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Silence in the classroom can be disconcerting. This site presents eight simple tips for restarting the conversation.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Discussion
"instructors and students alike are growing tired of the discussion board formula,” this article describes “innovative approaches [that] point…
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Discussion
This paper discusses: (1) strengths and limitations of classroom discussion; (2) creating the expectation for student participation in discussion; (3…
Type: Article
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Discussion
Tips for addressing the challenges of online discussion and for maximizing its advantages.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Discussion
Describes the advantages of rubrics and provides examples of rubrics used for paper assignments, projects, oral presentations, and class…
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback Formative Assessment, Rubrics and Checklists, Summative Assessment
Managing large enrollment classes online.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Courses
Managing large enrollment classes online.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Collaborative Learning, Online Courses
Managing large enrollment classes online.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Formative Assessment, Online Courses, Summative Assessment
Short activities providing opportunities for students to engage with the material in meaningful ways, for building community, and for reducing…
Type: Report
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Large Enrollment Classes, Student Response Systems
Strategies to help faculty manage challenge of teaching large classes: student engagement, grading, cheating, logistics, technology integration.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning
Suggestions for managing and building active learning opportunities into large classes and for supporting teaching assistants.
Type: Video
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Classroom Response Systems
Alternative teaching and course management techniques to get students actively involved in large classes while keeping the faculty workload…
Type: Report
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning
This tool guides faculty in step-by-step fashion to build effective learning objectives at all levels of the revised Bloom’s taxonomy for the…
Type: Tool
Course Design Objectives
A brief primer on writing good learning objectives.
Type: Website
Course Design Objectives
A journal to “encourage the study of practices and pedagogies associated with ePortfolio in educational settings.”
Type: Article
Assessment and Feedback, Student Success ePortfolio, Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment
An overview of e-Portfolios, a sample rubric for evaluating e-portfolios, examples of e-Portfolios, and additional resources.
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback, Student Success ePortfolio, Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment
Examples of ePortfolios for learning, assessment, and professional development and employment.
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback, Student Success ePortfolio, Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment
CaPS video tutorial provides guidance for building your own portfolio.
Type: Video
Assessment and Feedback, Student Success Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment
Library of practical teaching techniques addressing many dimensions of learning and is searchable by Teaching Environment, Activity Type, Teaching…
Type: Video
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Discussion, Objectives
An example of Backward Design in a Cell Biology course
Type: Video
Course Design Backward Design, Lesson/Module Planning, Objectives, Syllabus Design