For those teaching online courses or using discussion software for their campus courses, new rules and tips (courtesy of the Chronicle of Higher Ed) are needed to manage virtual environments.
Canvas, the new learning management system at Harvard, provides an integrated system for class discussions, allowing both instructors and students to start and contribute to discussion topics.
Teaching and Learning Week is an annual event to reflect as a community on teaching and learning at the Ed School. It's also an opportunity for our community to work on our teaching practice together. We're spotlighting powerful and innovative practices at HGSE and...
One study suggests that assimilating faculty and students to the most innovative and meaningful applications of a new learning management system is critical to ensure its future success.
Weekly live online trainings for faculty and staff via web conference on topics ranging from setting up a Canvas site and using Canvas communication tools to engage with your students online;
One randomized study showed that students assigned to receive compliments preferred this experience to those assigned to feedback designed to enhance performance, despite the fact that students in the latter group performed distinctly better.
Grading and feedback are among the most powerful ways in which teachers communicate with students. They are interconnected tools for teachers to express what they think students should be learning, and for helping students make progress toward those goals......
Students attending classes in the University of Minnesota's Active Learning Classrooms – characterized as student-centered, interactive, flexible, and active – exceeded final grade expectations relative to their ACT scores, suggesting that learning space attributes contributed to their learning...
HarvardX course GSE2x Leaders of Learning explores the notion via architectural case study that the physical classroom may play as important a role as the content.
This ablConnect article describes how student-led learning can generate greater classroom participation and create a more dynamic and exciting learning environment.
