<p>Matthew Mahavongtrakul shares about active learning that engages all learners on episode 603 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br /> <div id="" class="one-half first divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Quotes from the episode</h2> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20790" src="https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TIHE603-1.png" alt="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?" width="930" height="620" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TIHE603-1.png 930w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:200/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TIHE603-1.png 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:768/h:512/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TIHE603-1.png 768w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:600/h:400/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TIHE603-1.png 600w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:360/h:240/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TIHE603-1.png 360w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TIHE603-1.png 2x" sizes="(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px" /></p> <p>You don&#8217;t need to change your entire course tomorrow. What is one simple thing that you can do that will push you on the path?<br /> &#8211; Matthew Mahavongtrakul</p> <p>&#8220;The number one kind of piece of pushback that I get from faculty is I just simply cannot cover everything.&#8221;<br /> &#8211; Matthew Mahavongtrakul</p> <p>&#8220;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.&#8221;<br /> &#8211; Matthew Mahavongtrakul</p> <p></div><div id="" class="one-half divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://dtei.uci.edu/opportunities/faculty/active-learning-institute-ali/">UC Irvine Division of Teaching Excellence &#38; Innovation’s Active Learning Institute</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.stephenbrookfield.com/">Stephen Brookfield</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.toddzakrajsek.com/">Todd Zakrajsek</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/if-you-care-about-it-do-it-in-class">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</a></li> <li><a href="https://teachinginhighered.com/171">Why Students Resist Learning with Anton Tolman on Episode 171</a></li> <li><a href="https://notsubrand.com/collections/notsu-centre">Notsu Notes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.drlilyabadal.com/drafted-workbook.html">Lily Abadal’s workbook, outlining her process of having students write a research paper throughout her entire class</a></li> <li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/aktange.bsky.social/post/3lu3myssu2k2v">Bluesky post of Andrea Kaston Tange sharing about her reading scenario experimentation</a></li> <li><a href="https://podnetwork.org/annual-conference/">POD Network Conference</a></li> </ul> <p></div></p>