Social engagement: Playing an analog game typically brings students together. Initial student interactions are functional: ...

Gamification: educational games allow students to access their innate capacity to enjoy learning. Popular applications (Kahoot, Quizizz) allow for the creation of simple quiz games students can play ...

Academic instructors, hired for their content expertise, are rarely trained in skills like classroom facilitation or community-building. But successful collaborative learning requires a degree of ...

K-12 educators sometimes use the terms “collaborative learning” and “cooperative learning” interchangeably when discussing students working together in the classroom. But the two terms carry distinct ...

Game-based learning takes advantage of the natural interest of play to attain certain learning goals. It turns basic academic and cognitive skills ...

Technology transforms K-12 education by enhancing engagement, personalizing learning, and fostering collaboration. K-12 tech innovation news demonstrates how edtech tools like immersive experiences, ...

Indrani Dey is a PhD student in Learning Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying under Dr. Sadhana Puntambekar. At iSAT, she works with Dr. Puntambekar to investigate how students’ ...

The debate over online versus in-person classroom learning in K-12 education rages on, driven by concerns over student engagement, academic performance, and social-emotional development. Advocates of ...