded its focus on open educational resources to encompass courseware, professional ...

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. K–12 schools have endured unprecedented ...

A novel computer algorithm, or set of rules, that accurately predicts the orbits of planets in the solar system could be adapted to better predict and control the behavior of the plasma that fuels ...

(This is the final post in a four-part series. You can see Part One here, Part Two here, and Part Three here.) The new question-of-the-week is: How can we encourage students to develop their own ...

Given that the youngest schoolchildren are part of the touch-screen generation, the question of whether they’re too wet behind the ears for online learning has shifted to a more complex concern: ...

The importance of learning and development (L&D) in companies—at all stages—is becoming even more important to productivity and employee satisfaction, as well as company performance and employee ...

I was a curious child and always enjoyed learning. I was fascinated by the seemingly endless amount of knowledge out there and was so excited every time I learned a new mathematical principle or ...

School districts across the country are debating just how to go ahead with the school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic as parents are weighing the options of having children learn at home or sending ...

I’ve known about Jessica Metzler’s work through her roles at Brown University and Minerva Project. When I saw on LinkedIn that Jessica is starting a new gig as director of online learning at ...

Cristi Ford and I first met when she was the assistant vice provost for learning innovation initiatives at the University of Maryland Global Campus. In 2022, Cristi joined D2L, first as a vice ...

Moving forward requires focus. Mashable's Social Good Series is dedicated to exploring pathways to a greater good, spotlighting issues that are essential to making the world a better place. As a new ...