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Live webinar alert: Thursday, September 18, 2025.

Shifting academic culture toward project-based learning, with practical strategies and insights on scaling PBL for lasting impact.

What does it take to build a culture of project-based learning? Join us for an enlightening webinar on Thursday, September 18, 2025, at 1pm ET (10am PT), to learn how institutions are fostering faculty engagement, building supportive infrastructure, and using industry-aligned tools to scale project-based learning (PBL) across programs.

Join Dr. Kristin Wobbe, Director of the Center for Project-Based Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Dr. Mara Woody, Riipen’s Director, Strategic Partnerships, and Josh Mitchell, Riipen’s VP of Academic Partnerships.

Together, they will share actionable strategies to:

• Build sustained faculty engagement.
• Create supportive infrastructure for scaling PBL.
• Use platforms like Riipen to streamline project sourcing, track outcomes, and connect with employers.

Discover how WPI transformed its teaching model with PBL and how you can inspire cross-campus buy-in.

Expanding horizons: Exciting partnership extension.

Bringing real-world projects into the classroom, unlocking career opportunities, and shaping brighter futures for all learners.

Riipen is thrilled to announce our extended partnership with Centennial College through 2028, supported by the ongoing investment of RBC Future Launch, to revolutionize career readiness for students.

Through this collaboration, Centennial learners gain flexible access to real-world projects that align with the changing job market, helping them build resumes, strengthen skills, and connect with employers. These experiences also support the GTA economy, particularly small- and medium-sized businesses.

Supported by RBC Future Launch, this initiative equips students with in-demand skills and ensures access to meaningful work-integrated learning opportunities that complement traditional co-op placements.

Shaping futures: WBL news & insights.

Exploring the latest stories, trends, and ideas shaping the future of experiential learning.

In this article, Dr. Mara Woody, Riipen's Director, Strategic Partnerships, discusses why U.S. states must take the lead in scaling experiential learning. She argues that a successful ecosystem requires collaboration between states, institutions, and employers.

By examining models from Virginia and Missouri, she shows how a coordinated approach can offer students hands-on learning opportunities, bridging the gap between education and employment, and benefiting local economies and the workforce.

In this op-ed, Dana Stephenson, Riipen's Co-Founder & CEO, highlights Canada's untapped talent pool as key to driving economic growth and innovation. He explains how connecting emerging talent with real-world experiences can address workforce gaps and create lasting opportunities.

Dana also advocates for using platforms like Riipen to match skilled individuals with employers, creating pathways that benefit workers and businesses, while supporting a resilient, future-ready economy.

Enhancing your experience: Platform updates.

Discover some of our latest improvements and enhancements designed to help you get the most out of Riipen.

Score column update.

The new "Score" column helps educators track learner progress easily, providing instant performance insights without extra clicks.

Team formation warning.

A helpful new warning ensures learners are properly assigned to teams before starting projects, preventing delays and confusion.

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Need support? Explore our Help Center to get the most out of these updates and find everything you need to make your Riipen experience a success.

Real stories, real impact: Hear from our community.

Celebrating the individuals—educators, employers, and learners—driving success through work-based learning experiences.

Meet Kalpdrum Passi, Professor of Computer Science at Laurentian University.

Kalpdrum wanted to provide scalable, hands-on learning for his students without overextending resources. By using Riipen, he embedded real-world software development challenges into his coursework, connecting students with start-ups and helping them gain valuable, industry-relevant experience.

Meet Dariush Daraee, Continuing Faculty at University Canada West.

Dariush integrated real-world business challenges into his Strategic Management course, bridging the gap between theory and practice. With Riipen, his students tackled industry problems, developing critical skills in communication, problem-solving, and client interaction.

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