Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2017

Classrooms and lecture halls may, over time, fade away and become relics of our educational past. The Center provides spaces for innovative and interdisciplinary teaching and learning where students can learn in novel formats, develop and prototype new products and services through a design-thinking approach, and collaborate.

Lecturing 146

Lecturing Laboratory Interdisciplinary Art 146

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Over coffee, we met several times and came up with a list of shared activities and projects, ranging from a student-created pop-up exhibition to a discussion panel on harm reduction that would bring university faculty and staff together with front-line public health workers. What would happen if we connected our courses?

Interdisciplinary 111

Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Over coffee, we met several times and came up with a list of shared activities and projects, ranging from a student-created pop-up exhibition to a discussion panel on harm reduction that would bring university faculty and staff together with front-line public health workers. What would happen if we connected our courses?

Interdisciplinary 105

Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). This setting typically requires the use of technology, structured activities, and clear organization to manage the diverse needs of a larger audience.

Teaching 87

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 87

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

These brief moments set the stage for active learning, focus, trust, and shaping the atmosphere of the entire session. Classrooms using effective teaching methods that create engaging activities and promote active learning and critical thinking are more likely to result in deeper learning (Fink, 2013).

Activities 111

Activities Interdisciplinary Active Learning Participation 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I was reviewing punctuation rules with my students, and I had to come to the climax of the lecture: semicolons! The first activity I tried in class was a pre-writing workshop, speed-dating-style. In their words: “[The activities] made me feel connected to the class because we laughed and worked together. It started with a yawn.

Lecturing 111

Lecturing Interdisciplinary Cognitive Development English 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). This setting typically requires the use of technology, structured activities, and clear organization to manage the diverse needs of a larger audience.

Teaching 83

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 83

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I was reviewing punctuation rules with my students, and I had to come to the climax of the lecture: semicolons! The first activity I tried in class was a pre-writing workshop, speed-dating-style. In their words: “[The activities] made me feel connected to the class because we laughed and worked together. It started with a yawn.

Lecturing 111

Lecturing Interdisciplinary Cognitive Development English 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

PEEK INSIDE COLLEGE CLASSROOMS: Discover interdisciplinary teaching insights from our growing community of college educators. So, all told, a ninety-minute session is not really ninety minutes; it’s 15 six-minute activities. There will never be any single activity in that ninety minutes that lasts more than six to eight minutes.

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

These brief moments set the stage for active learning, focus, trust, and shaping the atmosphere of the entire session. Classrooms using effective teaching methods that create engaging activities and promote active learning and critical thinking are more likely to result in deeper learning (Fink, 2013).

Activities 98

Activities Interdisciplinary Active Learning Participation 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

For our LIAISONS program, these activities included: Need #1: Advising university senate committees as they draft campus AI-use policies. She’s been honored with CSUF’s “Outstanding Lecturer Award” (2022) and has received an NIH grant for interdisciplinary curricular development (2012-15).

Learning 116

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 116

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

For our LIAISONS program, these activities included: Need #1: Advising university senate committees as they draft campus AI-use policies. She’s been honored with CSUF’s “Outstanding Lecturer Award” (2022) and has received an NIH grant for interdisciplinary curricular development (2012-15).

Learning 111

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Even using technology like Slido embedded in a PowerPoint and asking students to request key words in order to make a class Word Cloud was deemed an engaging activity. Next, I give students time to interact by processing what they learned through an activity like Think-Pair-Share. Attention and Effort. Ruelens-Trinkaus D., Barnard P.J.

Attention 123

Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 123

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Even using technology like Slido embedded in a PowerPoint and asking students to request key words in order to make a class Word Cloud was deemed an engaging activity. Next, I give students time to interact by processing what they learned through an activity like Think-Pair-Share. Attention and Effort. Ruelens-Trinkaus D., Barnard P.J.

Attention 111

Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 111

Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Finally, the instructor will plan learning activities and instructions (McTighe & Wiggins, 2012). This may involve lectures, active learning activities, or group work to disseminate information and student learning. Backward design to combat curricular expansion in a large, interdisciplinary, team-taught course.

Instructors 52

Instructors Curriculum Quizzes Lecturing 52

Faculty Focus

MARCH 25, 2025

As educators, these attributes translate to more robust, enriching online discussions, thoughtful and empathetic communication, and active listening. The traditional notion of choosing a single path can be challenged by the concept of multipotentiality, a term vastly explored by Emilie Wapnick (2015).

Interdisciplinary 94

Interdisciplinary Education Instructors Communication 94

Faculty Focus

MARCH 25, 2025

As educators, these attributes translate to more robust, enriching online discussions, thoughtful and empathetic communication, and active listening. The traditional notion of choosing a single path can be challenged by the concept of multipotentiality, a term vastly explored by Emilie Wapnick (2015).

Interdisciplinary 94

Interdisciplinary Education Instructors Communication 94

EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

Each classroom is furnished with tables on wheels and stackable chairs that allow the rooms to be easily reconfigured as activities change. Each neighborhood team of teachers uses the new classrooms to provide more individualized instruction and have their students pursue hands-on learning activities and work on ­interdisciplinary projects.

Learning 120

Learning Learning Spaces Elementary School Elementary School 120

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

Active learning strategies, where students actively engage in the learning process, promote participation and retention (Freeman et al. These include group discussions, hands-on experiments, problem-solving activities, and creative assessments that encourage critical thinking and peer collaboration.

Interdisciplinary 61

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 61

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

Active learning strategies, where students actively engage in the learning process, promote participation and retention (Freeman et al. These include group discussions, hands-on experiments, problem-solving activities, and creative assessments that encourage critical thinking and peer collaboration.

Interdisciplinary 59

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 59