Center for Teaching Excellence
Building KU's Teaching and Learning Community

All portfolios with the keyword "Blackboard"

Title Author Discipline Keyword(s)
Fostering Cultural Competency and Core Goal 4.2 in an Introductory Course on Contemporary China—Hui Faye Xiao (2019) Xiao East Asian Languages & Cultures Blackboard, course design, course goals, discussions, lectures, undergraduate students
Functional Functions: Transfer of Math Proficiency in Physics and Chemistry—Jennifer Delgado, Elizabeth Grotemeyer, Sarah Rush, Drew Vartia, and Chris Fischer (2018) Delgado Physics Blackboard, course design, poster
Modifying Assessment and Fine-Tuning Expectations in an Online Version of Introduction to Greek and Roman Mythology—Emma Scioli (2014) Scioli Classics Blackboard, course design, online courses, technology
Using Blogging to Promote Student Engagement in a First-Year Seminar—Robert C. Schwaller (2013) Schwaller History Blackboard, blogs, course design, discussions, films, first-year students, homework, student engagement, undergraduate students
Making Learning More Efficient With a Hybrid Course—Doug Ward (2012) Ward Journalism active learning, Blackboard, course design, hybrid course, online discussions, technology, undergraduate students, use of class time
Teaching as Provocation: Using Backward Design and Blogging to Engage Students in Discovery and Reflection—Leslie Bennett (2009) Bennett Theatre assignment design, Blackboard, blogs, course design, reflective writing, small course sections, student engagement, technology
Learning to Trust Students: Incorporating Student-Led Discussions into an Anthropology of Gender Class—Akiko Takeyama (2008) Takeyama Anthropology Blackboard, discussions, group presentations, rubrics, service learning, technology, wikis
Invigorating Class Discussion Using Multiple Engagements with the Past and Present—Kim Warren (2008) Warren History active learning, Blackboard, course design, discussions, group work, student engagement, student presentations, technology, use of class time
Building Writing Skills, Critical Thinking and Teamwork through Technology and Revision—Megan E. Williams (2008) Williams American Studies assignment design, Blackboard, discussions, group work, rubrics, technology, wikis, writing assignments

RESOURCES FOR ONLINE TEACHING

https://remote.ku.edu/

KU classes will move online starting March 23. CTE has helped create a website to guide you through the process. Find it here.

Events
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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