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Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers

Cult of Pedagogy

And that class, since I started doing that, is a 20 percent improvement in the exam grades. ” Peer Instruction This strategy turns a simple multiple-choice question into a quick collaborative activity. “Present students with a multiple choice question.” ” Rivers explains.

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How Faculty Can ‘Click’ Their Way to a More Inclusive Classroom

Edsurge

What do you think is important for an instructor to do when using classroom response systems (polling software or clickers)? A) Choose questions that most students will be able to answer correctly. B) Vary the types of poll questions beyond multiple choice. Select all that apply. Play with the polls.

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?What Makes a Smart Course ‘Smart’?

Edsurge

In the early days of "course cartridges”—an LMS feature that allowed instructors to plug published content right into their courses—online courses were essentially digitized versions of static (textbook) content. Yet, while technology exists in the world of higher education, it’s not clear that technology is actually making courses smarter.

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QR Codes for Quick Student Engagement

Faculty Focus

It might be about current events related to the field, the assigned reading of the day, a difficult problem or concept, or a reflection on the time and method that students are using to prepare for an upcoming exam. To address equity and accessibility, professors could read the questions out loud and allow multiple ways of participation.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

In a paper Koedinger co-published in Science , he found that as instructors consider their course design and teaching options during a typical college course, they’re picking from trillions of possibilities. The Acuitus strategy that has evolved over 20 years involves mixing a digital tutor with in-person instructors.

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