Educational Methods Commons^™

Developing An Early-Alert System To Promote Student Visits To Tutor Center, Qijie (Vicky) Cai, Carrie Lewis Miller, Jude Higdon

iSALT Outcomes: Publications, Presentations, and Other Scholarly Works

An early-alert system (MavCLASS) was developed and piloted in a large gateway math class with 611 freshman students to identify academically at-risk students and provide alert messages. It was found that there was significant association between the alert messages students received and their visits to the university’s tutor center. Further, the achievement of students who visited the tutor center was improving over the semester. Evidence from the study suggests that an early-alert system focused on personalized feedback from instructional staff correlates with the help-seeking behaviors of at-risk students in large gateway classes.

Evaluating A Project-Based Learning Approach To The Bgsu Business Curriculum, Kara Harmeyer

Honors Projects

Inspiration for my honors project came from an assignment that I completed in a previous marketing course. This assignment is the only experience that I have had with project-based learning, but it certainly made an impact on me. My honors project presented the perfect opportunity for learning more about project-based learning and the way it is used in educational settings. In addition to the benefits and challenges associated with project-based learning, I also researched the characteristics and learning styles of millennial students to understand whether project based-learning is compatible. In conclusion, I evaluated how project-based learning could be utilized in …

Journal Of The National Collegiate Honors Council, Volume 16, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2015 (Complete Issue)

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Forum on “Honors and the future of the humanities”

Larry Andrews

Frances McCue

Angela Marie Salas

Andrew Martino

Amaris Ketcham

Annmarie Guzy

Barbra Nightingale

Joe Kraus

Research essay

Naomi Yavneh Klos, Kendall Eskine, and Michael Pashkevich

Portz-prize-winning essay, 2014

Sam Shearer

An Extensible Technology Framework For Cyber Security Education, Frank Jordan Sheen

Theses and Dissertations

Cyber security education has evolved over the last decade to include new methods of teaching and technology to prepare students. Instructors in this field of study often deal with a subject matter that has rigid principles, but changing ways of applying those principles. This makes maintaining courses difficult. This case study explored the kind of teaching methods, technology, and means used to explain these concepts. This study shows that generally, cyber security courses require more time to keep up to date. It also evaluates one effort, the NxSecLab, on how it attempted to relieve the administrative issues in teaching these …

Week Four Introduction, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

After reviewing Chapter 4 with a jigsaw activity, we will revisit lesson planning by using a rubric to evaluate two different plans. We also learned how to use low tech "clickers" and discuss the students' inertia including ways to overcome it using simulations and other teaching strategies. If there is time, we will talk about Just in Time Teaching (JiTT), a technique to get students to read.

Week Five Introduction, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

After investigating hazardous classroom materials, we will learn about diverse students and how to teach them. We will also write learning biographies for different students and used them to consider a variety of teaching-learning issues, including college student development. In addition, we will shared our CAT implementation reports and discuss the impact of classroom climate on student learning.

Week Seven Introduction, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Partners provided each other with meaningful feedback on their syllabi and also exchanged lesson plans. In addition, test analysis skills were revised and we discussed common concerns related to grading. A rubric or scoring guide was also used to grade an essay test question in literature or geography.

Week Eight Introduction, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

We used what we have learned about smart teaching to provide advice to the instructor in a YouTube video, and then identified causes of and solutions for common disruptive behaviors. We ended the series with a "Thought Museum" activity and an assessment of the Teaching Academy.

Teaching Academy 2015: Tuesday Syllabus, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The purpose of the Teaching Academy is to help you understand how learning works so you can develop the competencies needed to create active, learning-centered courses. By the end of the Academy you will have (a) created a list of common misconception in your content area, (b) constructed and used a CAT (classroom assessment technique) to measure student learning, (c) created a lesson plan that addresses a disciplinary or course related misconception, and (d) written test or quiz questions.

Teaching Academy 2015: Syllabus Review, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The following questions answer everything you need to know to succeed during the Teaching Academy.

Reading Guide For “Teaching & Human Memory, Part 1” Article, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Supplemental questions for Teaching & Human Memory, Part 1.

Reading Guide For “Discrepant Teaching Events” Article, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Supplemental questions for Discrepant Teaching Events.

Week One: Introduction To Learning-Centered Teaching, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The following is an introduction and overview of Learning-Centered Teaching.

Week One: Certificate Requirements, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The Centers for Teaching and Technology’s Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education is designed to foster experiential, investigative, and reflective approaches to teaching and student learning. It calls for a commitment to learning-centered teaching. All requirements are to be completed within two years of the start date

Cat Examples, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The following are descriptions of selected classroom assessment techniques.

Excerpt From The “Curse Of Knowledge”, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The following is an excerpt from the "Curse of Knowledge" or why intuition about teaching often fails by Carl Wieman.

Week Two: Chapter 2 Reading Guide, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The following is a reading guide for chapter two.

Integrate Motivation Planning Into Lesson Planning, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Instructions on how to integrate motivation planning into lesson planning.

Guide For “How To Use Clickers Effectively”, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Learning guide for "how to use clickers effectively."

Winning Ticket, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Thanks for your "random act of learning." Your active participation helps make this course a success!