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Practicing Disciplinary Critical Thinking Skills Using Google Docs

A short video describing this teaching strategy can be seen here.

Orie Shafer, LSA-Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, wants students in his 400-level cellular neuroscience course to: (1) appreciate the incremental progression of research that leads to major break-throughs; (2) develop the skills and confidence to identify the next logical research question, given the state of the field; and (3) design the experiments to systematically test that question. In the past, Shafer had students work in small, instructor-formed groups to develop these skills. Small group discussions leveraged differences in students' backgrounds and experience and fostered deeper engagement and practice.  However, these discussions were often dominated by particular students and it was difficult for Shafer to monitor and provide feedback on discussions. Read more »

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Blogging to Apply Disciplinary Concepts and Critically Analyze Current Events

A short video describing this teaching strategy can be seen here.
Examples of student work can be seen here.

Scott Moore,  School of Business, teaches Business Thought & Action where sophomores are challenged to apply the analytical tools they learn in class to business news articles via a class blog. Students’ blog posts include, but are not limited to, analyses of corporate mergers, new business models and practices, and new markets for products and services.

Students are required to post once per month and to read and reflect substantively (comment) on the writings of other students at least twice per month, helping the entire class learn about current events in business while practicing the application of key concepts and skills. Moore comments on students’ posts, reinforcing desired behaviors, and he also provides guidance on how to write provocative posts that invite comments and responses. Read more »

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Improving Team Projects Through Cloud-Based Storage and Collaboration

A short video describing this teaching strategy can be seen here.

Students of Melissa Gross,  School of Kinesiology, use 3D animation and motion capture technologies to study the biomechanics of human movement in a studio course. Students’ group projects are presented as narrated movies and include animations to illustrate their research findings (e.g., differences between a healthy knee and a reconstructed knee climbing stairs). Read more »

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CRLT 50th - President's Panel

50th Podium Remarks Click to view President Coleman's speech.
Presidents Panel Click to view Opening Remarks from CRLT Director Constance Cook, Provost Philip Hanlon, and Vice Provost Lester Monts.
Return to the 50th Anniversary home page

 

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Did you know that CRLT has a YouTube channel?

You can find CRLT on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/crlteaching.  Because YouTube is one of the many Google Apps now in use on campus, all members of the U-M community can easily share videos with the public or with select users at U-M.  CRLT's channel is dedicated to using YouTube to support teaching excellence and innovation.  The videos currently featured include several Arthur F. Thurnau professors discussing their successful teaching strategies.  For example:

The channel also features teaching resources such as ...  Read more »

Submitted by ksgorman on Thu, 09/13/2012 - 8:54am
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