Perusall Engage

Designed for anyone interested in teaching and learning, Perusall Engage is a community reading event that allows participants to engage with the authors, engage with each other, and engage with the book content in our social reading platform. Plus, you can participate at your own pace and on your schedule.

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Some leading book publishers who partner with Perusall. The logos include Pearson, Wiley, Stylus, OpenStax, Penguin Random House, Norton, and more.,

Are you interested in hosting a book event through your Center for Teaching and Learning? Do you have a book publishing in 2024 on teaching and learning? Contact us.

Engage with the authors

Ask questions, give feedback, and engage with the authors as you read. Get access to curated resources and advice.

Engage with the content

The event is asynchronous so you can read at your own pace and on your own schedule. Start conversation threads, upvote particularly useful observations, have some fun with emojis or GIFs and keep the conversation lively.

Engage with the participants

The Perusall platform allows participants to exchange ideas,  experiences, and build a sense of community while reading collaboratively.

What does it cost?

There is a $15 fee to access the book.  A discount coupon will be provided for attendees who wish to purchase a print copy after the event.

Current Engage Book Events

May 13th - June 9th, 2024

Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning

by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson

May 13th through June 9th, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already underway, impacting and challenging ideas about creativity, authorship, and education. This book offers a practical guide to how faculty can harness and manage AI as a research, work and teaching tool.

Join us for a 4-week asynchronous, author-facilitated, communal reading experience on José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson’s book, Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning.

This event culminates in a special LIVE episode of Social Learning Amplified at Perusall Exchange® 2024! Learn more.

Join the Engage event course.

Book cover of 'Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning' by Jose Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson

Past Engage Book Events

Est 2023

Cover of Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology by Dr. Michelle D. Miller.

Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology

by Dr. Michelle D. Miller

February 26th through March 22nd, 2024

Memory is still important for learning even in an age of smartphones, search engines, and AI. This book offers college teachers an engaging introduction to how memory works and how it’s affected by technology, with advice on how to help students build the knowledge they need to succeed.

Cover of 'Ludic Pedagogy: A Seriously Fun Way to Teach and Learn" by Sharon Lauricella and T. Keith Edmunds

Ludic Pedagogy: A Seriously Fun Way to Teach and Learn

by Sharon Lauricella & T. Keith Edmunds

January 15th through February 9th, 2024

Ludic Pedagogy: A Seriously Fun Way to Teach and Learn outlines why and how having fun and positive experiences in college and university classes (and not just at social events or parties) leads to increased student success in face-to-face, hybrid, hyflex, or online environments. It provides readers with the Ludic Pedagogy model, together with how instructors can employ the elements of the model – play, playfulness, and positivity – in the courses that they teach.

Book cover of Grading for Growth by David Clark and Robert Talbert

Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices That Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education

by David Clark & Robert Talbert

January 15th through February 9th, 2024

Are you satisfied with your current and traditional grading system? Does it accurately reflect your students’ learning and progress? Can it be gamed? Does it lead to grade-grubbing and friction with your students? The authors of this book offer readers a fundamentally more effective and authentic approach to grading that they have implemented for over a decade.

Visual of 'Design for Learning' by Jenae Cohn, focusing on innovative online instructional design.

Design for Learning: User Experience in Online Teaching and Learning

by Jenae Cohn

January 15th through February 9th, 2024


Online learning can be so dull. Enter Design for Learning. Whether you’re a novice or experienced online instructional designer, you’ll learn how to apply industry best practices, how-to examples, powerful templates, and compelling activities to craft compelling instructional content for text, audio, and video. Read, enjoy, and create online learning experiences that will never be called “dull”!

Book cover of 'Critical Teaching Behaviors' by Lauren Barbeau and Claudia Cornejo Happel

Critical Teaching Behaviors: Defining, Documenting, and Discussing Good Teaching

by Lauren Barbeau and Claudia Cornejo Happel

May 1st through May 31st, 2023

Do your teaching behaviors promote student success? Can you build a persuasive case demonstrating your teaching effectiveness? Critical Teaching Behaviors can help you identify behaviors that lead to improved student outcomes and guide you in documenting and discussing your teaching achievements with colleagues.

Book cover of the Principles of Marketing for a Digital Age by Tracy L. Tuten.

Principles of Marketing for a Digital Age, 2e

by Tracy Tuten

April 3rd through April 30th, 2023

Read Principles of Marketing for a Digital Age, 2e collaboratively with other marketing instructors from around the world, share your best classroom strategies for effective learning and interact with content socially through Perusall.

Sage Publishing
and Perusall have partnered to provide a new kind of textbook review: an asynchronous reading event of the award-winning Principles of Marketing for a Digital Age, 2e.

Cover of 'Grading for Growth' by David Clark & Robert Talbert, highlighting alternative grading strategies.

Perusall/University of Glasgow Global Reading Event: Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

February 9th through March 30th, 2023


The University of Glasgow's global reading group provides the opportunity for academics, alumni, students, and the public to join together as a global community to read and discuss Adam Smith’s work through examining the Wealth of Nations.