“On Writing” is a video podcast hosted by Jim Groom and Team Reclaim and for this episode we are thrilled to welcome Dr Catherine Cronin. Catherine is an ind...

"And perhaps that’s the thread connecting critical thinking, citizenship, and democracy: they all depend on an uneasy kind of freedom. The freedom to make mistakes, to challenge others, and to remain in disagreement – without anyone being lectured on what the 'right' way to think is." https://theeconomyofmeaning.com/2025/10/28/do-you-really-want-students-to-think-critically/ #PKMastery

Or lack thereof

I’ve been teaching—with kids and adults, in schools and online—since 2005. But not this academic year. As the new year starts, ten provocations about education are on my mind. Perhaps one wil…

A recent Chronicle of Higher Education essay suggests that classrooms are nonsocial spaces where facilitating belonging is not within educators' scope of practice. We forcefully disagree.

In this special collaborative episode with the L&S Exchange Podcast, we explore how college changes what we trust and what higher ed can do to become more trustworthy. With special guest philosopher Tony Laden, author of Networks of Trust: The Social Costs of Higher Education and What We Can Do About Them (2024). Aftershow featuring the L&S Instructional Design Collaborative and UW–Madison philosophy professor Harry Brighouse. Notes: "20 Things Teachers Do" by Tim Brighouse Produced by Carrie Welsh and Jennifer McCord. Thanks to Avrie Marsolek, James Dempsey, and Tony Laden. And a special thanks to the L&S Exchange for collaborating with us on this episode. We are grateful to Merit library at UW–Madison for the use of their recording space.

Joe Hoyle reflects on his decades-long teaching career, revealing how the most impactful classrooms are built on trust, ambition, and collaboration. He chall...

Instead of a multiple-choice final, try ending the semester with one last, memorable learning experience.

Edited by Janice Miller-Young and Nancy L. Chick, this collection explores what it looks like to be a SoTL scholar, and how to get there by design.

In a context of permanent learning, we are interested in experiences that transcend the conventional spaces used for transferring knowledge.

Education always plays a central role – whether in a visible or a veiled way – in any ideological project. For anyone backing the transformation of the world...