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Bridging the Gap: Active Learning Strategies for Traditional and Online Classrooms

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Meanwhile, in my online section of the same course, students worked through carefully crafted modules at their own pace, their participation in discussion boards ebbing and flowing unpredictably. Instead, we need to reimagine active learning for both spaces, maintaining the core principles while adapting the execution.

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Bridging the Gap: Active Learning Strategies for Traditional and Online Classrooms

Faculty Focus

Meanwhile, in my online section of the same course, students worked through carefully crafted modules at their own pace, their participation in discussion boards ebbing and flowing unpredictably. Instead, we need to reimagine active learning for both spaces, maintaining the core principles while adapting the execution.

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Reducing AI Anxiety Starts by Talking with Students 

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That’s enough to give most instructors pause and has set off a flurry of activity in reimagining how we assess learning in order to reduce the risk of student cheating. It’s true that we can’t predict where this is all going, but I feel better just having discussed it.” The responses reveal a mixture of apprehension and optimism.

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Reducing AI Anxiety Starts by Talking with Students 

Faculty Focus

That’s enough to give most instructors pause and has set off a flurry of activity in reimagining how we assess learning in order to reduce the risk of student cheating. It’s true that we can’t predict where this is all going, but I feel better just having discussed it.” The responses reveal a mixture of apprehension and optimism.

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Make Your Teaching the Cynosure of Attention 

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Active participation from the instructor during a class activity holds equal significance. Discuss practical applications. Physical activity. If a teacher feels that the lecture is unable to hold the attention of the students, they can introduce physical activities such as standing, turning around, or even clapping.

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How Conducting a Mixed-mode Class is Similar to Hosting a Late-night Talk Show

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Ideally, mixed-mode instruction should fold the remote students into the classroom activities. How do you fold the remote students into discussions and activities? Using a Minute Paper at the end of class can be helpful for refining your presentation techniques and activities as the course progresses.

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I’m An Adjunct: What Do I Need to Know About Teaching? 

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This is a great first day of class activity that gets students engaged with each other and the instructor right away. Planning for this doesn’t have to be a lot of work; for example, when giving students instructions for an assignment or activity, accompany verbal instructions with written instructions on a slide or handout.

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