Summer 2020 Speaker Series: A hands-on classroom experience is the academic foundation for many disciplines. But how can faculty inject experiential learning techniques when teaching online? The faculty panel shares their challenges and successes in the lab, studio, music and art rooms, and highlight ways to bring the “hands-on” experience to the online classroom.
Teaching with Wikipedia
Spring 2021 Speaker Series: Contributing to positive change in the national conversation about race is a clear goal for BU. The Day of Collective Engagement in June 2020, the appointment of Professor Ibram X. Kendi, and the opening of the Center for Anti-Racist Research are all part of getting that conversation started within the University. What does this commitment look like in our classrooms? BU instructors share their strategies to building an anti-racist curriculum within their classes.
In 2009, Boston University College of General Studies began using Digication ePortfolios for all students, redefining and deepening how both students and faculty understood the impact of the program’s learning experience. CGS Pioneers BU’s Use of Digication and ePortfolios Over a decade ago, Boston University’s College of General Studies realized the need for a better […]
ePortfolio Assessments to Deepen Learning
Spring 2021 Speaker Series: Teaching and learning in LfA modalities presented new challenges for faculty and students. Undergraduate students in leadership roles and across different disciplines share their remote and hybrid learning experiences, and discuss challenges, successes, and elements of LfA instruction they most appreciate.
Summer 2020 Speaker Series: Long block and large lecture classes can pose challenges for maintaining student engagement. The faculty panel reflects on lessons learned from the Spring 2020 semester, discusses synchronous vs. asynchronous instruction, offers guidance to flip the class, and more.
Summer 2020 Speaker Series: Inclusive learning environments promote connectivity and growth while creating experiences and spaces for all learners to thrive. The Boston University faculty panel share their diversity, equity and inclusion perspectives for the remote teaching and learning landscape, and offer a variety of inclusive teaching strategies.
Summer 2020 Speaker Series: Remote teaching is only half the story. Students in leadership roles, undergraduate and graduate students, share their remote learning experiences, discuss what they miss about the on-campus experience, and elements of remote instruction they most appreciate.
Technology Beyond the Pandemic
Summer 2020 Speaker Series: Remote instruction requires more than slides and discussions—it requires interaction and connectivity with students. The Boston University faculty panel shares their experiences teaching in a remote environment and offers strategies to strengthen classroom community.