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Inspiring Students with Inquiry-Guided Learning
Improve student motivation and understanding with inquiry-guided learning.
Course Design
This collection includes a variety of resources to help instructors design courses to maximize student learning, including a succinct course design guide.
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Service-Learning: Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences
Use service-learning to help students synthesize and apply academic knowledge.
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Motivating Students with Ensemble Building
Encourage intellectual risk-taking in the classroom through ensemble-building exercises.
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Blogging Science in the University Classroom
Use a class blog to encourage intellectual risk-taking and authentic learning.
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The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Engaging Students Online
Extraordinary Teaching Project instructor Sarah Vigmostad, professor of engineering, describes how she uses group work in her online courses to foster authentic learning.
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Big Ideas, Authentic Learning
A video and quickstart guide to use thematic course design to promote students’ interdisciplinary curiosity.
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Grading with Recorded Clips
The use of audio or video recordings turn grading papers into an invigorating conversation with students.
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Reading Aloud in the Classroom
Reading aloud in the classroom helps improve students’ focus and understanding.
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Breathing Life into Large Lectures
Design lesson plans to promote community and learning in a large lecture course.
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The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Individualized Learning in a Large Class
Mark Andersland redesigned his large lecture engineering course to include active learning, student-centered instruction, frequent formative assessments, and immediate feedback, which yields increased student engagement and learning.