Faculty Connections

Peers Sharing Strategies That Work

Teaching is a creative profession. Faculty Connections promotes instructors sharing what they do in their classrooms. Visit the profiles below to discover how �� faculty have solved challenges and inspired learning using technology.

The Secret Lives of Sand Dollars

A collaboration of Behnaz Farahi, Doug Pace, and Siavash Ahrar

Stephen Adams

Exploring the Impact of Virtual Reality (Education)

Sarvenaz Hatami

ChatGPT for Second Language Learning (Linguistics)

Jelena Trajkovic

Evaluating Active Learning During Lectures (Computer Science)

Adam Kahn

Equitable Grading Strategies (Communications)

Caitlin Fouratt

Engaging Students Using Perusall (International Studies)

Amy Wax

Interactive Lecture Slides with Poll Everywhere (Psychology)

Jelena Trajkovic

Learning from Student Mistakes with Gradescope (Computer Science)

Strategies

All strategies shared in Faculty Connections have been implemented in face-to-face and online classes. Each contributor has shared a strategy that meets these criteria:

Effective: the technique has led to results for students.
Scalable: the technique can be used effectively by faculty in a variety of content areas.
Quick-to-implement: faculty share how to put the techniques to use right away, as opposed to taking weeks to plan and learn.
Technology learning curve: recognizing that learning a new tech tool takes time and can be a barrier for some, faculty share their tips and shortcuts to get started.

Interested in Sharing?
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