Tag Archives: teaching

Join the Fall Conversation on Blended Learning!

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Cub Kahn

Wondering how to engage students in blended courses, now or in the future? Academic Technology and CTL invite instructors and tenured/tenure-track faculty who teach Corvallis and Cascades campus courses to join a small, cross-disciplinary faculty cohort and explore blended learning … Continue reading →

Posted in Center for Teaching and Learning | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

New Guides to Blended and Remote Teaching

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Cub Kahn

Just in time for a Fall term in which most Corvallis and Cascades courses will be offered in either remote or blended formats, two new Center for Teaching and Learning tutorials walk you through the design and teaching of courses … Continue reading →

Posted in Center for Teaching and Learning | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Sign up for Course Design and Teaching Workshops!

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Cub Kahn

The Center for Teaching and Learning is partnering with Academic Technology and Ecampus to offer three university-wide faculty development workshops in early September. Each workshop will focus on best practices in the instructional modalities currently planned for Fall term Corvallis and Cascades … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements and Events, Hybrid Learning, Remote Learning | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Pedagogical Boosters

Posted on May 28, 2020 by howlandb

Last week, Cub Kahn posted a blog titled, Practical Solutions to Remote Learning Issues. In that issue, an infographic on remote learning issues, along with practical, evidence-based solutions were shared. This week, the Center for Teaching and Learning is sharing … Continue reading →

Posted in Center for Teaching and Learning, Remote Learning | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Long-Term Instructors Share Most Valuable Skills for Online Teaching

Posted on May 26, 2020 by dellostm

by Mary Ellen Dello Stritto, Ph.D., Director, OSU Ecampus Research Unit The teaching and learning field is busy tackling the unprecedented challenges of emergency remote teaching, and planning for many possibilities of hybrid, blended, remote and online teaching and learning … Continue reading →

Posted in Center for Teaching and Learning | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Remote Teaching = Blended Learning: Part 2

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Cub Kahn

At the outset of Oregon State’s Spring term in late March, the first post in this series suggested considering this sudden shift to remote teaching as an extension of the widely used, evidence-based blended learning modality. Now that we’ve passed … Continue reading →

Posted in Hybrid Learning, Remote Learning | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Remote Teaching = A New Kind of Blended Learning

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Cub Kahn

Blended learning, in which classroom learning activity is integrated with online learning activity, has been on the rise over the past two decades. Nationally, a large portion of faculty and students express a preference toward blended approaches and substantial research … Continue reading →

Posted in Center for Teaching and Learning | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Jump-Start Your Remote Teaching with a Canvas Template

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Cub Kahn

To help you rapidly prepare for Spring term remote teaching, you have access to a Canvas course template that can be imported into your empty Canvas course sites. The template itself gives simple directions to import it into your course … Continue reading →

Posted in Center for Teaching and Learning | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Going Far Together: The Benefits of Participating in a Faculty Learning Community

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Funmi Amobi

“If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” Faculty learning communities (FLCs) provide a fail-safe place for university educators with a common interest in innovative teaching and learning practices to go far … Continue reading →

Posted in Center for Teaching and Learning | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Two Heads Are Better Than One: Tips for Making Group Work Work

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Funmi Amobi

Group work is a critical element of active learning (Freeman et al. 2014; Brame & Biel, 2015, Hodge, 2017; Tombak & Altun, 2016). The benefits of group work range from promoting learning, metacognition and academic success to developing social interaction, … Continue reading →

Posted in Center for Teaching and Learning | Tagged , , | Leave a comment