Posts tagged largecourses
The Pleasures and Pains of Doing an Academic Podcast
Mark Goodacre, Religion
A discussion of the NT Pod, a podcast offering a historical approach to the New Testament and Christian Origins: how it began, how it evolved, its benefits outside the classroom and how it has been received.
Using Technology to Help students in a Large Class
Kate Scholberg, Physics
Dr. Scholberg teaches a large basic physics course to non physics majors. To engage the students, she uses clickers (PRS), in class demonstrations, and online minute papers. To extend learning outside the classroom, she creates short videos of problems solved for the students, and uses the student minute papers to create FAQs after each class. She’ll show how she creates videos and will talk about her experiences in teaching the large class.
Video Capture Development for Aid in Understanding Problem Solving in General and Organic Chemistry
Christopher Roy, Chemistry
Using new technology, the Livescribe Pulse Pen, we have developed a series of video captures with voice over that diagrams the steps involved in solving chemistry problems and helps students to see and hear how a wide variety of chemistry problems are solved. This technology can easily be applied to a variety of disciplines, such as mathematics, physics, etc.