Active Learning
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Promoting Academic Communities and Engagement (PACE)
PACE is a VPUE initiative to recenter classroom learning as the fundamental driver of student self-transformation at Stanford.
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Hands-on MBA course explores human flourishing and AI
Reports on "AI for Human Flourishing," a course incorporating vibe coding, field trips, and a hour-long final conversation with AI experts from a range of fields
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‘You can’t outsource critical thinking’
COLLEGE 102 assignment asked students to write policy memos and discusses "understanding checks"
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Instructors and students explore the advanced technology of Wallenberg Learning Space
Students and instructors are making the most of the technology in one of Stanford’s advanced classrooms after a major upgrade.
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Dennis Sun’s mission to make statistics more relatable
The incoming data science program director uses beach balls, taste tests, and other unlikely teaching tools to make introductory courses relevant for students across majors.
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Student-curated exhibit from Introduction to Museum Practice course
Students gained hands-on experience curating an exhibit on West Mexican ceramics.
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Ed course on curriculum construction partners with community
Students craft curricula for local organizations
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Leading Discussions in the Humanities & Social Sciences for TAs
Strategies to encourage student participation in discussion sections in the humanities and social sciences.
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Strategies for Leading Sections in Science and Engineering for TAs
Designing and executing sections that effectively complement lecture content and help your students achieve mastery of the course learning goals.
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Writing to Engage
Design low-stakes, ungraded, and creative writing prompts and activities to improve student engagement with and understanding of course readings and other materials.
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Student experiential learning on advance equipment: spectrometry, DNA sequencing, nanofabrication, and more
Stanford Report on course grants for working with University's core facilities
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Teaching Stanford's history
Description of Education 147: Stanford and Its Worlds, 1885–Present from Stanford Report
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Furniture and tech upgrades are transforming classrooms and learning
Stanford Report gives updates on the Stanford Classrooms Reimagined initiative.
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Small group activities
These activities can help structure small group learning in person and online.
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Best ways to use Slack for teaching
These recommendations will help you determine if Slack is the right tool for your situation (Part 1 of 3)
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Promoting Student Metacognition
Teach students how to use any learning activity or assessment to identify their own learning gaps and improve their study strategies.
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How do you create a hands-on laboratory class in an online world?
In the era of COVID-19, a team of chemical engineering educators rethink a capstone lab class for seniors.
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Learning to enrich face-to-face instruction
How Online/Pandemic Teaching Practices Can Enrich Face-to-Face Instruction
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Live polling
Polling can be a versatile strategy for active and engaging learning.
