Category Archives: Integrating Online & On-Campus Learning

ENGR 350: Sustainable Engineering in a Nutshell

ENGR 350 is a Bacc Core class which explores the relationship between technology and sustainability.  We cover the entire gauntlet of population trends, climate change, energy, water, food, agriculture, infrastructure, global nutrient cycles, the circular economy, and sustainability policy.  Two … Continue reading

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Graphic Design Technology & Production in a Nutshell

The first course any newly admitted graphic design pro school students takes as part of their new cohort is GD 200: Technology and Production. This course was initial envisioned as a level-setting tool, to get all students in a single … Continue reading

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Integrating Project-Based Learning in Hybrid Studio Design Courses

For those of us in the design disciplines, the recent trend toward experiential learning is old hat. Because of our heritage in craft-based, apprentice-style education, which was effectively scaled up by such early pedagogical pioneers as the Bauhaus, learning by … Continue reading

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Using Industry Mentors in a Hybrid Course

Online Course Design Pitfall #4: Expect your students to consume knowledge rather than create it; Online Course Design Pitfall #5: Ignore the ways students learn from each other: One of the primary outcomes I want for students in my industrial … Continue reading

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A Hybrid Approach to a Graphic Design Professional Practice Course

Graphic Design Professional Practices is a senior level course that covers professional ethics & standards, business practices & tactics, and production techniques for graphic designers. With graduation hot on their heels — seniors review, discuss and participate in what it … Continue reading

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A classroom day in SPAN 113, hybrid style

“How will you use class meeting time? What types of content, activities, assignments and/or assessments will you have online? How will your students’ online learning and classroom experience be linked?” I’ll skip right to the good stuff since Chris and … Continue reading

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A Hybrid Vision for SPAN 113

Welcome to SPAN 113, hybrid style!  SPAN 113 is the third course in the first year Spanish series.  The course typically draws CLA students part way through filling a 2-year language requirement or other students with a language requirement.  There … Continue reading

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Hybridizing “society and natural resources”

what is the course about? I have taught SOC 481/581 for 4 years now. I have modified it slightly every time I teach it; and finally feel that it is ready for a hybrid version. It is ideally suited to … Continue reading

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Spanish 113 in a nutshell

In Spanish 113, as with all of our first and second-year courses, we focus on speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills. We introduce our students to the richness of Hispanic cultures, and we focus on the 5 C’s of language … Continue reading

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Why “It’s all on Canvas!” is not a helpful answer

Online Course Design Pitfall #1: Upload your course materials, then call it a day. It’s easy to blame students for their inability to find the assignment, or for making “lame” excuses for why they didn’t do the reading. However, since … Continue reading

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