Disassemble Big Ideas for Greater Student Understanding Using Concept Maps: Habits of Mind Series, Part Two
UChicago’s well-known undergraduate Core Curriculum serves the goal of “cultivat[ing] in students a range of insights, habits of mind, and scholarly experiences.” This series of blog posts highlights ways in which technology can support those valuable habits of mind....
Use Commonplacing to Help Students Better Understand Difficult Texts: Habits of Mind Series, Part One
Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay Many educators would agree on the value of close, careful reading, engaged discussions, and writing that thoughtfully incorporates primary sources, but it can be challenging to support students in achieving these goals. This is...
Learn How UChicago Instructors Promote Learning with Social Annotation
As you prepare for the new quarter, you may be looking for a way to promote engagement with class reading and discussion. This blog post offers insights from our autumn quarter faculty panel on social annotation, a practice which many instructors find can do just...
AI-Resistant Assignments? Show Student Thinking and Promote Better Writing with UChicago-Supported Tools
ATS instructional designer Thomas Keith and digital pedagogy fellow Sarah McDaniel contributed content to this article. If you’re an instructor who values the idea of writing-to-learn in your pedagogy, recent news of higher-quality AI-generated writing may have you...Subscribe by Email
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