Teaching in a Pandemic Part Two
Like every other teacher on planet Earth at the moment, I have been adjusting to teach during a pandemic. I am privileged to have an...
Makerspaces
Yesterday afternoon, I listened to a presentation on makerspaces, dedicated rooms or facilities where students can gather to generate and...
Brief Thoughts on Building Design
As part of the Future Learning Spaces Conference I am attending, we toured Northeastern University’s Interdisciplinary Science and...
Student Research--an In-class Exercise
I have been preparing online in-class exercises for my Business Writing class this semester. The students are divided into four...
Those Delightful In-class Essays
So far this semester, I have been quite satisfied with the work of my undergraduate students, and my GTAs as well, relative to the...
The Sorting Stage of a Large Active Learning Class
My teaching assistants and I crossed the first hurdle this semester in setting up our 90-student literature class for active learning in...
Engineering Active Learning for Large Classes
I return to teaching a ninety-student section of core literature in January and I’ve been turning my mind to introducing as much active...
The Alignment of Pedagogy and Design
We’re almost three weeks into our first semester in our new classroom building on campus with its many dedicated active learning spaces. ...
Active & Abroad: Staying Busy Overseas
My first consideration, then, was to integrate our field trips into the larger course theme, Empire and Identity, for our British Literature
Mell Classroom Building with Active Learning Spaces
Recently, some of us scheduled to teach in Auburn University's new Mell Classroom Building when it opens for Fall 2017 were taken on...
