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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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This ambitious undertaking demands technical expertise and embodies the true essence of interdisciplinary collaboration. Energy experts are at the forefront of innovation, designing and implementing energy systems for power generation on Mars. Our mission: establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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This ambitious undertaking demands technical expertise and embodies the true essence of interdisciplinary collaboration. Energy experts are at the forefront of innovation, designing and implementing energy systems for power generation on Mars. Our mission: establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet.

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Strategies for Teaching Complex Subjects in Large Hybrid Classrooms Across Campus: Bridging Engagement and Equity Across Modalities

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Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Oppositely, small classrooms allow for more intimate interactions, personalized feedback, and flexible teaching methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022).

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A Shift Toward Learning Design: What It Isn't, Why It's Needed, and If It's Right for You

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At the university level, course design has traditionally been easy for faculty to manage on their own—until, that is, digital technologies began to play a role and online courses started to take off. Learning in this sense is not a problem to be solved but one to be explored, unpacked, and addressed.

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Strategies for Teaching Complex Subjects in Large Hybrid Classrooms Across Campus: Bridging Engagement and Equity Across Modalities

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Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Oppositely, small classrooms allow for more intimate interactions, personalized feedback, and flexible teaching methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022).

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Creating Community Around the Class

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At our university’s inaugural faculty-staff research symposium last fall, the two of us met on a drug history and policy panel, and discovered we were both teaching courses on drugs the following semester. What would happen if we connected our courses? In other words, this was “parallel play” rather than co-teaching.

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How to Engage Your Students With the 12-Minute Rule and Quizzes They’re Meant to Fail

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These, in turn, have earned him a raft of teaching honors, including the Sherwin-Williams Distinguished Teaching Award. He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film about him. Source: Course Hero. How does that hobby inform your teaching?

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