Peer teaching provides several benefits for students including more individualized learning time, promoting active learning through direct student interaction, reinforcing learning for peer teachers, and creating a comfortable learning environment. It also saves institutions money compared to hiring additional staff. The proposal advocates formalizing peer learning in college curriculums to better prepare students for a changing workforce where peer learning will play an important role. It asks attendees to join a panel discussion on concrete peer learning options, how it can help students transition to careers, and steps universities can take to support peer-to-peer learning.

1. SXSW EDU Proposal
2019

2. Empowering Peer-to-Peer
Learning on College Campuses

3. The main benefits of peer teaching include, but are not limited to, the
following:
Students receive more time for individualized learning.
Direct interaction between students promotes active learning.
Peer teachers reinforce their own learning by instructing others.
Students feel more comfortable and open when interacting with a
peer.
Peers and students share a similar discourse, allowing for greater
understanding.
Peer teaching is a financially efficient alternative to hiring more staff
members.
Teachers receive more time to focus on the next lesson.

4. ‘Teaching peers is one of the best
ways to develop mastery”
Jeff Attwood, Stack Overflow

5. Peer learning is receiving an increasingly
important role in a changing workforce.
It may be time to formalize peer learning within
higher education’s required curriculum.

6. 1. What types of concrete options do
students have for peer learning and peer
teaching?

7. 2. How can peer-to-peer empowerment help
bridge the gap from higher education into
the workforce?

8. 3. What steps can universities take to provide
better policy to promote peer-to-peer
learning?

9. Join our panel!