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Syllabus Review Guide for Equity-Minded Practice

In order to develop a course mindful of equity, consider revamping the course syllabus.

Subbiah increases student engagement

Jeyam Subbiah increases student engagement with flipped course design, active learning strategies, and screen capture technology.

Active learning strategies in Mathematics

The university math department has been working to radically redesign its first-year mathematics courses. Current efforts have yielded an 80% success rate.

Using Grammarly to Improve Student Writing

The free version of the software will check for 150 common grammar and spelling errors.

Redesigning for large enrollment

Faced with an enrollment jumped from 30 to 95, Martha Mamo launched a redesign of her course.

Teaching Effectively with Technology

Keynote speaker, Michelle Miller, discusses issues that instructors need to consider when developing fully online courses.

From lecture to active learning

Chad Brassil went from eight hours of class prep to recipient of the College Distinguished Teaching Award

Improving outreach and supporting data-driven decisions with Airtable

The Instructional Designers at the university provide support for instruction in many forms and Airtable has been an invaluable resource as a CRM database.

Using text expansion tools to enrich feedback

Brian Wilson demonstrates how he uses PhraseExpress to build a database of comments

Messersmith helps to develop students skills

Amber Messersmith gives students new options: using a blended mode and peer review in a large enrollment undergraduate writing course.

Give Light Board a Try

The Learning and Emerging Technologies team designed and built a Light Board to make a face-to-face presentation platform to use for recordings and lectures

Online Discussions Doctor: Remedies for 8 Ailments

This interactive presentation helps instructors diagnose and treat a variety of common ailments that frequently undermine online discussions.