For this week’s edition of Magna Mondays, we chose a fantastic 20-Minute Mentor presented by Dr. Thomas (Tom) Tobin: How Can I Implement UDL in the Next 20 Minutes? We highly recommend watching the full video in 20-Minute Mentor Commons in the Chapman University Magna Campus. What is UDL? UDL stands for Universal Design for
Have you given an exam in a course recently? Perhaps a midterm that you are in the process of grading? If so, then this week’s edition of Magna Mondays is for you! We chose the 20-Minute Mentor “How Can Post-Exam Reviews Become a Powerful Teaching Strategy?” presented by Dr. Maria Marconi. You can access the
Teaching untethered removes the physical barriers that separate instructors from the students. The connected classrooms are equipped with Apple TV. Instructors use airplay on the iPad to share their screen with the classroom projector. We encourage instructors to interact with their students and step away from the podium. Instructors can walk around the classroom and
For this week’s edition of Magna Mondays, we chose a 20-Minute Mentor that is full of ideas for short activities that you can use to break up your lectures, engage your students, and help your students remember what they are learning: “How Can I Use Microactivities to Engage Students and Improve Learning and Retention?” presented
For this week’s edition of Magna Mondays, we chose a 20-Minute Mentor all about Open Educational Resources: “How Will OER Benefit the 21st Century Student?” presented by Erik Christensen (Dean, Applied Sciences and Technologies, South Florida State College). You can access the video in 20-Minute Mentor Commons in the Chapman University Magna Campus. What are
Did you know that all Chapman instructors have access to an online professional development video library called Magna Campus? The Chapman University Magna Campus includes the following: 20-Minute Mentor Commons: A collection of 20-minute videos on teaching and learning presented by noted faculty leaders, covering topics including: Course and syllabus design Assessment and learning goals
Dear Chapman Instructors, We hope that you are well and that you are enjoying these last few weeks of summer. As you are finalizing your syllabi and preparing your Canvas courses for Fall 2021, you may be grappling with the difficult question of how much work is the right amount to expect your students to
On April 6, 2021, the IETL and ETS sponsored the virtual teaching workshop: “You’ve leveled up on technology: Bringing it back to the classroom.” The workshop helped faculty reflect on what they’ve learned over the last year learning Canvas, Zoom, and other technologies, discuss how their successes support learning theory, and strategize their use of
For this week’s edition of Teaching Tips Thursdays, we explored five features of Canvas that can help instructors provide timely, consistent, specific, balanced, and actionable feedback. Feature #1: Quiz Question Feedback Research shows that providing frequent quizzes with timely feedback improves students’ understanding of concepts. Did you know that you can add feedback for answer
What is the Wheel of Names? Wheel of names is a free online tool to randomize names or images. Access Go to the wheel of names website to access https://wheelofnames.com/ Ideas for Using Wheel of Names Student names Team names Subject matter You can copy special characters like smileys from other websites and paste them