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Challenging discussions 4: Plan a challenging discussion

Strategies for planning class discussions, including a positive class atmosphere, discussion norms, grading discussions, and acceptable sources of information.

Sources: CET | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM

Challenging discussions 5: Lead a challenging discussion

Techniques for leading academic discussions, including defining terms, including all voices, and warning signs that a discussion is becoming challenging.

Sources: CET | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM

Challenging discussions 6: Managing upset

Strategies for addressing students who become upset during academic discussions

Sources: CET, Other USC | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM

Challenging discussions 7: Evaluation of efforts

Methods of evaluating the effectiveness of academic discussions and increasing their impact on students.

Sources: CET | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM

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Core principles of instruction

Foundational teaching principles, including course design, learning objectives, course alignment, assessment, and lesson structure.

Sources: CET | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM

Effective direct instruction

The development and delivery of course content, including principles of multimedia instruction, flipped resources, and inclusivity.

Sources: CET | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM

Engaging students

Active learning strategies, its basis in learning theories, flipped courses, and student motivation.

Sources: CET | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM

Instructor presence

Principles for fostering instructor presence in online courses.

Sources: CET | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM

Promoting student growth

Developing student skill levels through scaffolding, a growth mindset, a positive class environment, aligned assessments, effective assignment descriptions, and transparent grading.

Sources: CET | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM