Today we welcome to the Mosaic Blog, Kelly Hanson who is a Lecturer in the Communication Skills Department of the Kelley School of Business. Recently, Kelly participated in our first Annual Mosaic Design Symposium. Along with Mosaic Fellows from many of Indiana University’s seven campuses, Kelly engaged in a day of workshops and conversation about… Read more »
Faculty Developers
The Mosaic Classroom Experience: A Student’s Perspective
On our blog, we share multiple perspectives of those involved in the Mosaic Initiative. In previous posts, we have shared the voice of faculty, researchers, developers, and learning spaces designers. Today’s blog shares the student’s perspective of a Mosaic active learning classroom on the IU Bloomington campus. Mary Clare Novak is a junior at Indiana… Read more »
Reading List for Exploring Active Learning Literature
What is active learning? Is there evidence that it works? How do I do it? If you’re asking any of these questions, you might be interested in these six short readings (two research articles and four short blogs/articles) addressing active learning research or practice. Several readings provide evidence and arguments for why active learning leads… Read more »
A Reading List to Get Started
It has now been over two years since the launch of the Mosaic Initiative. During this time we’ve designed numerous new classrooms, developed faculty support for all IU learning spaces, launched various research projects, published articles, made presentations, and connected with people from all over the world looking to bring active learning spaces to their… Read more »
Welcome to the Mosaic Initiative Blog
We’re excited to debut the Mosaic Initiative blog just two years after the launch of Indiana University’s active learning initiative in October, 2015. Through this blog we want to share our evolving story, including our successes and lessons learned, from the launch of the Mosaic Initiative to the present. We hope that no matter where… Read more »