Teaching with Technology
March 1, 2013
Dan Grossman: Creating a MOOC is like writing a textbook
Dr. Grossman, an associate professor in Computer Science & Engineering at UW Seattle, chose to make his first online class a MOOC. “Programming Languages“ is a Coursera adaptation of a course he has taught several times already at UW. Dr. Grossman is also helping coordinate the adaptation of four other courses from UW Computer Science &…
Alissa Ackerman: Criminal Justice…in 140 characters or less
Dr. Ackerman, an assistant professor of Social Work at UW Tacoma, was a 2012 UW Tacoma Tech Fellow. She has used Twitter in and out of the classroom to engage students in a broad conversation about criminal justice issues. Twitter: “Setting up Twitter was the easy part for all. Operating Twitter was a little more…
Linda Martin-Morris: Flipping lecture content enlivens large classes
Dr. Martin-Morris, a principal lecturer in the Department of Biology at UW Seattle, has flipped her classroom for her large Biology courses. She uses the Tegrity lecture capture tool to create online materials and uses class time to assist student groups in synthesizing information. Student reactions: “My students report enormous gains in confidence and understanding,…
Douglas Wills: No nostalgia for chalk and talk
Dr. Wills, an associate professor in the Milgard School of Business at UW Tacoma, has been flipping his economics classes — both for undergraduate and MBA students — for years. As a UW Tacoma Tech Fellow, he also developed an online “Introduction to Microeconomics” (TECON 200) class during summer 2012. Benefits of flipping: “Flipping the…
To tweet or not to tweet
Dr. Alissa Ackerman, Assistant Professor of Social Work at UW Tacoma—a 2012 UW Tacoma Tech Fellow—has used Twitter in and out of the classroom to engage students in a broad conversation about criminal justice issues. How she did it Twitter: “Setting up Twitter was the easy part for all. Operating Twitter was a little more…
Keep students on track with “electronic nudges”
Tracey Haynie, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at UW Tacoma, is putting students’ mobile devices to work for a good cause. To help her online pre-calculus and introductory statistics classes stay on track and motivated, she piloted a tool called Persistence Plus, which gives students electronic ‘nudges’ via their mobile device — about due…
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