Sarah Blum-Smith

Sarah Blum-Smith is an educator and scholar whose work focuses on learner-centered teaching, student-directed learning, and online education. She co-authored Start with Questions: The Classroom as Design Studio with Karen Brennan, a book examining how K–12 teachers support students in pursuing meaningful projects and ideas.

Blum-Smith also co-authored the research article “Stepping back and stepping in: Facilitating learner-centered experiences in MOOCs,” published in 2021 with Maxwell M. Yurkofsky and Karen Brennan.