by Michael Hernandez | Mar 30, 2023 | Instructional design, Uncategorized
This post is part of an ongoing series to promote active learning strategies and teaching tools that can support instructors in using them. Active learning is an area of particular interest on the UChicago campus this year, with the Chicago Center for Teaching and...
by Allison Kallo | Sep 23, 2021 | Instructional design
After going through a pilot phase, two digital pedagogy tools, Hypothesis and Ed Discussion, have been approved as enterprise services for the entire University. Both tools will continue to be available for use in courses for the 2021 Autumn Quarter and beyond. These...
by Thomas Keith | Feb 19, 2020 | Instructional design, Services
The homepage of Prof. James Allen Evans’ digital exhibition on the history of science, Scipedia Note: This post was updated on 6/17/2020 to reflect updated information about Omeka. In Part 1 of this series we examined some basic types of image assignments, such as...
by Cosette Bruhns | Dec 17, 2019 | Instructional design, Services
Photo by Christopher Flynn on Unsplash Images (e.g. photographs, illustrations, and visual metaphors) can facilitate student engagement and understanding in classroom assignments by making abstract concepts tangible and providing a different way of illustrating...
by Cecilia Lo | Sep 24, 2019 | Instructional design, Services
Canvas Discussion Boards and course blogs have similar functions–they offer a space for students to post a short piece of writing or multimedia for fellow students to provide feedback. In addition to being a good venue for write-to-learn exercises, they are...