Nov 6, 2025
NEW IDEAS The Internet ended the era of information scarcity. Intelligent systems are ending the era of creative scarcity. Both revolutions call for an education model that values thinking, empathy, and agency over memorization or efficiency. Challenge Based...
Oct 28, 2025
NEW IDEAS Return to New Ideas Why do some learners light up when facing a difficult challenge while others disengage the moment the task feels uncertain? The answer, as decades of research suggest, may lie not in ability or grit but in how the learning environment...
Sep 27, 2023
NEW IDEAS Return to New Ideas A key element of CBL is identifying Guiding Questions – not just the ones given to us by an authoritative source but every question we can pull from the most diverse audience we can find. By asking lots of questions, we expand our...
Aug 22, 2023
NEW IDEAS Return to New Ideas The fusion of Challenge-Based Learning and MBE science provides educators with a powerful framework for learning how to learn. By capitalizing on the brain’s natural learning processes, CBL integrates real-world challenges,...
Apr 24, 2023
NEW IDEAS Return to New Ideas For a challenge to be a challenge, there needs to be a sense of adventure. When we set boundaries, there must be enough space to explore, get lost, struggle, and feel apprehensive. We also need to be aware of the participant’s...
Mar 22, 2023
NEW IDEAS Return to New Ideas To understand Essential Questioning, we need to start with a clear sense of the purpose of the Engage phase. The purpose of the Engage phase is to move from a Big Idea to an actionable Challenge. So, in the Engage phase, the questioning...
