It’s a common complaint among job applicants: Why does an entry-level position require two years of experience? There may be as many reasons as there are hiring managers, but you can earn the ...

A central online resource on experiential learning for faculty and staff at Miami University. It provides an introduction to experiential and transformational teaching as an effective pedagogy, as ...

Pre and post assessments are integral part of the experiential learning journey. They empower students to develop ownership of their own experiences making sense and creating meaning of the outcomes ...

There are many ways to learn. Obviously, the image most associated with learning is that of the class hanging on its teacher's every word. This applies fairly well to more theoretical knowledge. In ...

A young professional shared with me recently what she had lost due to COVID. It was not what you might expect: the lost relationships, health concerns and loss of loved ones, or even the loss of a ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. I was halfway into my sustainable agriculture lecture at UC Santa Barbara on an ...

Experiential learning is a pedagogical approach that places students as active participants in the learning process and provides intentional opportunities to reflect on and make meaning of the ...

The Experiential Learning Cycle or sometimes also called The Experiential Learning Model was developed in 1974 by Kolb. This model shows learning as a cyclic process of 1) concrete experience, 2) ...

Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn. (Lovett et ...