Course Design Group work Learning 
Faculty Focus
JULY 17, 2025
Drawing from my experience teaching across subjects at Zayed University in Dubai, UAE, I want to share real ways teachers can build and run cross-subject courses that truly help students handle today’s complex world. This takes careful planning, a willingness to step outside your comfort zone, and a focus on working together.
Edsurge
JULY 1, 2017
Too many discussions of edtech focus on tools (like tablets, clickers, learning-management systems, smart boards, etc). More thought should be spent on the design of the classroom itself. Two years ago we renovated an old computer lab into an active learning classroom. I would put classes in there that are made up of groups.”
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Scholarly Teacher
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Gabriele Pinto , Baylor University Key Statement: Implementing elements of active learning into a large course may seem daunting task, but think-pair-share aided by quizzing and clickers can be done in any size classroom. Depending on the classroom setup, group work can also be chaotic and auditorily overwhelming.
Edsurge
JULY 9, 2018
They know that when it comes to learning and productivity, space matters. An entire graduate course at Stanford University explores the principles for designing spaces that support learning. Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Another panelist, Nouf Alsuwaida, an international graduate student at New Mexico State, also stressed that it is important to give students choices in how they perform assignments, noting that some prefer to work in groups while others best thrive solo. Group work in face-to-face classes can be challenging as it is,” Parra said.
Faculty Focus
MARCH 16, 2025
Have you ever wondered what makes a course highly effective? Would you emphasize a supportive learning environment, cognitive and affective learning, pedagogical design, essential content, creating assessments, providing feedback, integrating technology, or something different?
Edsurge
JANUARY 2, 2019
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. The narrative I often hear centers on how students may resist active learning approaches, a teaching style that often (but not always) is predicated on some technology.
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