A comprehensive guide to using group work in courses. This resource contains strategies planning, facilitating, and evaluating effective group assignments and activities, as well as quick tips for some common challenges in group work.
Keywords: group work, assignments, active learning, collaboration.
This resource is your step-by-step guide to begin a conversation with the student in a way that shows you care. You don’t need to be a therapist, but you can be kind and supportive while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
A sample form for use by students when they are observing other students’ class presentations, focusing on constructive suggestions for improvement.
A general structure and options for case-based role play activities and assignments.
This video explains a method to visualize student growth and the zone of proximal development (ZPD).
A description of a five-step model that instructors can use in designing in-class reflective assignments.
This resource provides strategies and considerations for designing an effective and inclusive “first day” experience for students in a course. It includes strategies appropriate for both on-ground and online/hybrid courses.
Keywords: first day, inclusive teaching, community agreements, syllabus, belonging.
A video overview to the foundations of active learning.
A video resource describing how faculty can support military and veteran students in their courses.
A video resource by Jean-Michel Maarek on the muddy points technique to monitor learning and how you can integrate it into your course.
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