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A guide on how to use the strategic questioning process and strategic questions, with sample questions for each step of the process, for class discussions that may become challenging because they touch on personal or social change.
Sources: CET | Formats: Document | Audience: Faculty, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Humanities, Social Science, STEM
Examples of how residential experiences may be planned, and a list of considerations for instructors who will be teaching residential experiences—meaning that they will teach students in person in a physical classroom at least part of the time during the semester and following university and departmental guidelines for physical distancing.
Sources: CET | Formats: Document | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Humanities, Social Science, STEM
An explanation of how to facilitate an in-class active learning technique using a guest speaker, either live or recorded, for any size class.
Sources: CET | Formats: Document | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Humanities, Social Science, STEM
A checklist of the content recommended for the first day of holding a section in a new semester. The checklist is appropriate for both classroom and online courses.
Sources: CET | Formats: Document | Audience: TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Humanities, Social Science, STEM
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.
Sources: CET | Formats: Document | Audience: Faculty, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Humanities, Social Science, STEM
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.
Sources: CET | Formats: Document | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Humanities, Social Science, STEM
Use of social media platforms in academic courses. Specifically, considering requiring students to post on social media platforms that are not secured by USC, such as through Shibboleth verification.
Sources: CET | Formats: Document | Audience: Faculty, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Humanities, Social Science, STEM
A sample form for use by students when they are observing other students’ class presentations, focusing on constructive suggestions for improvement.
Sources: CET | Formats: Document | Audience: Faculty, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Humanities, Social Science, STEM
An outline of the process for facilitating an icebreaker activity in class, and several icebreaker formats that can be used in onground and online courses.
Sources: CET | Formats: Document | Audience: Faculty, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Humanities, Social Science, STEM
A step-by-step guide to access the Independent Review Resources for Online Teaching in Blackboard. There are three organizations available, depending on your USC role.
Sources: CET | Formats: Document | Audience: Faculty, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Humanities, Social Science, STEM
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