Engagement/Interaction
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants
UGTAs are successful engineering students that faculty may request to assist with active learning techniques in the in-person or online class. This QRG includes guidelines of the program, qualifications of the students, and how faculty can request UGTAs for a course.
Student Motivation
Student motivation and engagement is critical to the success of any course. This QRG overviews intrinsic motivation strategies, evidence-based methods of the psychological principles of persuasion, and plans for implementation to improve student motivation in engineering courses.
Student Hours: A New Approach to Office Hours
This QRG provides practical strategies for engineering faculty to reimagine traditional office hours. By adopting new approaches such as themed sessions, flexible locations, and personalized invitations, faculty can create a more welcoming environment that encourages student engagement and enhances academic success.
Icebreakers
Icebreakers are a low-risk, introductory activity designed to encourage students to become active members with the instructor as well as with one another. This QRG includes examples, implementation plans, and ideas for implementing in both in-person and online courses.
Group Work: Cooperative Learning (Active Learning Strategy)
Cooperative Learning is a structured form of group work where students work together, but are assessed individually, and their own learning benefits the entire group. This QRG includes an introduction to the elements of Cooperative Learning, considerations and examples for implementing it, and benefits to its use.
Generation Z
Gen Z learners have unique defining moments, attitudes, communication preferences, and values that significantly impact their educational experiences. This QRG provides ideas and actionable strategies tailored to the needs of Gen Z learners, helping you incorporate these insights into your classes.
Flipped Learning
Flipped learning changes the way students engage by reversing the order of the traditional lecture and assignment components. Instructors provide learning materials ‘outside’ of class time, and then use the class time for hands-on activities. This QRG includes directions for planning, good practices to follow, and examples of classroom activities.
Fostering Growth Mindset
Growth mindset is a way of thinking that can promote student success and learning by changing how students think about the learning process and their individual motivations and strategies. This QRG includes ideas for implementation and actionable methods to incorporate a growth mindset in your classes.
Concept Maps
Concept maps are a way to get students to interact with content to make connections at a more sophisticated level. This QRG introduces readers to concept maps, distinguishes what they are and are not, provides practical implementation steps and shares benefits of using them in coursework.
Canvas Learning Management
The Canvas Learning Management system is a technology used by ASU for course communication. Creating an effective Canvas course shell can save administrative time, provide more insight on student performance, provide clear expectations and requirements for students, and provide timely quality feedback. This QRG includes methods to create and manage impactful Canvas course shells.