Remove Active Learning Remove Multiple Choice Questions Remove Textbooks
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?What Makes a Smart Course ‘Smart’?

Edsurge

In the early days of "course cartridges”—an LMS feature that allowed instructors to plug published content right into their courses—online courses were essentially digitized versions of static (textbook) content. Smart courses aren’t just about simple plug and play or digitized textbook content. Emphasize Learning-by-Doing.

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Let’s Take a Poll: Working Towards a More Equitable Classroom

Faculty Focus

Immediate feedback is a successful engagement strategy that promotes active learning and fosters a supportive, inclusive classroom, especially when used with low stakes assignments or to gauge transfer of knowledge (Epstein & Brosvic, 2002, Goldstein & Wallis, 2015). Kahoot Many of you are probably familiar with Kahoot.,

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Let’s Take a Poll: Working Towards a More Equitable Classroom

Faculty Focus

Immediate feedback is a successful engagement strategy that promotes active learning and fosters a supportive, inclusive classroom, especially when used with low stakes assignments or to gauge transfer of knowledge (Epstein & Brosvic, 2002, Goldstein & Wallis, 2015). Kahoot Many of you are probably familiar with Kahoot.,