Teach a Course

Overview

Research by the National Survey for Student Engagement shows that students take great responsibility for learning when there is frequent interaction between students and faculty in a supportive, active learning environment. Teaching methodologies should be selected specifically to achieve learning goals.

Topics

    Building a Supportive Learning Environment

• The First Day of Class
• Building Faculty-Student Interaction
• Classroom Diversity

    Designing Interactive Lectures

• Preparing and Delivering an Interactive Lecture
• Creating Interactive Large Lectures

    Incorporating Discussion Into Your Teaching

• Facilitating Effective Discussions

    Building and Working with Classroom Teams

• Building teams
• Encouraging Students to Learn From Each Other

Tufts Teaching Profiles

• Fostering Student Engagement by Eulogio Guzman, Tufts University
• Interactive Lectures by Roger Tobin, Tufts University
• Using Podcasts in Large Lectures by Francie Chew, Tufts University
• Using Discussions to Facilitate Learning by Fulcrum Institute, Tufts University
• Facilitating Online Discussions by Diane McKay, Tufts University
• Hands-On Learning by Chris Rogers, Tufts University
• Creating Digital Stories by Colin Orians, Tufts University
• Service Learning by Chris Swan, Tufts University
• Peer-to-Peer Learning by Mary Viola, Tufts University