Center for Excellence in TeachingMuddy Points
A video resource by Jean-Michel Maarek on the muddy points technique to monitor learning and how you can integrate it into your course.
Resources: Active learning
Perusing Perusall: Strategies for active reading, social annotation, and asynchronous discussion
A faculty showcase presentation by Patti Taylor. A demonstration of Perusall and how it can be used in online courses.
Promoting intrinsic motivation
A collection of strategies for increasing student intrinsic motivation, organized by three motivational factors.
Sample assignment descriptions
A collection of assignment descriptions from actual USC courses. The assignment descriptions follow best practices in terms of connecting the assignment to the course learning objective(s), providing a narrative overview of the assignment, indicating the steps required to complete the assignment, and referencing how the assignment will be graded.
In-class work as participation
This guide serves as an explanation of using in-class work to evaluate student participation, and why in-class work is preferred over less-structured forms of participation. Suggestions for facilitating in-class work, and samples, are provided.
Flipped course design
An introduction to the flipped course, a course design style that is more consistent with theories of human learning than traditional lecture-style courses and supported by educational research.
Effective instructor feedback
An introduction to instructor feedback, including examples.
Hybrid streaming course design model
This resource provides an explanation of a hybrid streaming course design model, sometimes referred to as HyFlex, and faculty considerations for course planning and design.
Discussion types
A review of instructor and student-led types of academic discussion, and specific processes for how each type may be conducted during class.
Active learning for the large classroom
A description of five in-class activities that promote active learning in classes with large student enrollments. Though the activities work particularly well in large classes, they may be used in any size class.