by Ziting Wang | Nov 8, 2023 | Digital Accessibility, How-tos, Instructional design, Pedagogy
Want to engage your students by incorporating gamification into your classes? This blog post shares four design principles for creating gamified activities and discusses factors to consider in order to design with accessibility in mind. Design Principles Breaking down...
by Michael Hernandez | Nov 6, 2023 | Events, Try IT
This post is part of an ongoing series to promote active learning strategies and teaching tools that can support instructors in using them. Since last Spring, Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) has hosted the new active learning series Try IT: Academic Tech for...
by Thomas Keith | Oct 26, 2023 | Events, Instructional design, Services, Try IT
Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) is continuing its event series Try IT: Academic Tech for Active Learning in Autumn 2023. This event series explores tools, techniques, and tips for engaging students in the classroom, with a special focus on how digital tools...
by Thomas Keith | Oct 25, 2023 | Instructional design, Pedagogy, Services, Universal Design for Learning
The author wishes to thank ATS instructional designers Michael Hernandez and Joe Olivier for their excellent feedback and suggestions, which helped him to improve this article. He remains solely responsible for any errors or omissions therein. Introduction: Series...
by Sarah McDaniel | Oct 11, 2023 | Events, Instructional design, Pedagogy, Services, Universal Design for Learning
This three-part series explores a wide range of digital tools and pedagogical strategies that support writing instruction. Over these three posts, we will consider a diverse array of writing-related goals and instructional contexts from across the disciplines. This...