Center for Excellence in TeachingChallenging 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.
Resources: Active Learning
The Flipped Classroom: A Research Perspective
An overview of the flipped classroom, its pros and cons, and a bibliography of relevant research.
Guest speakers as an active learning opportunity
An explanation of how to facilitate an in-class active learning technique using a guest speaker, either live or recorded, for any size class.
Group work
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.
Peer feedback form for group presentations
A sample form for use by students when they are observing other students’ class presentations, focusing on constructive suggestions for improvement.
Case-based role play
A general structure and options for case-based role play activities and assignments.
An expert interview on learning theories and active learning
An interview with Kim Hirabayashi on learning theories and how they align with active learning.
An overview of active learning
A video overview to the foundations of active learning.
Muddy 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.
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.