Jan. 2, 2026
Active Learning That Engages All Learners, with Matthew Mahavongtrakul
Matthew Mahavongtrakul shares about active learning that engages all learners on episode 603 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
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Quotes from the episode

You don’t need to change your entire course tomorrow. What is one simple thing that you can do that will push you on the path?
– Matthew Mahavongtrakul
“The number one kind of piece of pushback that I get from faculty is I just simply cannot cover everything.”
– Matthew Mahavongtrakul
“I think at the crux of it, it is the shift in mentality between us as being, as we say, the sage on the stage to being a facilitator in the classroom.”
– Matthew Mahavongtrakul
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Resources
- UC Irvine Division of Teaching Excellence & Innovation’s Active Learning Institute
- Stephen Brookfield
- Todd Zakrajsek
- You Care About It, Do It in Class: Why faculty members need to shift the balance of class time from first exposure to skills practice
- Why Students Resist Learning with Anton Tolman on Episode 171
- Notsu Notes
- Lily Abadal’s workbook, outlining her process of having students write a research paper throughout her entire class
- Bluesky post of Andrea Kaston Tange sharing about her reading scenario experimentation
- POD Network Conference
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