Recently I discovered an excellent resource from Magna Publications, called Faculty Focus: Higher Ed Teaching Strategies by Magna Publications. There are excellent resources on a wide range of topics:
TOPICS:
- Academic Leadership
- Blended and Flipped Learning
- Course Design
- Curriculum Development
- EdTech News and Trends
- Educational Assessment
- Effective Classroom Management
- Effective Teaching Strategies
- Faculty Development
- Faculty Evaluation
- Online Education
- Philosophy of Teaching
- Teaching and Learning
- Teaching Careers
- Teaching Professor Blog
- Teaching with Technology
Check out Faculty Focus website at: https://www.facultyfocus.com/ or on
There is no escaping the many ways that technology has entered the classroom. In a recent discussion with some teaching colleagues, the majority have accepted that students have a powerful tool at their fingertips and as educators this tool can have many applications in the classroom. The following link to a blog post by Victotia Ingalls (2019) is a great illustration of this. By posing a problem to have the class solve in groups and then post a quick video to a shared Google drive, the instructor not only promotes active and collaborative learning but also receives formative assessment regarding comprehension of the problem. Ingalls does indicate that there are a few that might be encountered such as ensuring that the chosen video app is available on both iOs and Android operating systems and sluggish wifi. Overall though, definitely a strategy worth trying.