Finding the Excitement in Teaching Remotely: Doing CS with a Light Board
Why would you build your own light board in your home office? It sounds exciting but how does it work and why should you consider doing it (or not)? I…
Example of resilient course design for an interactive lecture course
In thinking about fall term course planning, I had two strong responses: 1) I don’t know where to begin, and 2) It’s a lot of work to plan a course,…
Student Experiences from Spring Term
On July 9, The LTC and Academic Techology were delighted to host a conversation about our students’ experiences with remote instruction during spring term. Chris Dallager (Director of Disability Services),…
Why resilient course design?
Even before spring term wrapped up, the LTC and AT team started thinking about how to support faculty in preparing fall term courses. We knew that fall would look different…
Discussion groups to build community online
This past Monday the LTC offered an opportunity to reflect on spring term and discuss Flower Darby’s book Small Teaching Online. Darby emphasizes the importance of community among learners in…
Breakout sessions in online synchronous discussions
An earlier post explored asynchronous discussion, but synchronous discussion has been an important part of this term as well. Students value the opportunity to connect with faculty and peers during…
Discussion in an online classroom
With the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching and learning have been turned upside down overnight. At a place like Carleton, where face-to-face teaching and engagement is central to what we do, we…
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