by Thomas Keith | Apr 18, 2019 | Faculty Success Stories, Instructional design
The “flipped-classroom” model of pedagogy, replacing in-class lectures with active learning, is rapidly growing in popularity within higher education. At the University of Chicago, Academic Technology Solutions has been working with Prof. Dorian Abbot of Geophysical...
by Thomas Keith | Mar 12, 2019 | Faculty Success Stories, Instructional design
Canvas Conferencing is a powerful built-in Canvas tool that makes it possible for faculty and instructors to hold classes and office hours remotely. For Thomas J. Lee, a lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy, Canvas Conferencing proved to be a life-saver...
by lynnb | Mar 12, 2019 | A/V Equipment, Faculty Success Stories
A month prior to the start of Autumn Quarter 2018, the leadership in the UChicago MAPSS (Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences) program was anxiously seeking a way to both record and livestream their lectures for each class period, and allow the stream to be...
by Aidan Kaplan | Sep 13, 2018 | Faculty Success Stories, Instructional design
“The part of teaching that I enjoy the most is the direct interaction with students. My main goal with flipping the classroom was to increase the quality of our limited contact time.” —Prof. Britni Ratliff What is a flipped classroom? The main idea in a...
