Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

First, all students, regardless of their SES (socio-economic status) standing, showed significantly higher levels of retained learning than the control group which used the time-honored lectures, basic active learning techniques, and case approaches.

Student Engagement 84

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 84

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Below, let me share instructional strategies that I use in my courses (virtual, asynchronous, and in-person) to recover student engagement. I’ve been utilizing mid-semester check-ins for several years now and have noticed that students respond best when I send out informal invitations to reflect on their learning experiences.

Student Engagement 131

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Metacognitive Strategies : Monitoring one’s own learning process, setting goals, and regulating learning enhances self-awareness and fosters academic autonomy. Interactive Lectures : Incorporating interactive activities like polls, quizzes, or discussions into lectures keeps students engaged and reinforces key concepts.

Activities 255

Activities Critical Thinking Active Learning Lecturing 255

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Below, let me share instructional strategies that I use in my courses (virtual, asynchronous, and in-person) to recover student engagement. I’ve been utilizing mid-semester check-ins for several years now and have noticed that students respond best when I send out informal invitations to reflect on their learning experiences.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Think-Pair-Share: Students individually reflect on a question or prompt, then discuss their thoughts with a partner before sharing with the whole class. This strategy promotes active participation, collaboration, and peer learning. It encourages inquiry, creativity, and independent learning.

Active Learning 141

Active Learning Activities Critical Thinking Quizzes 141

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

When we examine what are active learning teaching strategies, these strategies empower educators to create interactive classrooms where students actively participate, collaborate, and apply knowledge to real-world situations. What are active learning teaching strategies?

Active Learning 130

Active Learning Activities Teaching Critical Thinking 130

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

There are concrete benefits to engaging students in experiential learning inside the classroom: It enables us to “flip” the classroom, which prevents students from passively receiving material in class. It is far easier to organize and control experiential learning inside the classroom than out-of-class activities.

Learning 122

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 122