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Faculty Focus
JULY 17, 2025
At our college, we have learned that it means weaving ideas, theories, and methods from many fields to examine a shared theme or question. This takes careful planning, a willingness to step outside your comfort zone, and a focus on working together. True interdisciplinary teaching goes beyond just putting different topics side by side.
Faculty Focus
JULY 17, 2025
At our college, we have learned that it means weaving ideas, theories, and methods from many fields to examine a shared theme or question. This takes careful planning, a willingness to step outside your comfort zone, and a focus on working together. True interdisciplinary teaching goes beyond just putting different topics side by side.
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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
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. Paradoxically, the abundance of technology in STEM classrooms, for me, has reprioritized the non-STEM disciplines that ask philosophical questions about human connection.
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.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 30, 2024
After the first class ends, I like to ask my students to complete one additional task to round out “preview day,” which is to answer several questions in the learning management system. These questions reside in a discussion board so all students can see responses.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 30, 2024
After the first class ends, I like to ask my students to complete one additional task to round out “preview day,” which is to answer several questions in the learning management system. These questions reside in a discussion board so all students can see responses.
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