Category: Teaching Brief

Effective assessments in an asynchronous, online, large-enrollment chemistry course, Dr. Cristina Bonaccorsi and Ritushree Chatterjee

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Effective assessments in an asynchronous, online, large-enrollment chemistry course, Dr. Cristina Bonaccorsi and Ritushree Chatterjee

Cristina Bonaccorsi, Associate Teaching Professor of Chemistry and Ritushree Chatterjee, Senior Instructional Designer, Engineering-LAS Online Learning detail different assessment strategies to evaluate learning progress and communicate frequent and constructive feedback, affording students numerous opportunities to self-correct and reflect. 

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Read Bonaccorsi and Chatterjee ‘s Effective assessments in an asynchronous, online, large-enrollment chemistry course CELT Teaching Brief (PDF)

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Building a connected community within a course, Dr. Sayali Kukday

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Building a connected community within a course, Dr. Sayali Kukday

Sayali Kukday, Associate Teaching Professor of Biology, approaches students in her STEM-oriented online courses with empathy and works hard to instill a feeling of belonging in her learners. 

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Watch the Building a connected community within a course video (2m 13s) in Studio.

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Read Kukday’s Building a connected community within a course, CELT Teaching Brief (PDF)

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Transitioning a flipped language course from blended to online delivery, Dr. Shenglan Zhang

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Transitioning a flipped language course from blended to online delivery, Dr. Shenglan Zhang

Shenglan Zhang, Associate Professor of Chinese, subscribes to the idea that practice is central to the acquisition of second languages. Synchronous, instructor-facilitated, and spaced-out practice paired with constructive feedback can enhance student speaking skills in times of social distancing!

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Watch the Transitioning a flipped language course from blended to online delivery video (3m 37s) in Studio.

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Read Zhang’s Transitioning a flipped language course from blended to online delivery CELT Teaching Brief (PDF).

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Serving up success: Devising a “class menu” for online teaching, Cason Murphy

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Serving up success: Devising a “class menu” for online teaching, Cason Murphy

As a faculty member in a discipline that creates an art form where self-isolation is difficult, if not impossible, Cason Murphy, Assistant Professor of Theatre, describes how embracing technology led to new and creative ways for his students to use their agency for practice and improvement of their performance skills.

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Watch the Serving up success: Devising a “class menu” for online teaching video (3m 58s) in Studio.

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Read Murphy’s Serving up success: Devising a “class menu” for online teaching CELT Teaching Brief (PDF)

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Interactions Matter in an Online Course, Dr. Maggie LaWare

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Interactions Matter in an Online Course, Dr. Maggie LaWare

Maggie LaWare, Associate Professor of English, created a digital site exploration assignment, for her students to explore the interplay of rhetoric and human perception by visiting the virtual recreations of physical spaces in which famous speeches were delivered. This assignment resulted in increased engagement and students’ better understanding of the disciplinary content.

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Watch the Interactions Matter in an Online Course video (3m 37s) in Studio below.
 

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Read LaWare’s Interactions Matter in an Online Course CELT Teaching Brief (PDF)

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The Human-Centered Design Approach for Online Teaching, Dr. Evrim Baran and Dana Alzoubi

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The Human-Centered Design Approach for Online Teaching, Dr. Evrim Baran and Dana Alzoubi

Evrim Baran, Associate Professor of Educational Technology and Teacher Education, and graduate student Dana Alzoubi use a human-centered design approach for building a community of inquiry and empathy in their courses where students engage in complex problem-solving.

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Watch the Human-Centered Design Approach video (3m 6s) in Studio.

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Read Baran and Alzoubi’s The Human-Centered Design Approach for Online Teaching CELT Teaching Brief (PDF)

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Baran and Alzoubi’s Online Learning Toolbox: A collection of resources created by the students taking EDUC-507: Principles and Practices of Distance Learning course offered in Summer 2020. View this resource: https://sites.google.com/iastate.edu/onlinelearningtools.

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Piazza to the rescue: Being a present Math instructor, Dr. Timothy H. McNicholl

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Piazza to the rescue: Being a present Math instructor, Dr. Timothy H. McNicholl

Timothy McNicholl, Professor of Mathematics, provided many opportunities for his students to assume active roles in their learning with Piazza, an instructional chat platform. 

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Watch the Piazza to the rescue: Being a present Math instructor video (1m 52s) in Studio below.

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Read McNicholl’s Piazza to the rescue: Being a present Math instructor CELT Teaching Brief (PDF)

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McNicholl used Piazza.

 

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Zooming to St. Louis: a virtual field trip, Dr. Julie Irish

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Zooming to St. Louis: a virtual field trip, Dr. Julie Irish

With the inability to physically travel, Julie Irish, Assistant Professor of Interior Design, developed a virtual field trip in collaboration with ISU’s alumni and design experts, so her students could “see” and “experience” the site they were asked to develop.

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Watch the Zooming to St. Louis: a virtual field trip video (1m 19s) in Studio below.
 

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Read Irish’s Zooming to St. Louis: a virtual field trip CELT Teaching Brief (PDF)

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Reach out and chat: A critical case for virtual community-care and adjourning, Dr. Terah J. Stewart

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Reach out and chat: A critical case for virtual community-care and adjourning, Dr. Terah J. Stewart

TJ Stewart, Assistant Professor of Student Affairs and Higher Education, converted a face-to-face adjourning activity into its online version to help students recognize and acknowledge each other’s contributions to peer learning. 

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