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All portfolios with the keyword "case studies"

Title Author Discipline Keyword(s)
Facilitating Group Learning through Case-based Exercises in the Pharmacy Practice Curriculum—Ryan Funk (2018) Funk Pharmacy case studies, collaboration, group work, large classes, poster
Integrating Ethics into Graduate and Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Courses—Elizabeth Friis (2008) Friis Mechanical Engineering case studies, ethics education, graduate students, undergraduate students
Integrating Ethics into a Chemistry-Based Environmental Science Course—Dan Higgins, KSU (2007) Higgins Chemistry case studies, ethics education, exams, undergraduate students
Using Groups for Ethics Education in Engineering—Ruth Douglas Miller, KSU (2008) Miller Electrical Engineering & Computer Science capstone course, case studies, ethics education, group work, student presentations, undergraduate students, writing assignments
Incorporating Ethics into Nuclear Physics—Michael Murray (2007) Murray Physics & Astronomy case studies, ethics education, graduate students, international students, rubrics, undergraduate students, writing assignments
Introducing Ethics to Geography Graduate Students Using Various Instructional Materials—Terry A. Slocum (2009) Slocum Geography case studies, discussions, graduate students, rubrics, writing assignments
Teaching an Online Ethics Course to Civil Engineering Students—Steve Starrett, KSU (2007) Starrett Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering case studies, distance learning, ethics education, graduate students, online courses, undergraduate students
Introducing Ethics to First-year Graduate Students in an Agricultural Engineering Seminar—Jim Steichen, KSU (2008) Steichen Agricultural Engineering case studies, ethics education, graduate students, international students, student presentations, writing assignments

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

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Helping students find their way through a fog of uncertainty online

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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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