August 28, 2019
In today’s complex world, acquiring knowledge and using tools in a single domain is insufficient to remain competitive as individuals.
December 10, 2018
Active learning features a generative component whereby students process the educational material of interest and articulate its relevance within the context of both coursework and their own lives.
July 10, 2024
Interactive presentations, as a methodological strategy, can play an important role in promoting engagement.
June 16, 2023
Structured anchors and frameworks for discussion and reflection must be implemented to increase levels of discourse, interaction, and relationship.
June 24, 2021
Shifting the passive classroom environment of a faculty lecturing and students note-taking to an interactive engaging learning environment has exposed many students to using polling such as clicker technology or online polling software. In addition, many faculty have engaged Dr. Eric Mazur’s technique of polling (Lambert, 2012) which poses questions for students to answer independently…
May 26, 2021
Quizzes are a well-established method for testing student understanding, in both forms of summative and formative assessments. To ensure that the quizzes are impactful for students, intentionality is required (Ebner & Efron, 2012). Instructors must consider that the timing, modality, and approach all influence its effectiveness. When using quizzes in alignment with learning objectives, results…
March 2, 2020
Description Case-based learning is often used in social science classes, as well as in other disciplines. This can be challenging to implement online. By dividing a class into smaller groups, and assigning a separate discussion board to each group, the groups can do their planning asynchronously and completely online, while the instructor has a complete…
December 10, 2018
Faculty are often using images and other artifacts to “chunk” content and embed them within content text to keep the interest of the learner and break-up large chunks of course materials. By using the strategy to embed questions and polling within course content, the instructor can promote student-to-content, student-to-student, and student-to-instructor interactions throughout the delivery…
December 4, 2018
Description As institutions continue to pilot and implement models where students in remote or satellite locations join an existing on-campus classroom through a videoconferencing system, the literature shows that these environments fall short as an extension of that classroom. It is not enough to add video conferencing technology where the remote students end being spectators…
December 3, 2018
Good course design involves alignment of course and lesson objectives with relevant activities and assessments.