Doug Duncan: Video Assignments in Astronomy

June 30, 2013

My inquiry will address the following three areas: (1) Nonscientists often describe science as not being creative, probably because their book and assignments don’t given them a chance to be very creative. I am trying to create at least a few assignments where students can use imagination and creativity, and...

Michael Theodore: Technologies for Managing Student Performance Projects

June 30, 2013

Producing original creative work is a central portion of virtually all of the courses that I teach. In some instances students work individually on projects, submitting them over the course of the semester (and completely a large final project). In other cases, students work collaboratively the entire time. In still...

Ingrid Ulbrich: PhET Sims on Student Computers During Class

June 15, 2013

How can I teach undergraduate chemistry students to build pictures in their minds, and consider what might happen if something changes about that system? By giving them an example system that they can watch and manipulate. And how can I get my 600 students to explore such systems with guidance...

Michelle Ellsworth: Investigating Collaborative Tools in Senior Seminar

June 10, 2013

I approached my “technology intervention” with grand and ambitious ideas of using rarely heard of software and platforms to unite my students in collaborations with students around the planet. However, a short dip in that river revealed to me that I had some preliminary dipping to do before I expanded...

Antonio Papuzza: Student Visual Presentations with Infogr.am

June 10, 2013

My students don’t have a good presentation for their group projects. The software they use (powerpoint) does not allow them to do 3 things that I want. My idea is to try a new specialised software that creates charts and graphs. Teaching and Learning Challenge Description of the challenge: My...

Teachers as Entertainers

June 4, 2013

Travis Rupp believes that the best way to educate is to entertain. “As teachers, instructors, and professors we are essentially entertainers when we lecture. Since my field is Classics, being able to maintain my students' attention is critical to the preservation of history and my field.” To this end, Rupp...

Leah Sprain: Technologies for Student Presentations of Communication Delimmas

June 1, 2013

My pedagogical goal is to get students comfortable doing disagreement as a means of critical thinking and exploring an issue. Getting students to disagree does not require technology. But I do think that technology might be used to minimize some of the face threats students experience while also creating unfamiliar...

C. Maxx Stevens: Building a Strong Foundation

May 28, 2013

As the role of the artist expands to include an ever-widening range of approaches and materials, it becomes increasingly difficult for teachers to provide a comprehensive introduction to contemporary art. Consequently, First Year Foundations may be the biggest pedagogical challenge faced by college art programs today. The University of Colorado’s...

Using Technology to Appeal to Different Learning Styles

May 22, 2013

Dr. Robert Buchwald of the Biology department sees in technology the opportunity to reach his students. “Different people learn different ways and it’s very complex material,” he says. Whenever Buchwald introduces a new process or concept, he gives a verbal description, reviews it with an image pulled from the textbook...

Susan Kent: Creating Screencasts for Flipped and Hybrid Course Delivery

May 15, 2013

I love the questions, I really love the questions, but it has meant that I am falling behind on my lectures. Were I able to deliver the lectures ahead of time online, then class could be devoted to discussions of a lot of interesting stuff and I could take questions...

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