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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

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Over time, they have also become learning tools in educational contexts–especially for note-taking, brainstorming, and studying for exams (Erdem, Farrand, Bandera, Mugnai). Thus, the mind maps were a good indicator that students were developing a more nuanced understanding of culture. Medical education , 36(5), 426–431.

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

Faculty Focus

Over time, they have also become learning tools in educational contexts–especially for note-taking, brainstorming, and studying for exams (Erdem, Farrand, Bandera, Mugnai). Thus, the mind maps were a good indicator that students were developing a more nuanced understanding of culture. Medical education , 36(5), 426–431.

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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

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Collaborative learning is an educational environment where students work together in smaller groups to achieve a common goal. Lack of planning, preparation, and support can lead to chaos, unproductive, and disorganized group work. Form groups strategically. Monitor and facilitate group dynamics.

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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

Faculty Focus

Collaborative learning is an educational environment where students work together in smaller groups to achieve a common goal. Lack of planning, preparation, and support can lead to chaos, unproductive, and disorganized group work. Form groups strategically. Monitor and facilitate group dynamics.

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Why Students Living on Campus Take Online Courses

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This comes back to 20 years of faculty development where basically we know that, if a professor teaches an online course, they have to go through 80 hours of training to learn to teach online. They’re in our libraries, in our learning spaces and they’re working together in many cases. They’re in our coffee shops.

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Running a Workshop: Guidelines for Engagement and Impact

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Principle 3: Small group work is ideal. Good workshops involve discussion, and discussion is most fruitful in groups of 3-4 members. In smaller groups, every person has the opportunity to express an opinion, and it is far more difficult to remain silent and uninvolved. Facilitation is the name of the game.

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Running a Workshop: Guidelines for Engagement and Impact

Faculty Focus

Principle 3: Small group work is ideal. Good workshops involve discussion, and discussion is most fruitful in groups of 3-4 members. In smaller groups, every person has the opportunity to express an opinion, and it is far more difficult to remain silent and uninvolved. Facilitation is the name of the game.