About POGIL

The POGIL Project

The POGIL Project (pogil.org) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that brings together like-minded educators who wish to effect change within education. Project members work to disseminate its unique pedagogy, POGIL, at the secondary and college levels through professional development workshops as well as the production of curricular materials.

See the following pages (on pogil.org) for more information:

• What is POGIL?
• About The POGIL Project
• Frequently Asked Questions

CS POGIL History

In the early 2010s, faculty began adapting POGIL’s team-based approach in CS courses. These grassroots efforts led to the first NSF-funded CS-POGIL Project, which focused on developing, piloting, and disseminating classroom activities for courses such as Data Structures, Algorithms, and Software Engineering. The project emphasized not only high-quality instructional materials, but also faculty workshops, conference presentations, and research to support implementation.

Building on that foundation, the IntroCS-POGIL Project studied the adoption and implementation of POGIL in CS1 courses using enhanced professional development practices. Multi-institution collaborations strengthened both the research base and the growing instructor community.

CS-POGIL has grown beyond individual grants into a sustained, collaborative network of educators. Today, the community maintains a large and evolving collection of classroom activities spanning introductory through advanced topics. Workshops, conference sessions, and research publications continue to support instructors who want to increase student engagement, deepen conceptual understanding, and build collaborative problem-solving skills in their courses.