Category: Teaching a Course
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Fostering Information Literacy to Create a More Positive Learning Environment
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How can we as educators work to counteract the misinformation our students are continually exposed to and instead cultivate their information literacy and critical thinking? While the follow-up to this post will focus on directly addressing misinformation that students share during class, this first post will outline measures you can take to reduce the occurrence…
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Evidence-Based Frameworks and Strategies for Keeping Students Engaged
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Engaging students is a common concern among instructors. While some approaches for engaging students are contingent on modality and content area, there are also methods that can apply to courses of all types. CATL has compiled some of these key research-backed frameworks and strategies in this blog post on student engagement.
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Session Recording: “Teaching with Zoom” (Aug. 24, 2021)
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A web recording from one of CATL’s sessions on teaching with Zoom.
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Collaborative Learning Assignments
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A lot of students shudder at the thought of group assignments, and with good reason. A poorly-designed group assignment can be painful for the students involved and for the instructor. That being said, well-designed and properly scaffolded group activities have numerous positive effects on student learning. In a quality collaborative learning activity, students develop a deeper…
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Exam Wrappers
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An exam wrapper is a way for students to reflect on their experience on an exam. It is meant for learners to look again at the techniques they use to get ready for an exam, identify strategies they can use to prepare for later assessments, and consider how similar strategies might help them in their studies in…