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All portfolios with the keyword "labs"

Title Author Discipline Keyword(s)
Becoming Better Storytellers: The Use of Writing Workshops in an Introductory Journalism Course — Katie Fischer Clune, Rockhurst University (2017) Clune Journalism labs, learning outcomes, reading skills, research skills, student development, use of class time
Posters Please: Transforming an Intermediate Physics Lab—Jennifer Delgado and Alice Bean (2019) Delgado Physics & Astronomy course design, discussions, labs, poster, research skills
Increasing Student Learning Through Team Labs—Marie-Alice L'Heureux (2015) L'Heureux Architecture class time, discussions, lab sections, labs, poster, use of class time
Improving Student Learning through Continuous Assessments in a Statistics Course—Pascal Deboeck (2011) Deboeck Psychology graduate students, labs, peer review, rubrics, scaffolding, technology, wikis
Thinking About the Process of Scientific Inquiry—Jen Roberts (2005) Roberts Geology collaborative teaching, critical thinking, graduate students, group work, labs, undergraduate students, writing assignments
The Hybrid Course Experience—Susan M. Stagg-Williams (2012) Stagg-Williams Chemical & Petroleum Engineering exams, hybrid course, labs, large course sections, online courses, technology, use of class time
Encouraging Students’ Analytical Abilities in a Large Literature Survey—Misty Schieberle (2012) Schieberle English assignment design, labs, undergraduate students, universal design, writing, writing assignments

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Bloom's Sixth, the CTE blog

40 days (and 40 nights?) of teaching in confinement: A diary

Making iPad videos, using VoiceThread, and living a life of non sequiturs

A place for community during isolation from campus

Helping students find their way through a fog of uncertainty online

To give your online class a bit of campus feel, add a virtual whistle

News & Notes

KU Physics Department faculty design an introductory, calculus-based physics course that uses an "energy-first curriculum" to improve student learning. 

Carol Holstead, Journalism & Mass Communications, shares strategies for improving teaching, starting with a back-to-the-basics approach for names, emails, feedback, and office hours. 

Tony Rosenthal, History, discusses the use of new teaching methodologies in a urban history course in his article, "Sin Cities: From History to Sociology to Urban History, an Interdisciplinary Journey".

Harvard University scholars focus on "Measuring actual learning versus feeling of learning in response to being actively engaged in the classroom".

The American Sociological Association calls for reconsideration of student teaching evaluations. Click here for official statement. 

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