Teaching Strategies: Technology in the Classroom

This page provides links to resources with guidance for enhancing teaching and learning by using technologies. The articles in this section outline both the benefits and drawbacks of incorporating technology into teaching and offer practical tips on using technology tools.

Examples of UM Faculty Using Technology in Teaching
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/inst/techexamples.php

UM Faculty and a summary of how they are using technology in their teaching.

Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever (Chickering & Ehrmann, 1996/2008) http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html

This article describes how technology tools can be used to advance the “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.” There is an addendum from 2008 at the bottom of the page highlighting new ideas and additional readings.

Examples of Teaching and Learning with Technology (Penn State, 2007)
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/ArtsHumanities/

This website has links to examples of technology use in humanities, arts, math, and science courses and discusses issues related to using various technology tools. Includes examples of using wikis, blogs, online video, and other emergent tools in the college classroom.

Scott Moore: Using Technology and Collaboration to Engage Students (2009, video)
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/faculty/Thurnau/ThurnauVideos.php

Scott Moore, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Business, discusses how he revised a course to increase student motivation and engagement using project-based learning and technology tools, such as blogs and wikis. Navigate to Prof. Moore's class website: http://bit330f08.wikidot.com/. Dr. Moore is Director of the BBA program at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

CRLT Occasional Paper #22: Teaching with Clickers (Zhu, 2007)
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/publinks/CRLT_no22.pdf

This paper explores student and faculty attitudes toward using clickers in the classroom, and outlines the benefits and challenges of using this technology; includes 14 recommendations for using clickers effectively in teaching.

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative's (ELI's) 7 Things You Should Know About... Series (Educause.edu)
http://www.educause.edu/ELI/ELIResources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/7495

The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative's (ELI's) 7 Things You Should Know About... series provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices. Each brief focuses on a single technology or practice and describes: what it is, how it works, where it is going, and why it matters to teaching and learning. Includes over 30 briefs about tech tools such as Lecture Capture, Screencasting, Twitter, and Live Question Tool.