Tag Archives: collaboration

In a Nutshell: CS 461 Hybrid Course Development

Overview of the Class Senior Design, or CS461, is a required course for every student to graduate with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science. The class is taken as part of a three-term sequence by every senior and is managed … Continue reading

Posted in Hybrid Course Design, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Blending hybrid design with biochemistry laboratory training: thinking about how students learn from each other

Scientific research is a collaborative endeavor. I plan to focus this hybrid re-design of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory on promoting collaboration across teams and lab sections. Pitfall #5: Ignore the ways students learn from each other stood out to … Continue reading

Posted in Hybrid Course Design | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Get the students talking

I’m working with CTL to design a hybrid course. My course is called Launch Academy and it brings together students from any major who want to launch a new venture while in school. Every student has a different business idea, and … Continue reading

Posted in Hybrid Course Design | Tagged , | 5 Comments

How to Create Peer to Peer Engagement Online in a Hybrid Course

One of the common pitfalls in online course design is not creating opportunities and engagement for students to discuss, critique and learn from one another in the online environment. I will avoid this in my hybrid class by: Emphasizing the … Continue reading

Posted in Hybrid Course Content, Hybrid Course Delivery | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Legal Environment of Business

My hybrid course is a version of one of our core business classes: the legal environment of business. This course is taught at the 200 level, so it will have mostly second year students, and is usually around 50 students … Continue reading

Posted in Hybrid Course Delivery, Hybrid Course Design, Integrating Online & On-Campus Learning | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Cross-Pollination and the Hybrid Poetry Writing Course

Creating a hybrid version of WR 241 (Introduction to Poetry Writing) has given me a rich opportunity to reflect on how I’ve taught this course in the past, and what ideas about poetry and poetic creativity I most urgently want … Continue reading

Posted in Hybrid Course Content, Hybrid Course Delivery, Integrating Online & On-Campus Learning | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sage on the Stage

Food engineering is a broad field and I think it critical that students be able to understand basic principles and use them to analyze situations and equipment with which they inevitably have little initial familiarity.  I view a significant part of … Continue reading

Posted in Hybrid Course Delivery | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Avoiding the pitfall of ignoring the ways students learn from each other

Not too long ago I had a conversation with an older instructor about technology in the classroom (iPads and smartphones specifically). Defying certain stereotypes of age and technology use, he supported the use of technology in class, while I opposed it. At … Continue reading

Posted in Hybrid Course Content, Hybrid Course Delivery, Integrating Online & On-Campus Learning | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Sustaining momentum, building resilience

The five pitfalls of all classes can be summed up with the question of how to sustain momentum. Usually we do this by having students in class; now we have to do by not having them in class. One thing … Continue reading

Posted in Hybrid Course Delivery, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Homework that encourages socializing and learning from each other

In Engineering classes it is common to allow (and encourage) students to work together and collaborate on homework assignments. This clearly provides a great opportunity for students to learn from each other. But, in  my mind, more importantly, it simply … Continue reading

Posted in Hybrid Course Design | Tagged , , | 2 Comments