Susan Harrington has her Master's in Nursing Education and her PhD in nursing from Wayne State University. Dr. Harrington is chair of the MNRS' Nursing Educational Research Group. Additionally, she is the chair of GVSU's Assessment Committee and was honored with the university's Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award (2015). Innovative teaching, learning, and assessment strategies are implemented in her classroom quite effectively. Dr. Harrington teaches undergraduate, prelicensure, and second-degree students. Her philosophy of teaching is grounded in the belief that active learning is a crucial element of effective teaching. Students must be dynamic in developing their own education. To encourage the challenge of taking ownership of their own education and learning, class outlines are used. These clearly state the knowledge needed to effectively participate in class. In addition, the outlines state skills will be acquired in the classroom. Constructivism and active learning promote the importance of collaborative learning and student participation. Learning is a creative, inventive, individual, and deliberate act performed by the student. One of the key elements of all active learning approaches is individual responsibility for learning (Berry, 2008). This philosophy has been operationalized through enhanced, intentional student engagement in the form of one-minute papers; interactive synchronous technology; think, pair, share; and collaborative learning. Dr. Harrington's structuring and implementation of classroom learning activities have been developed in randomized research. Her presentations have been shared locally as well as nationally.