Be more effective in the classroomAre you interested in learning more about instructional design, drafting your course syllabus, strategies for group work, getting students to read or pay attention in class, creating writing assignments, the flipped classroom model, or making your lectures more interactive? We’ve got you covered. See the links below for tips and best practices.
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Resources
Syllabus
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Getting Started
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Canvas Course and Technology OrientationDesign introductory “learn the technology” activities to increase student success. Learn how to guide online learners with orientation through Quality Matters best practices.
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Online/Hybrid Course DesignWhat makes your class a learning experience? The task put forward to instructors designing a hybrid or online course is deciding how to create those learning experiences and not just deliver content.
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Effective Online Discussion PracticesExplore ways discussion can be used to facilitate interaction (student-content, student-instructor and student-student) and encourage critical thinking.
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Toolboxes
Project Based LearningProject Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge.
Making Lectures More InteractiveNumerous studies have demonstrated that students retain little of our lectures, and research on determining the “average attention span,” while varying, seems to congregate around eight to ten minutes (“Attention Span Statistics,” 2015), (Richardson, 2010). Research discussed in a 2009 Faculty Focus article by Maryellen Weimer questions the attention span research, while encouraging instructors to facilitate student focus.
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Flipped ClassroomThe flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed. Short video lectures are viewed by students at home before the class session, while in-class time is devoted to exercises, projects, or discussions.
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