Classroom Resources - IT Teaching Resources

A compilation of articles, tools, and techniques based upon instructors’ experience in the online classroom. Browse the collection below or use the filters to find a resource that matches your needs.

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

Beyond Chatbots

Exploring different ways generative AI can look and function.

AI Cases in Education

Leveraging generative AI tools to support teaching and learning

Going from Note to Knowledge

Panelists discuss digital tools to distill, manage, and disseminate information

Building Your Own AI App

Deconstructing the process of developing a basic tool

Getting Things Done: Strategies and Digital Tools for Time and Tasks

Understanding personal energy and procrastination to improve productivity

SQL Workshop

Connecting datasets and sharing with research partners for greater insights

Boosting awareness with digital design tools

How to apply design tips to boost course or event offerings using ready-made templates

Setting up a sustainable data project

How to balance hidden costs, project structure, and reproducibility across the lifetime of a data project

Back-to-school workshop

Integrating tools new and old to elevate learning experiences

Chatbot as a teaching tool

Cases in which conversational AI supports learners and instructional teams

Slack as a teaching tool

Leveraging interaction-rich online discussion boards to optimize instruction

Hosting a Zoom event

Technical setup and organization for a small- to medium-sized remote audience

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

Classes on your feet

Opportunities for students to leave the screen and incorporate movement into learning activities

Supporting assessment in online environments

Suggestions and considerations for feedback and evaluation in a virtual classroom

Direct instruction in online environments

Toolkit and recommendations for delivering content in a virtual classroom

Learning activities in varied environments

Instructional practices that augment active learning and engagement

Questioning and discussion techniques

Techniques to promote engagement and participation in discussions

How to leverage podcasts for learning

Podcasts are an engaging way for instructors to merge project-based learning with digital media

How to create your own podcast

Creating, editing, and distributing engaging audio content

Tools for remote research

From data analysis to presentation, how to collaborate with a GSE-based research team

Building video-based learning experiences with Panopto

Now integrated into Canvas, the Panopto video platform can enhance presence and streamline access to media

Utilizing Kahoot to assess understanding

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

How Hyperdocs connect learning resources

Hyperdocs centralize instructional materials for a particular lesson, unit, week, or course into a single document

How to utilize Padlet, a customizable bulletin board

Padlet is a virtual, customizable ‘bulletin board’ with options to populate with text, images, audio, videos, and links

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 use Calendly to schedule meetings

Set up meetings and Zoom links efficiently via online booking tool

How to distribute weekly exit tickets to check-in on students

Exit tickets allow instructors to gauge how students are doing and collect course feedback

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 conduct one-on-one meetings with students

Individualized meetings can foster connection and feedback with students

Canvas course organization: Recommendations and templates

A guide on how to use and import premade modules and templates to quickly set up a Canvas course

Bringing in guest speakers to deepen student learning

The why and how of bringing guests into a Zoom meeting

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

Informal trust-building in an online environment

A GSE-inspired collection of practices for positive relationships in the digital classroom

How to deploy a launchpad to centralize course materials

Improve communication through a shared document that organizes course content

How to use anonymous surveys to get student feedback

Anonymous semi-regular feedback forms can pave the way for a more student-centered learning experience

Community building activities for agreement and norm-setting

This article offers some tips on how to build community in an online environment

Active and interactive learning online

This study compares the learning differences between students in an online writing course and an in-person writing course

The Flipped Classroom: Engage millennial students through active learning strategies

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

University students’ mental health amidst the COVID-19 quarantine in Greece

A quantitative study of 1,000 university students in Greece shows the mental health challenges from COVID-19

YouthTruth Survey: Learning and well-being during COVID-19

A bird’s-eye view of changes to students’ well-being in response to shifts in their learning environments during COVID-19

The impact of COVID-19 on student mental health

A survey from Active Minds, a leading college mental health organization on the impact of COVID-19 on student mental health

Student anxiety and depression increasing during school closures

A survey assessing new mental health challenges among California high school and college-aged students

Supporting student well-being

A detailed guide on how to support student well-being online and lessen the mental health impacts of COVID-19

COVID-19’s mental health effects on children, college students, and adults

This article discusses how college students, children, and adults are uniquely impacted by COVID-19

Building community and trust throughout the quarter

A collection of community and relationship building activities to use throughout the quarter

How to learn and teach in a hybrid course

A handbook for designing and teaching hybrid or blended courses focuses on outcomes-based practice

Providing student feedback in online courses

An article exploring how good online course feedback is one way to influence student learning

Effective online instructional and assessment strategies

A study surveying students and faculty about their perceptions of effective online instructional strategies

Millennial students and the flipped classroom

This paper examines the flipped-classroom approach to teaching accounting to millennial students

Cognitive presence in asynchronous online learning

This article examines the contribution of four scenario‐based online discussion strategies

The impact of a flipped classroom design on learning performance in higher education

This study examines the differential impact of studying in a flipped classroom setting

Cognitive style and attitudes towards using online learning and assessment methods

This study investigates several forms of online learning and assessment methods

Facilitating cognitive presence in online learning

A study on interaction in online learning and new technologies to support sustained educational communication

How chemists achieve active learning online during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Singaporean study on the transition to online learning

Designing learning environments to promote student learning: An ergonomic focus

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

Building effective blended learning programs

Research on blended learning programs that complements students and promotes learning and application-learned behaviors

Students speak about their online learning experiences

A small qualitative study that examines the perceptions of components of virtual schooling

A blended learning approach to enhance students’ learning experiences

A case study examining the benefits of blended learning on students’ learning experiences

Using social annotation in online classes

An article on how using social annotation in online learning environments can improve teaching strategies

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

A small study on the effects of computer-mediated communication

An instructional framework for fostering student engagement in online learning

A guide with four recommendations for developing blended courses

Motivation as a lens to understand online learners

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

Academic motivation and self-regulation in online learning

A comparative study on the academic motivation of undergraduates and graduate students in online courses

Social robots and virtual agents as lecturers for video instruction

A lab experiment testing the results of substituting a digital agent for a video of the instructor

Faculty role in responding to the acutely distressed college student

A study on the importance of promoting mental health and implementing suicide prevention models

Barriers to learning online experienced by students with a mental health disability

A qualitative case study to better understand online learning barriers

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

How to handle unstable WiFi in Zoom

A short article on how to make Zoom meetings more accessible for students with poor or unstable internet connection

Recording and sharing Zoom meetings and chat

How to record a synchronous and asynchronous Zoom class and access the chat features

Canvas FAQ

A collection of answers to the most commonly asked questions about Canvas courses and general Canvas tools and features

How to organize learner-centered course material

Options and tips for organizing class materials and resources, using a learner-centered Canvas compatible approach

Zoom FAQ

A collection of answers to the most commonly asked questions about Zoom meetings and the general tools and website features

How to download and sign into Zoom

A guide on installing Zoom to your computer and attending a meeting as an authenticated user

Using Zoom breakout rooms

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

Recommended Zoom meeting security settings

Managing the Zoom security settings to protect your classes from unwanted interactions

Creating multiple pathways for student participation

Utilizing Zoom chat, Zoom polling, and PollEverywhere to increase student engagement and participation

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

Office hours in an online world

A guide presenting ways for instructors to make digital office hours accessible and meaningful to students

Building community and setting norms during the first day of class

A collection of community and relationship building activities for the first day of class

Suggested norms for online classes

General classroom norms and netiquette for online learning environments

Hosting a Zoom meeting or class: Best practices

GSE-IT shares Zoom best practices and how to schedule and host a meeting

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

Collection of teaching resources for instructors and TAs

This collection of internal and external resources can help instructors and teaching teams adapt in-person courses to an online format

Connecting in the virtual college classroom

Digital learning experts at the GSE share tips to help instructors build community and collaboration while teaching remotely.

What is synchronous and asynchronous learning?

Guide to understanding the interplay and affordances of online and offline instruction