Active Learning
- The Department of Communication and Media Studies's Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies Peter Simonson attended ASSETT's Teaching with Technology Seminar this past spring. Simonson designed an eight week conversation module
- Stephanie Mollborn, Associate Professor of the CU Â鶹ӰԺ Sociology Department, participated in ASSETT's Fall 2014 Teaching with Technology Seminar. She redesigned her course to cover general research methods. Watch her
- High tech devices fly high when it comes to archaeological mapping. Professor Gerardo Gutierrez of the CU Â鶹ӰԺ Anthropology Department has found that the right technology can free up hours of work for the archaeologist.
- Tweet for homework? This spring, CU Â鶹ӰԺ students nominated Sociology graduate student Amanda Tyler for an ASSETT Outstanding Teaching with Technology Award for her teaching of Sociology 2044, Crime and Society. One student wrote
- "Visuals are important," says CU Â鶹ӰԺ History Professor Marcia Yonemoto. Yonemoto includes maps and photographs of woodblock art and historic Japanese architecture in her PowerPoint lectures about Japanese history. This
- CU Â鶹ӰԺ Anthropology instructor Inga Calvin engages first year students with the research tool Zotero in Anthropology 1190, Origins of Civilization. She participated in the ASSETT Teaching with Technology Seminar. Teaching and
- Sociology graduate student Zachary Owens has taught at CU Â鶹ӰԺ for seven years, and this past spring was his first time teaching an online course. Owens's online students nominated him for an
- In preparing for a lecture about dueling Nordic poets, CU Â鶹ӰԺ Professor Benjamin Teitelbaum was reminded of a modern rap battle. Not one to miss an opportunity to reach his students, Teitelbaum searched for and found a
- Imagine that as you walk into your freshman year introductory science lecture hall, you hear your professor playing music. Dr. David Brain of the Astrophysics Department at CU Â鶹ӰԺ says that before each Astronomy 1000
- Do most of your students bring their computers to class already? Perfect; keep your students engaged in class by creating Padlet.com discussion boards! Create a virtual sticky note / cork board