Category Archives: Teaching and Learning

This short video provides an introduction to cooperative learning. It’s important to note that cooperative learning is not equivalent to working in groups. While working in groups can be valuable, cooperative learning is a well-defined and evidence-based instructional methodology rather than a discussion technique. Access on YouTube Further Reading The Cooperative Learning Institute Cooperative Learning:Continue reading “Cooperative Learning: An Introduction”

What do we mean by student engagement? What are our assumptions? Strategies? How can we plan more mindfully and collaboratively to create opportunities for greater engagement? This video reviews some essential concepts of student engagement. Access the video on YouTube

This short video reviews the three types of assessment (diagnostic, formative and summative) and considers some implications of assessment. Access the video on YouTube

This video discusses some reasons why you might want to consider providing students with video feedback. You may want to check out this article about effective feedback on Edutopia. Access the video on YouTube

How can we visualize asynchronous course components without ever having learned or taught in this modality? It may be helpful to identify metaphors that can help us visualize what these asynchronous learning components might be. You can read about the ideas in this video in this short article. Access a captioned version of this videoContinue reading “Thinking about Asynchronous Learning Components”

Fishbowl is a discussion strategy that focuses on both student-centeredness and listening skills. In a face-to-face classroom, you would arrange the students into a small group in the center of an outer ring. Students in the center would have a discussion and the students in the outer ring would observe. Students would rotate in andContinue reading “Groups in Live Sessions: Fishbowl”