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.

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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.

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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.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 30, 2024

At the same time, I intentionally sprinkle discussions where I can highlight the transferrable skills that we will learn and reinforce in the course; this includes a vast offering of career opportunities that go along with the transferrable skills or content.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Instead, focus on feedback that builds skills, enriches learning, and deepens understanding.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 30, 2024

At the same time, I intentionally sprinkle discussions where I can highlight the transferrable skills that we will learn and reinforce in the course; this includes a vast offering of career opportunities that go along with the transferrable skills or content.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

After a handful of meetings, we identified a great opportunity to pursue a SoTL project in our classes that tasks students with using specific skills, taking ownership of their content, learning and growing together, and most of all seeing how an event in the past can influence community health in the future.

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