Center for Excellence in TeachingPerusing 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.
Resources: Discussion
Enhancing Asynchronous Learning through VoiceThread multimedia discussions
A faculty showcase presentation by Guilan Siassi. A demonstration on how to incorporate VoiceThread in your course assignments and assessments.
Google Pear Deck: an interactive tool for synchronous and asynchronous teaching/assessment
A faculty showcase presentation by Liana Stepanyan and Goretti Prieto Botana. A demonstration of how to incorporate Google PearDeck into your course assignments.
Using Zoom chat to increase learner engagement
A faculty showcase presentation by Kim Hirabayashi. A demonstration of how to use Zoom chat during an online class session.
Making connections: How the Zoom whiteboard can help
A faculty showcase presentation by Laura Cardinal. A demonstration of using the Zoom whiteboard for course activities.
Tips for running a successful in-class student debate via Zoom
A faculty showcase presentation by Iva Bozovic. An example of how to design an online class debate.
Promoting intrinsic motivation
A collection of strategies for increasing student intrinsic motivation, organized by three motivational factors.
Ethical design: Re-thinking the traditional brainstorm
A faculty showcase presentation by Matthew Manos. A video on designing a discussion and critique based assignment.
Ethical and social justice complications of technology
A faculty showcase presentation by Rob Parke. An example of how to integrate ethical and social justice topics into discussions.
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.