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Team-Based Learning Quick Guide

by Mendi Benigni | Nov 19, 2018 | Assessment, Best Practices, Collaboration, Innovative Instruction, Pedagogy

What is Team-Based Learning? “Team-Based Learning is an evidence-based collaborative learning teaching strategy designed around units of instruction, known as “modules,” that are taught in a three-step cycle: preparation, in-class readiness assurance testing,...

Small Teaching Tip #11: The Benefits of Peer Teaching

by Jessica Smith | Feb 9, 2017 | Best Practices, Collaboration, Pedagogy, Small Teaching Tip, Teaching Advice

When we ask students to work in groups or turn to their neighbor to discuss course content, many of us wonder whether this kind of collaboration is worthwhile. Students aren’t experts, so could they be teaching each other incorrect information? Or perhaps what...

DE 2.0 Workshop: Humanizing Your Online Course

by Amy Ostrom | Dec 20, 2016 | Assessment, Best Practices, Collaboration, Distance Ed, Events, Innovative Instruction, Pedagogy, Teaching Advice

“I miss getting to really know my students. It’s just not the same.” “There’s no way of knowing who is on the other side of the screen.” Sound familiar? If so then you aren’t alone. Not only do some instructors feel this way about online learning, but students do as...

#OneNewThing – Padlet

by Mendi Benigni | Dec 13, 2016 | Collaboration, discussion, instructional technology, iPad, Mobile, Portfolio, Presentation, Research

“Padlet is a virtual wall that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. It works like an online sheet of paper where people can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any...

Easier Paper Grading with Google Classroom

by Mendi Benigni | Nov 11, 2016 | Assessment, Collaboration, Google, Google Apps, OAKS

Hurricane Matthew forced TLT to cancel our session on “Easier Paper Grading with Google Classroom.” We had several people ask if we could reschedule, so to meet the needs of more faculty we decided to do a recorded version of the class. Check out the...

6 Reasons You Should Be Using Google Sheets Instead Of Excel

by Mendi Benigni | Oct 28, 2016 | Collaboration, Google, Google Apps, instructional technology, Share

I have always said that if I could only have two applications on my computer it would be Photoshop and Microsoft Excel. With those two applications I can do almost everything I need to do in a day. Lately, however, my eye has drawn to Google Sheets, and I have to say,...