Archive | Student Engagement

What We’re Reading | January 12, 2017

Person on a stage in front of a large crowd raises a hand while standing near a microphone, with blurred flags in the background.

Hillary Clinton and beyond

Professor Wendy Hayden's (English) rhetoric course, Hillary Clinton and Beyond, explored rhetoric in the context of the recent election. The course experimented with a crowdsourced syllabus in which Wendy chose the readings for the first four classes of the semester and then turned the syllabus over to the students. By the end of the semester, her course uncovered answers to some of the guiding questions about Clinton and the power of rhetoric.
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Tool Talk | October 6, 2016

Presentation slide titled “Student Directed Teaching Using iPads with AirServer,” showing chemistry problem examples for “Group A – Missing formal charge” and “Group B,” alongside text: “Acid-Base Reactions,” “Providing formative Assessment,” and “Helps Reinforce Conceptual Understanding.”

Enhancing student engagement using Airserver

Traditional methods of teaching organic chemistry via lecture do not provide active learning opportunities for students. Instead, meaningful learning occurs when students are encouraged to participate and work on problems rather than waiting to copy instructors’ answers. We report how the use of “iPad with AirServer” in an organic chemistry lecture course can make student thinking visible.
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