The Value of Self-Paced Learning: A Guide to Prayer Preview
Preview RISE Learn’s Guide to Prayer and explore the value of focused, self-paced lessons for beginners, returning learners and families.
Educator's Journal
Notes from the classroom, with the research behind them.
Essays on pedagogy, literacy, assessment and curriculum for teachers in Islamic schools: what the evidence says, and what to do with it on Monday morning.
LatestCurated Videos and Read-Aloud Tools That Support the TeacherSee how RISE Learn keeps topic-related videos and read-aloud controls beside the lesson, while giving educators room to lead the explanation themselves.Read the essay
Hope Theory in Dr. Shameeza Khan’s Doctoral Research
Explore Dr. Khan’s research with Grade 4–6 educators in an Alberta Islamic school: classroom examples, study limits and the author-uploaded dissertation.
RISE Learn on Classroom Boards, Laptops and at Home
Explore RISE Learn’s browser design: board controls, slide presentation and a page-filling fallback for teaching at school or learning at home.
Why RISE Learn Uses Virtual Demonstrations
See how RISE Learn’s lesson simulations help teachers explain changing relationships, compare predictions and connect a model to real classroom work.
The Learner Who Marks Their Own Work: Why Self-Evaluation Drives Growth
What research shows about student self-assessment, when it helps and when it does not, and how to use it in a writing lesson, a maths set and an exit slip.
Fun First: How a Game Night Turns Into Studying Without Anyone Noticing
What the research says about learning games, where gamification backfires, and how those findings shaped the games on Qur'an Adventure.
Decoding Every Word and Missing the Point: The Comprehension Gap and How to Close It
Why a fluent decoder can still miss the meaning, what reading research says about the gap, and five moves a grade 4–6 teacher can make this term.
Bridging the Gap: Bringing Adab and Akhlaq into General Academia
Why the next frontier of Islamic education in North America isn't just about Islamic studies—it's about transforming the everyday curriculum.
Have something to say to other Islamic school educators? Write for the journal.