TLT’s Summertime Reading List
Summer is a great time to catch up on reading! When you take a break from your research, why not explore the scholarship of teaching and learning? Here are my current favorite books related to...
View ArticleThe Path of Least Resistance Makes Both Men and Memories . . . Duller?
Effortful retrieval—bleh! The terminology ages more like milk than wine. Fortunately, it’s a concept with substance and one of the main learning strategies promoted in Make It Stick: The Science of...
View ArticleTeam-Based Learning Quick Guide
What is Team-Based Learning? “Team-Based Learning is an evidence-based collaborative learning teaching strategy designed around units of instruction, known as “modules,” that are taught in a...
View ArticlePodcast – Weather-proofing the Classroom: A Conversation with Professor...
During the 2018 Fall Semester, the College of Charleston canceled five days worth of classes on account of hurricanes. It would be nice to think this semester was a fluke, that experiencing two...
View ArticleUsing Team-Based Learning in a Large, Fixed Seating Classroom
Do you teach in a large, fixed-seating classroom and think you can’t do group work successfully? Well think again! Team-based Learning, or TBL, is a teaching strategy that is an “evidence based...
View ArticleTech Tool: 360º Cameras in Teaching
What is a 360º camera? It’s a video/still camera with two lenses that takes images of what is happening all around the camera. How does a 360º camera work? Most of these cameras have a fisheye lens on...
View ArticleTECH TOOL: Augmenting and Customizing Your Textbooks!
Customizing your Textbooks with AR! Textbooks are awesome. Almost everyone uses them. But sometimes they don’t cover the material in the same way you are or they aren’t as clear, customized or...
View ArticleBE PREPARED FOR FALL! IT’S NOT JUST THE SCOUT’S MOTTO, IT SHOULD BE YOURS AS...
TLT is excited to share a couple of announcements with you that we hope will serve as resources as you continue to prepare your courses for the fall semester. RESILIENT TEACHING SITE As was shared with...
View ArticleLumen 5 – Great tool to recommend to your students for their video projects
I love video projects. I think they are one of the best ways to get students to let loose their creativity and focus on delivering information in a succinct manner. In addition, creating a video...
View ArticleUsing the Question Formulation Technique to Get Students to Dig Deeper
We all want our students to ask “good” questions and to dig deeper but we also know that this isn’t a skill they often come by naturally. When faced with a statement or a problem you may hear, I...
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