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. Her research focuses on educational technology, leadership development, and teaching innovation.

Interdisciplinary 52

Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 52

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. Her research focuses on educational technology, leadership development, and teaching innovation.

Interdisciplinary 54

Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 54

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.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Group work in face-to-face classes can be challenging as it is,” Parra said. But bringing it into an online setting adds that extra layer of technology challenge and collaboration-skill challenge.” She takes the approach of co-designing. I have students really take all of those choices,” Parra said.

Culture 153

Culture Teaching Syllabus English 153

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.

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Yet, I still have not been able to find an out-of-the-box online learning platform that offers this palette of instructional features that can serve course designers and students at scale. It is strikingly hard to pivot between large-group instruction and small-group work on online platforms.

Online Learning 159

Online Learning Instructors Learning Quizzes 159

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.

Active Learning 149

Active Learning Activities Learning Instructors 149