The tendency of a traditional classroom is to build more basic, foundational knowledge during class and then send students out to do more complex thinking on their own as assigned work. So why do we ask students to perform, on their own, the cognitively challenging work where they are most likely to have questions and… Read more »
Active Learning Classroom
When My Whiteboard Goes Astray, Won’t You Light My Way?
I’m sure everyone remembers the earlier post on a highly valuable resource for system-wide faculty to easily create high production value videos. If you missed it, check out the Faculty Media Production Space sometime. If you want a tour, contact me at mattbart@indiana.edu . I’m happy to report that there is a new toy in… Read more »
You Are Cordially Invited: A Wedding Dressing Ceremony as a Learning Opportunity
In connection with the College’s fall 2017 semester theme, “Diversity, Difference, Otherness,” we have been thinking about ways we can teach about these themes by connecting classroom instruction with cultural centers. We talked with Sarah Hatcher from the Mathers Museum about her ideas and suggestions. Q: How could a faculty member design an exercise around… Read more »
Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Teaching Experiences
Images and objects surround us in our everyday lives—from the advert on the bus to the heirloom in our grandmother’s living room—but are often left out of the classroom. Objects and photos engage students across many disciplines (education, anthropology, history, sociology, languages, etc.). By learning to look critically and evaluate an object’s construction and use,… Read more »
Maximizing Your Undergraduate Teaching Assistants’ Potential
Do you have undergraduate teaching assistants and would like to utilize them more effectively? Are you looking for a way to make your large lecture class more active? Consider implementing the Learning Assistants (LA) model. Like other peer instruction models, undergraduates who have successfully completed a course serve as a peer instructor in a subsequent… Read more »
Academic Year In Review: Top Blog Posts from 2016-17
The CITL Blog Year in Review: 45 blog posts to date have been read over 6800 times this past year by more than 2400 unique readers from across the world. We are beyond pleased the CITL Blog has become a part of your professional reading and hope you will continue to read and grow with us. When we started this… Read more »