Zoom or Teams

January 9, 2023

More Ways to Up Engagement in Your Synchronous Online Class

Reading Time: 5 minutes Creating Opportunities for Higher Levels of Engagement Students experience higher learning gains when they are taught through a more interactive classroom (Knight & Wood, 2005)....

Active Learning and Engagement/Online Synchronous/Teaching

October 25, 2022

Getting Students to Participate in Breakout Rooms

Reading Time: 7 minutes “[B]reakout rooms do not always magically create engagement and higher levels of learning.” (Saltz & Heckman, 2020, para. 16) Breakout groups are used as a discussion...

Active Learning and Engagement/Class Management/Group Work/Online Synchronous/Teaching

January 15, 2021

Bring Your Best: Advice from Faculty on Online Synchronous Teaching

Reading Time: 3 minutes Tips suggested by faculty in a workshop, “Bring Your Best to Remote Teaching”

Faculty Stories/Hybrid/Online Synchronous/Reflective Practice/Zoom or Teams

January 13, 2021

Boost Engagement with Zoom Text Chat

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ideas and tips for using text chat to boost engagement and clear communication during remote synchronous meetings

Active Learning and Engagement/Hybrid/Online Synchronous/Zoom or Teams

January 7, 2021

Silent In-Class Reading Time

Reading Time: 4 minutes If one goal of your class meetings is to promote thoughtful, lively discussion among students, then it can be useful to think about ways to...

Active Learning and Engagement/In-person/Online Synchronous

December 1, 2020

Putting Your Best Face Forward in Zoom Meetings with Students

Reading Time: 6 minutes The clothing we wear, the setting we present ourselves in, and the camera view have a profound impact on our students’ impressions of us and...

Online Synchronous