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Faculty Focus
JULY 17, 2025
Ways to boost cross-field talk include structured debates on complex issues, small group work with students from different fields, or case studies that need multiple viewpoints. A certified UAE Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) Reviewer and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Prof.
Faculty Focus
JULY 17, 2025
Ways to boost cross-field talk include structured debates on complex issues, small group work with students from different fields, or case studies that need multiple viewpoints. A certified UAE Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) Reviewer and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Prof.
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Scholarly Teacher
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
This piece will suggest a few simple ideas that teachers of introductory STEM classes may implement in their course design to turn their lectures into active learning experiences for a large student body, without needing to completely revisit and change their whole teaching style. Image courtesy of This Is Engineering, Unsplash.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Group work in face-to-face classes can be challenging as it is,” Parra said. She said that one of the ways she implements active participation is through participatory course design in some of her courses, where students take part in brainstorming what the course will look like.
Edsurge
JULY 9, 2018
In 2004, the education historian Larry Cuban predicted that “while the open classroom has clearly currently disappeared from the vocabulary of educators, another variation of open education is likely to reappear in the years ahead.” I think we’ve seen this reemergence—unintentionally—in the form of MOOCs.
Edsurge
JANUARY 2, 2019
During my early days of teaching in graduate school, educational technology was sold more for its posh than performance. In addition to using technology in my own biology courses, I also work with faculty across the country on how to teach with technology through an inclusive lens. Leverage partners.
Edsurge
JULY 1, 2017
“I thought it was a great room setup, especially because it facilitates group learning,” one student wrote in the survey “It was also nice being able to write group work on whiteboards close to you. I would put classes in there that are made up of groups.” It’s still all about the people.
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