Instructional Ideas
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.
Entrepreneurial Mindset
The entrepreneurial mindset (EM) is a problem-solving approach that begins with curiosity about our changing world, connecting information from various resources to gain insight, and identifying unexpected opportunities to create value. This QRG includes actionable strategies for EM classroom activities, course learning objectives, and faculty mentorship.
Discussion Board Prompts (Active Learning Strategy)
Discussion Boards can be used to increase content comprehension, retention, and metacognitive skills in any type of course and provide students with social connection outside of the classroom setting. This QRG includes ideas for implementation and actionable strategies to create interesting discussion posts for your students.
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.
Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple, non-graded or low-stakes activities designed to give you and your students useful feedback on the learning-teaching process as it is happening. This QRG includes ideas for implementation and the benefits for both students and instructors.
Active Learning: Overview and Introduction
Active Learning is a term used to describe instructional methods that increase student involvement and engagement in the learning process. This QRG includes ideas for implementation, common faculty concerns and mistakes, and guidance on how to incorporate active learning in your specific class.