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The lecture in 21st century learning: Reconstructing and revaluing our oldest teaching asset
Awardee plans to redesign his large lecture course based on active learning strategies but, at the same time, preserving possible benefits of the traditional lecture format. -
Learning bundles: A tool to enhance student learning in higher education
Awardee plans to create a tool that combines video, links to online material, and classroom exercises to facilitate student thinking about complex topics on which experts disagree. -
Sound studies
Awardee plans to create a computer lab for sound analysis that could support a number of existing courses across several departments. -
Development of a multimedia textbook
Awardees plan to develop a digital textbook for an existing course. -
Transforming stories and public health lessons of Ashland, MA, into a multimedia case for learning
Awardees plan to create (using Zeega software) a multimedia “case” that better integrates quantitative and qualitative information, for use in a public health course and as a model for next-generation case-based teaching. -
Einstein reversed
Awardee redesigned his Gen Ed course on the Einsteinian revolution, using video-recorded content to “flip the classroom." -
Learning from leaders: Weaving a leadership narrative into the educational experience
Awardees plan to edit existing video of influential lectures into pedagogically-relevant clips, and create a user-friendly interface to enable faculty to better use these videos in their courses. -
Portraits in multimedia: A social engagement project in African and African American Studies
Awardees plan to create a digital archive of “social portraits” (short video interviews with African leaders and residents) for widespread use in humanities courses. -
The future of learning: Preparing professionals in education for a changing world
Awardees plan to use learning principles of digital and social media to create an online environment that engages faculty, students, and staff involved with their professional education program; they also plan to create immersive exercises that promote active, interdisciplinary learning. -
Making classroom minutes count
Awardees plan to use active learning strategies, peer instruction, and “flipped classrooms” to transform the core curriculum of their school’s flagship degree program.
