Tag: Self-directed Learning

At a time when technology is often seen as a cause of isolation between students, self-directed learning strategies can help faculty build a stronger sense of community in online courses.

SPIN activities help instructors create more structured opportunities for students to show up to class, interact, share challenges, and surface confusion.

In a recent webinar, researchers and partners from the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative explored how colleges can provide more deliberate support for students in online courses with a new Self-Directed Learning Instructional Model.

A new Collaborative research brief examines an approach designed to help students strengthen self-directed learning habits in online courses.

This research brief reports findings from a pilot study of the Collaborative’s SDL Instructional Model, which found that faculty and students perceived the model as valuable and distinct from typical practice in online courses.

This Learning Agenda – expected in August 2026 – identifies critical knowledge gaps and prioritizes questions for investigation under four thematic areas.

College educators, instructional designers, academic leaders, and student success professionals are invited to join a public webinar at 3pm ET on July 16 to explore a new Self-Directed Learning Instructional Model.

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.

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.