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Promoting student engagement

Online classrooms can offer opportunities for rich interaction. As instructors seek innovative avenues for communication and remixing of ideas, new tools and patterns have emerged that benefit interaction. Explore the below insights towards a more generative and interactive learning environment.

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Instructor and student voices

TA toolkit session #1: Supporting and engaging students

Session highlighting high-impact practices for instructional teams

Lunch-n-Learn: (Re)Designing Online Classrooms for Active, Collaborative Learning

GSE instructors share their technologies and strategies on how they support active learning in online environments

Mike Hines advises to practice education ideals

Mike Hines talks about the importance of focusing on student-centered learning and diverse engagement methods

Lunch-n-Learn: Instructor Panel #2

GSE instructors share their methods, tools, and strategies on how to support the student learning experience and foster engagement in the online setting

GSE IT Workshop: Creating Space for Connection and Engagement

A workshop lead by Denise Pope and Laura Easley on how to use teaching and learning to build a connection

Lunch-n-Learn: Universal Design for Learning

A Lunch-n-Learn panel presented by Nicole Ofiesh and Kathryn Gray on how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) fosters better learning outcomes

Podcast: Ann Jaquith and Ann Porteus reflect on course iteration and connecting with students

Fellow teachers share out meaningful moments in class and chat about how they adapted to online learning

Robert Wachtel Pronovost designs remote learning around choice and trust

Video discussion, escape rooms, and malleable reading lists set the stage for an inclusive and organic learning environment

Resources

Designing Your Own Chatbot

Design, customize, and refine a chatbot tailored to your needs and interests.

Enhancing Reflective Practices with AI

Reflection is a key component of experiential learning, what role might new technologies play in enhancing this process?

Exploring Forms of Feedback with AI

Interactive workshop focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence tools and the feedback process

Bringing cooperative learning structures online using breakout rooms

How to bring traditional peer interaction structures like jigsaw, speed dating, gallery walks, and mix and mingle into the digital space

Learning activities in varied environments

Instructional practices that augment active learning and engagement

Utilizing Kahoot to assess understanding

Kahoot is an online platform for hosting interactive quizzes and knowledge-based competitions

How to use Google Jamboard to build ideas visually

Google Jamboard is a virtual whiteboard that elevates collaboration via sticky notes and doodling tools

How to utilize Poll Everywhere, a surveying and data-collection platform

Poll Everywhere provides short and versatile polls for data-gathering and feedback in class

How to use the Slides as Virtual Background Zoom feature

The new Zoom presentation share screening option allows your meeting to be better accessible to students as well as less distracting

Zoom Breakout Room FAQs

Answers to common questions that arise when using breakout rooms in Zoom

How to create hands-on and experiential activities

Hands-on activities with manipulable materials and objects can propel learning and discourse

How to use MURAL, a digital collaboration space

Improve productivity and collaboration in remote teams with real-time idea sketches

The Flipped Classroom: Engage millennial students through active learning strategies

A literature review on the benefits and challenges of a “flipped classroom” approach

Cognitive style and attitudes towards using online learning and assessment methods

This study investigates several forms of online learning and assessment methods

Designing learning environments to promote student learning: An ergonomic focus

A report on how the design of learning environments can influence student performance

Computer-mediated communication to enhance face-to-face discussions

A small study on the effects of computer-mediated communication

Motivation as a lens to understand online learners

An article on how open online learning environments are a novel convergence of traditional course structures

The instructor’s face in video instruction

Two field studies highlight the value of social cues for motivation, and expresses caution against the one-size-fits-all approaches to instructional design

Using Zoom breakout rooms

A descriptive guide describing the various ways to create and manage Breakout Rooms in Zoom

Social learning theory and web-based learning environments

An analysis of social learning pedagogical models and how they can be used to design technology-mediated teaching

Suggested norms for online classes

General classroom norms and netiquette for online learning environments

Facilitating class community building before the quarter begins

A collection of college level community and relationship building activities for before the quarter begins

Participating in a Zoom meeting or class: Best practices

GSE-IT shares best practices and tips for participating in a Zoom meeting

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Challenges for digital classrooms

Promoting student engagement

Instructor and student voices

TA toolkit session #1: Supporting and engaging students

Lunch-n-Learn: (Re)Designing Online Classrooms for Active, Collaborative Learning

Mike Hines advises to practice education ideals

Lunch-n-Learn: Instructor Panel #2

GSE IT Workshop: Creating Space for Connection and Engagement

Lunch-n-Learn: Universal Design for Learning

Podcast: Ann Jaquith and Ann Porteus reflect on course iteration and connecting with students

Robert Wachtel Pronovost designs remote learning around choice and trust

Resources

Designing Your Own Chatbot

Enhancing Reflective Practices with AI

Exploring Forms of Feedback with AI

Bringing cooperative learning structures online using breakout rooms

Learning activities in varied environments

Utilizing Kahoot to assess understanding

How to use Google Jamboard to build ideas visually

How to utilize Poll Everywhere, a surveying and data-collection platform

How to use the Slides as Virtual Background Zoom feature

Zoom Breakout Room FAQs

How to create hands-on and experiential activities

How to use MURAL, a digital collaboration space

The Flipped Classroom: Engage millennial students through active learning strategies

Cognitive style and attitudes towards using online learning and assessment methods

Designing learning environments to promote student learning: An ergonomic focus

Computer-mediated communication to enhance face-to-face discussions

Motivation as a lens to understand online learners

The instructor’s face in video instruction

Using Zoom breakout rooms

Social learning theory and web-based learning environments

Suggested norms for online classes

Facilitating class community building before the quarter begins

Participating in a Zoom meeting or class: Best practices

Supporting mental health and well-being

Structuring and streamlining content

Promoting student engagement

Bridging synchronous and asynchronous learning

Building community and trust

Gathering assessment and feedback