Tag: Postsecondary Learning

Despite the increasing popularity of online learning, remote and hybrid courses pose challenges for students. To help address these challenges, the Collaborative has developed an Instructional Model with simple strategies that target belonging, metacognition, and other self-directed learning (SDL) skills students need to succeed in online courses.

Join us at NARST’s 2026 International Conference in Seattle for a discussion of how technology-based interventions can help college students develop self-directed learning (SDL) skills in online STEM courses.

Join us on April 24 for Achieving the Dream’s 2026 Teaching and Learning Summit: Future-Ready Pedagogy, a free, virtual event that will explore how community colleges can strengthen student learning in a world shaped by technology with practical strategies.

Join us for the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2026 Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, held virtually from March 18 to 20, 2026.

Join us at Achieving the Dream’s annual flagship event, DREAM, for a discussion of how online college courses can better support student motivation, engagement, and help-seeking behaviors.

Collaborative researchers Hannah Cheever and Ellen Wasserman unveiled a set of research-based strategies designed to improve teaching and learning in online college STEM courses at a recent conference for instructional designers.

Three students enrolled in courses that piloted the Collaborative’s Instructional Model share their experiences using evidence-backed strategies to foster and reinforce learning skills.

Join us at the WCET 37th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado from October 21-23, where higher education professionals and practitioners will explore and discuss the latest advancements in digital learning.

Join us for the International Society for Self-Directed Learning’s annual symposium in Tampa, FL, for a discussion of the Collaborative’s efforts to support the development of self-directed learning skills in online college settings.

Join us at Achieving the Dream’s annual flagship event, DREAM, for a discussion of technology-enabled instructional strategies designed to grow students’ self-directed learning in online STEM courses.