“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin is often credited with this quote that resonates with teachers as a reminder to make learning experiential.

There are many ways to learn. Obviously, the image most associated with learning is that of the class hanging on its teacher's every word. This applies fairly well to more theoretical knowledge. In ...

Pre-med students in a Biology course measure urban air quality in collaboration with citizen-scientists from the local community; students in a 300-level Business seminar design improvements to a ...

A central online resource on experiential learning for faculty and staff at Miami University. It provides an introduction to experiential and transformational teaching as an effective pedagogy, as ...

Experiential education has long been a part of Purdue University, shaping how students learn through hands-on experiences such as internships, service-learning and research. Yet, for much of the ...

Every person learns differently, usually through a combination of methods. Some companies have found that experiential learning, or learning by doing, is more effective than traditional ways of ...

Most students do not know how to work in small groups, nor do they understand the value of this way of learning. Educators know that collaboration and all its different facets hold essential skills ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. I was halfway into my sustainable agriculture lecture at UC Santa Barbara on an ...

Applied learning is a practical approach that is supported by research to increase student motivation, foster student-centered instruction, and provide real world application. It is also an ...

Kafui Kouakou grew up knowing he’d have a career in education. During his childhood in Togo, West Africa, Kouakou’s father created and led private high schools, and it was understood that Kouakou ...