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This is the Northern Michigan University's Active Learning Catalysts Community Portal. This project is increasing the adoption of technology-enhanced active learning in classes taught by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty. Student-centered active learning techniques and incorporation of technology into teaching have both been identified as having positive effects on learning in STEM disciplines. However, barriers to these approaches—including lack of time, institutional support, and training, as well as the prevalence of traditional classrooms designed for passive lectures—have prevented their broad adoption.

The Active Learning Catalysts project addresses those barriers by:

1. Facilitating the implementation of technologically-enhanced active learning by developing a cohort of six STEM focal point faculty (Catalysts) who are immersing themselves in active learning pedagogy, redesigning their own courses, and serving as models for their peers,
2. Establishing a student-centered technology-rich studio classroom designed to support active learning pedagogy, and
3. Assessing the effectiveness of technologies used in active learning pedagogy in order to provide best practice recommendations.

These efforts are increasing incorporation of active learning into all STEM disciplines at NMU. The program is replicable, enhancing the likelihood of transformational change in STEM education and broadening participation in the sciences.'

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