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All portfolios with the keyword "online courses"

Title Author Discipline Keyword(s) Year
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
Constructing Learning in the Online Environment—Kim Glover (2013) Glover KU Libraries online courses, peer review, research skills, scaffolding, writing assignments
Incorporating Active Learning in an Online Course to Increase Graduate Student Engagement—Hyesun Cho (2012) Cho Curriculum & Teaching assignment design, graduate students, online courses, reflective writing, rubrics, technology, 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
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
Collaborative Compositions Link Students in Comparative Politics Classes—Erik Herron (2004) Herron Political Science distance learning, online courses, writing assessments
Transforming a Traditional Lecture-based Course to Online and Hybrid Models of Learning—Susan Marshall, Psychology and the Dole Human Development Center (2012) Marshall Psychology course design, hybrid course, large course sections, online courses, student engagement, use of class time, writing assignments
Comparing Student Learning in Online, Large Lecture, and Small Discussion-based Courses—Paul Atchley (2010) Atchley Psychology discussions, hybrid course, large course sections, online courses, peer review, research methods, rubrics
Enhancing Major Preparation and Success Using an Online Course—Paul Atchley (2010) Atchley Psychology hybrid course, online courses, student portfolios

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A national conversation on evaluating teaching starts to take shape

Peer learning expands as instructors remake courses

Moving higher education from storied past to innovative future

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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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