Early this year, after the pandemic had moved my classroom online, a student asked if we could try “silent meetings” in a course I was teaching. At first I assumed that, like many of us, he was just ...

Whenever you lead a class discussion, you naturally want to see your students eagerly participating. It shows they’re engaged, and that’s surely a prerequisite for learning. But too often academics ...

A few years ago, we hired an adjunct professor to teach a three-hour night class. After a few weeks, he came to us in frustration because he couldn’t get the students to discuss the material, and when ...

Group work refers to learning experiences in which students work together on the same task. Group work can help build a positive and engaging learning community through peer learning and teaching.

A class at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business uses an AI agent to record student conversations, analyze their ...

Small-group work is perhaps the most touted recommendation in the world of teaching. It is a foundational method for building inclusive classrooms and lies at the heart of some of the most innovative ...

The power of a group is undeniable. Group discussions bring the synergy of connection, insight, and joy to the forefront. A popular area of focus for group discussions is books – fiction and ...

Our Harvard co-founder Nimrod “Nim” Ravid ’25 opened the discussion by introducing the group, which he said was born from campus tensions surrounding Israel and Palestine in the past year. “After ...