Today we welcome to the Mosaic Blog our Mosaic Initiative Post-Doc Researcher, Merve Basdogan. Merve recently defended her PhD in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. In this first blog of the new year, Merve shares her personal academic journey to becoming an Educational Technologist who researches the importance of space design. An Academic Origin… Read more »
In today’s blog, I want to share with our readers the latest from the Mosaic Initiative: the Learning-Space-Feedback-Guide. Recently, Merve Basdogan and I developed the Learning Space Feedback Guide (or LSF Guide) to “guide” our many stakeholders through the multi-step process of gathering and sharing faculty and student feedback (or data) on our learning… Read more »
Today we welcome to the Mosaic Blog our Mosaic Research Assistant, Merve Basdogan. Merve is currently an Instructional Systems Technology PhD candidate at Indiana University. In this first blog of the year, Merve shares her recent research on one of our newly redesigned Mosaic classrooms: “Learning space is an agent that shapes the teaching… Read more »
If you haven’t looked lately, you should check out the Research section on the Mosaic website. We have recently updated this area of the Mosaic website to keep up with the latest scholarship that Mosaic Fellows and Mosaic Staff continue to produce. Let me outline a few of the most significant additions: Publications: On the… Read more »
Today we welcome to the Mosaic Blog, Yu Kay Law, an Assistant professor of Chemistry, Natural Sciences and Mathematics on the Indiana University – East campus. Yu Kay participated in our first annual Mosaic Design Symposium. Along with Mosaic Fellows from many of Indiana University’s seven campuses, Yu Kay engaged in a day of workshops… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »