The following recording was made of a lunch & learn session on being able to more effectively engage with active teaching strategies. A description for this session may be found below and be sure to check out some of the handouts that were available for this session:

Active Teaching Struggles Galore! March 13, 2017

If active teaching and learning strategies are so good, then why do they seem to be so hard to implement and why do students complain about them. This session will provide strategies to help with both.

The following session was facilitated on December 6, 2016 on Active Teaching & Learning Strategies. To view the video, click on the image below. Click here to access the handouts from the session.

Description for the session:

Join the “Let’s Get Active” Hoedown!: An Active Teaching & Learning Strategy Swap – Come to this wonderful opportunity to share and learn for one another as to what is possible in terms of active teaching & learning. We will have many, many strategies to share and there might even be a little hoedown music! Facilitated by Heather Henrichs, Kristen McNulty, and Eric Kyle.

The following recording was made of a lunch & learn session on working with students to help them to be more prepared for class. A description for this session may be found below and be sure to check out some of the handouts that were available for this session:

“The Dog Did NOT Eat My Homework”: Helping Students to Come to Class Prepared – Come to both learn and share strategies that help students to be more prepared and engaged with your class. Facilitated by Meg Blair, Lisa Fuchs, Cathy Barnes, and Eric Kyle.

The following recording was made of a lunch & learn session on online teaching and learning strategies. A description for this session may be found below and be sure to check out some of the handouts that were available for this session. The video camera created a part 1 and 2 for this recording, here they are:

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A Plethora of Online Teaching Strategies! - Read, lecture, discussion board...read, lecture, discussion board... Are there other ways to dynamically engage students in the online components of a course? Definitely! This session will provide a wide range of ideas and strategies that instructors are using. Facilitated by Hilary Applequist, Linda Foley, Larry Hughes, and Alice Kindschuh.

Flipped Learning and Flipped Classrooms -- November 13, 2017

 In this session Dr Emily Barr (MOT) offered an overview and understanding of what hybrid and flipped classes are, how to develop effective hybrid and flipped classes, as well as strategies for addressing some of the challenges of these courses.

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Talking to Learn & Learning to Talk with Kathy Babcock & Tara Whitmire

Tues., Aug. 28th, and Thurs., Aug. 30th, 12-1pm 

Description: In this session, we will learn more about how to facilitate engaging class discussions in online as well as on-ground courses. Come and learn about the different kinds of discussions that we can engage students in as well as tips for how to design and implement them more effectively.

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To view the video recording for this session...OOPS! We encountered technical difficulties when trying to record this session, so no video is available - Sorry!

"Not Another Worksheet!" - Overcoming Activity Fatigue With Whitney Robertson & Craig Zimmer

Whether it is discussion boards in an online course or worksheets in an on-ground class, students can become tired of engaging with the same types of activities over and over. In this session, we will learn how to avoid this "activity fatigue" and develop courses that help keep students engaged across the class. Below is a video recording for this session. Click here to access the handouts for this session.