Book Excerpt
Unlearning to Learn:
Active learning is widely accepted as more effective than passive learning, yet it’s still not the norm.
When we built Minerva University, we designed an evidence-based pedagogical approach, Fully Active Learning, based on decades of research and experience in the learning science. In this book excerpt, we share:
- 16 principles based on the science of learning that underpin our pedagogical approach.
- Strategies to overcome common challenges to implementing Fully Active Learning.
Book Excerpt
A New Look at General Education
What is the purpose of a general education curriculum—to give students knowledge, or to give learners the ability to apply it? General education should provide a set of tools, akin to a cognitive operating system.
When we built Minerva University, we designed a new foundation centered on durable, interdisciplinary skills. In this book excerpt, we share:
- How to redesign your general education curriculum for modern learners
- How to structure courses so learners can apply concepts across different contexts and disciplines
- How to overcome common challenges to modernizing general education
This excerpt is from our book, Building the Intentional University (MIT Press, 2017).
White Paper
A Systematic Approach to Authentic Assessment
As a university leader, how do you shift from assessing progress in each course individually, to assessing learning across the curriculum? Are you measuring the acquisition of knowledge or the application of it? Does assessment reform fall solely on faculty?
In Minerva’s white paper, you’ll learn:
- How to assess specific, measurable learning outcomes
- Why multidimensional assessment matters
- How to make assessment a collective institutional effort
- How technology should enable the assessment system
