Center for Excellence in TeachingDisarming upset students
A stepwise procedure for respectfully managing upset students, particularly during classroom discussions.
Resources: Gen Ed courses
Critiques
Considerations and ideas for implementing critiques in your course. This resource is applicable to various disciplines and modalities. Critiques might also be referred to as peer review, review, analysis, evaluation, assessment, appraisal, criticism, or critical commentary.
Active-learning facilitation process
Active learning techniques are highly structured and planned activities. The instructor and students have steps to complete before, during, and after. This document is a planning guide for facilitating in-class active learning.
A menu of discussion norms
A list of statements that can be included in a course’s set of discussion norms, rules, or expectations. This is not a list of best practices, but a collection of discussion norms that are commonly used in various disciplines.
5 tips for supporting and engaging international students
A list of five detailed tips for addressing the specific needs of students who were not raised in American culture.
15 active learning strategies
A collection of 15 active learning tips and techniques to try during class time in any size class for the purpose of breaking up time spent lecturing and/or making class time more student-centered. This resource applies to both face-to-face classroom courses and synchronous online course sessions.