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Foster Creativity, Collaboration, and Student Choice using Digital Storytelling

November 13, 2017
When an assignment offers students an opportunity to demonstrate learning through creativity, peer and small group collaboration, integration of technology of choice, and learning by sharing, aligning with student learning outcomes becomes simple. Digital storytelling as a strategy can provide evidence of the integration of complex to simple concepts learned within the discipline, while requiring…

Use Google Educational Apps to Foster Online Collaborations

October 20, 2016
Description In the 21st century modern education is becoming increasingly complex due to the technological environment within which it operates. This new environment offers exciting new possibilities but also raises challenges. Low cost, ubiquity, accessibility and ease of use are all potential affordances, which are making social media technologies an attractive option for transforming teaching…

About TOPR

July 23, 2024
The Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) is an invaluable open resource for faculty and instructional designers dedicated to enhancing online and blended teaching strategies. Although TOPR is currently operated from the University of Central Florida, TOPR serves as a comprehensive repository that showcases a wide range of teaching strategies, each meticulously drawn from the real-world…

Using VoiceThread to Assess and Provide Feedback in a Pronunciation Course

July 10, 2024
VoiceThread, a cloud-based platform, is used to assess and provide feedback in an online asynchronous pronunciation course for adult English Language Learners (ELLs). As an interactive collaboration tool, VoiceThread allows for an online classroom where students and instructors can see and hear each other via recordings.  Using VoiceThread in this online asynchronous pronunciation class students…

Using a Business Proposal to Develop Students’ Problem-Solving Skills and Entrepreneurship

October 24, 2023
The current technology-infused and globalized job market is putting pressure on students to apply knowledge and use it to solve complex problems (Pham & Sampson, 2022). As a result, instructors in higher education often encounter difficulty in designing and guiding learning experiences that are relevant and like what students could face in their jobs (Talbert…

Encourage Transparency and Accountability for Group Oral Presentations

July 20, 2023
Description Developing oral communication skills is included as a learning objective for many general education programs and courses, however, implementation and assessment of such skills varies by course and instructor (Sapia et al., 2020).  Different forms of oral communication are incorporated into online introductory or upper-level courses. These include synchronous discussions as well as more…

A New Paradigm: Addressing Complex Challenges with Transdisciplinary Skills

July 20, 2023
The evolving societal and professional landscape requires attention towards complex and future-oriented contexts. These include the processes and impact of digital information, technological advancements such as robotics, AI and automation, as well as global interconnectedness and the multiple opportunities that arise from these (OECD, 2021a). Conversely, it is essential to combat threats to basic human…