Across U.S. higher education, the instructor faces the challenge of teaching the course’s learning outcomes, content, and skills to an increasingly diverse student population in a limited amount of time. Reaching these students will increase the chances that they will…
Across U.S. higher education, the instructor faces the challenge of teaching the course’s learning outcomes, content, and skills to an increasingly diverse student population in a limited amount of time. Reaching these students will increase the chances that they will…
Facilitator Name: Angela Lanier Distinguish gamification from game-based learning, Describe several game mechanics, their purposes and examples of each, and Identify which game mechanics can target learningbehaviors relevant to your course. Download Using Game Mechanics to Motivate Learning Behaviors Presentation…
Facilitators: Leah Sneider & Angela Lanier The Lab Hosts create a lab based on a theme that correlates with the course but without necessarily relying on specific course content so that any student from across disciplines could jump in and…
Pedagogical Discussion World Class Learners: Educating Entrepreneurial and Creative Students Facilitated by Heather Satrom and Carol Moore Friday, December 8, 2017 2:00-3:00pm TP/SS CM 220 In today’s rapidly changing economy, are colleges doing enough to prepare students for the world…
Students play the role(s) of some moving aspect of a process. Different parts of the classroom can be key stations/stops to represent parts of a process. Download Role Playing a Process Presentation
I put a written program on an accessible location that is "read only" for students. The students copy it and run it, and then I ask them to modify it. Download Modify An Existing Program Presentation
The purpose of the One Sentence Summary assessment technique is to have students summarize completely and concisely significant information in one sentence, using Who? Does What? To What or Whom? When? Where? How? Why? After answering these questions, students formulate…
Although the title suggests this technique is for math and science courses, humanities, social science, art, and English faculty have used it equally effectively. The purpose is to have students become aware of how they arrived at the answer, not…
The instructor stops class 2-3 minutes early and asks students to briefly answer some version of the following two questions: “What was the most important thing you learned today during class?” and “What important question remains unanswered?” Download One-Minute Paper…