Classroom Management
Be a R A P T O R R - Respectful of self and others. Treat your students the way you want them to treat you. Practice Empathy - remember that your students’ world is as real as your own.…
The Four C’s of 21st Century Learner
Teaching in a Digital Age The Four C’s of 21st-century learning – critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity are an emergent approach for teaching in the digital age. The video series below offers practical advice and strategies to support the…
Critical Thinking and Information Literacy
What Is Critical Thinking? We frequently apply critical thinking skills when we ask questions, read an article, watch television, listen a radio broadcast, and in many others instances. The uses of critical thinking depend on many factors including the subject matter, our background experiences,…
Flipped Learning
What is Flipped Learning? According to the Flipped Learning Network (2014), “Flipped Learning is a pedagogical approach in which direct instruction moves from the group learning space to the individual learning space, and the resulting group space is transformed into…
Scaffolding
What is Scaffolding? According to the Glossary of Education Reform, “scaffolding refers to a variety of instructional techniques used to move students progressively toward stronger understanding and, ultimately, greater independence in the learning process” (2015, para. 1). Scaffolding involves breaking up the learning skill, activity,…
Active Learning
What is Active Learning? Teaching for active learning is a teaching approach in which the instructor designs and implements classroom activities around new knowledge to be learned. These learning activities offer students an ongoing opportunity to engage with the new knowledge during the lesson/unit/course. Engagement consist of…
Modeling
Modeling What is Modeling Showing someone how to do something may be the oldest form of instruction. Chances are, you can recall learning how to tie your shoes or how to ride a bicycle, and most likely, you were taught…
Teaching Tips and Strategies
Instructors are always looking for ways to keep students active and engaged in their classes. Techniques which require a greater degree of participation and challenge the learners to think more deeply about the content usually yield more productive class sessions and greater interest…
Copyright Resources
What is Copyright? Copyright is a type of intellectual property that protects original works of authorship as soon as an author fixes the work in a tangible form of expression. Visit https://www.copyright.gov/ to learn more about the basics of copyright.…
Learning Theories and Pedagogical Approaches
Learning Theories Theories of how humans learn in the 20th and 21st centuries include behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, and most recently, connectivism. The following article describes the theories in brief and offers thumbnail sketches of practical applications instructors can employ. Behaviorism…