What is Critical Thinking?
By Donna Qualters, PhD, Director of CELT Critical thinking is one of those skills we often assume students entering college
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Jayanthi Mistry – Teaching with Technology
Jayanthi Mistry, Ph.D. (Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development) undertook an Instructional Technology Exploration Program (ITEP) project in Fall 2017 with
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Virtual Classroom Visits Focus on Student-Centered Teaching at Tufts
Virtual Classroom Visits is a video series in which Tufts faculty from across disciplines and departments are recorded teaching, then
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Reflections on Using Poll Everywhere and Flipping a Lecture to Increase Student Engagement
We asked Dr. Senada Arabelovic, Assistant Professor of Medicine, to reflect on her experience using new educational technologies while participation
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Advice From a New Faculty Member After a Year at Tufts
We asked faculty who joined Tufts last year to comment on what their first year had been like, and to
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Is the Classroom Lecture Becoming Extinct or Simply Evolving?
In an effort to improve learning and create a more inclusive environment in a large lecture chemistry course, Professor Cathy
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Surprises, Challenges, and Successes In My First Year at Tufts
We asked new Tufts faculty members to comment on what their first year had been like, and to offer some
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From Classroom Lecture to Live Online
Michelle Samplin-Salgado, an Adjunct Professor in Public Health and Professional Degree programs at Tufts, participated in the 2016-2017 Instructional Technology
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Using Student Focus Groups to Improve a Class
You’ve finished teaching your class and it’s already time to prepare to teach it again! You have student evaluations to
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Simulating Clinical Encounters in an Occupational Therapy Class
Megan Gately, a Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, brought a unique challenge to the 2016-2017 Instructional Technology Exploration Program (ITEP) offered by
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