Personal narrative plays an important role in Mike Garver’s teaching style. Garver, a professor of marketing at Central Michigan University, often uses anecdotes from his own life in his lectures, ...
A student opens their Chromebook and logs into AP Classroom. Opening their assignments, they begin an AP Daily video lesson, taking notes as they watch. The student adjusts the playback speed to 1.5, ...
Kansas University sophomores from Wichita, Timothy Spencer Kaba, left, and Tyler Van turn to read notes projected onto one of over a dozen large flatscreen monitors hanging on the wall of an ...
When video recordings of Ravi Janardan’s computer-science course at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities first went online, the students loved it. Instead of dragging themselves out of bed for the ...
Large lecture courses are a staple in many disciplines, varying in size from 40 students up to 400+. They are often viewed as an effective and economical way to guide students through foundational ...
Over the last year, I have noticed that one of the most frequent questions in Center for Teaching & Learning workshops is, “How would you adapt this practice for use in a large class?” The suggestions ...
It's a typical scene: a few minutes before 11:00 on a Tuesday morning and about 200 sleepy-looking college students are taking their seats in a large lecture hall - chatting, laughing, calling out to ...
Large lecture classes may be a new experience for many students, but there are strategies for doing well. Here are some tips for making your lecture class a success this semester. If possible, sit as ...
Picture this: you are sitting in a large lecture hall, staring out into a sea of people. At first glance, it looks and sounds exactly like you would expect — laptops open, notebooks out and the ...
Photographs by Liam Weir '18. Audiences across the nation now have the chance to sit in on a class at Boston College. A five-person crew from C-SPAN's "Lectures in History" series came to campus in ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As sophomore Nathan Beckman sat outside Room 224 of the Class of 1950 Lecture Hall, he marked time by watching videos on his phone before Biology 230 dismissed and his ...