Teaching Design Thinking to Solve Real World Problems
Professors at Appalachian State University empower students to use design thinking, solve serious problems and initiate change.
Why You Want a Noisy School Library: Q+A
The addition of an Active Learning Center helped the University of Saint Mary in Kansas take an active learning philosophy campuswide.
Active Learning Symposium Connects Educators
Steelcase Education hosted the first Active Learning Symposium partnering with educators to share research, foster community and advance active learning.
Educause Features Steelcase Education ALC Partner
An active learning champion from the University of Saint Mary in Kansas shared her school’s active learning journey at Educause.
School District Rethinks Creativity + Collaboration
How do you bring back the “buzz” in our schools? Dan Behm, superintendent of Forest Hills Public Schools in Grand Rapids, Michigan, wanted to banish boring and reinvigorate students, teachers and staff at all levels. Steelcase’s Applied Research + Consulting team worked with his district to rethink curiosity, collaboration and communication.
Active 8th Graders
A renovation of a district’s schools, Hall Middle, helped propel the administration and faculty to embrace active learning.
Three Takeaways from Learning Spaces Symposium
Research and stories from the field showcased the full scope of how space affects learning at the Transitions North America symposium.
Harnessing the Power of Active Learning Environments
The Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change (ILETC) research project is helping educators optimize active learning environments.
Activating the Classroom
It’s just one of nearly 300 classrooms on the five campuses of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, but it’s had an outsized impact at the institution.
Listen: Strategies + Techniques to Engage Students
Two educators passionate about active learning share their strategies and techniques for engaging students. Dr. Julie Marshall, teacher from South Carolina’s Saluda Trail Middle School, and Randy Hall, an educational technology facilitator at the Lower Hudson Regional Information Center in New York, discuss how to reimagine and reinvent classrooms to break down barriers, develop trust and prepare students for the future.
Educators Highlight Active Learning at Scale at ISTE
Steelcase Education promotes active learning at scale at the 2017 ISTE Conference. Two educators share their insights on transforming education.
Verb Active Media Table Activates Large Classrooms
The Verb Active Media Table houses built-in, retractable media to bridge the gap between students, instructors and content.