PlayPosit https://app.teaching.iu.edu/tools/playposit is an interactive teaching tool/application used to make interactive videos, also known as bulbs. The application can be integrated into the Canvas using your own videos or by extracting videos from other sources, such as YouTube or TED Talks, and convert them into an interactive, topic- and student-focused mini-lessons by adding questions at appropriate time-points… Read more »
Tag: engagement
Quick Tips and Resource: Inclusive Language/Communications
The Guidelines for Inclusive Language, published by the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), define inclusive language as language that “acknowledges diversity, conveys respect to all people, is sensitive to differences, and promotes equal opportunities.” How language is used, especially by institutions such as educational systems, can deeply impact how communities within those systems view race, gender, ability, and… Read more »
Top Hat / Student response systems (SRS) and Upcoming Workshops and Conferences
Top Hat is an online student response system with many features that can boost both face-to-face and virtual interactions between students and the instructor. Student response systems (SRS) can promote active learning, allowing the physical classroom to become a collaborative space. Instructors ask questions via the Top Hat software platform and students respond using their personal… Read more »
Wait Time
Faculty Focus https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/student-learning-in-3-seconds/ notes that when Mary Budd Rowe coined the phrase “wait time” to describe the period of time between a teacher’s question and a student’s response, teachers typically waited between .7 seconds and 1.5 seconds before speaking after they have asked a question to students. Kent States Center for Teaching and Learning explains – Rowe… Read more »
Quick Tips: Preparing for the first day of classes (Part 2)
Last week we discussed ways to establish presence in your classroom and allow your students to get to know you. This week we will talk about ways to get to know your students, as well as help them know each other. Attendance: If you use a sheet to have people sign in, you… Read more »
Quick Tips: Preparing for the first day of classes (Part 1)
5-6 minute read: I’ve collected tips from a variety of sources and summarized them below. Some of these ideas may be ones you already do, but I have found reminders never hurt. The Eberly Center at Carnegie Mellon University suggests the first class meeting should serve at least two basic purposes: To clarify all reasonable… Read more »
Precourse Survey
One way to improve engagement with your students is to learn more about them. A precourse survey is one way to help develop a connection with your students, and get to know them beyond what is shared in an introduction discussion. What do you want to know about them? A survey can help you conduct… Read more »