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A Celebration of Teaching – 2024
Tuesday, May 7 – Sykes Ballroom Incredible teaching happens every day across WCU. Join us on Tuesday, May 7 for a series of four events to sample and discover new WCU teaching innovations, dialog with peers on teaching topics, and celebrate the teaching excellence that happens across WCU. The day’s events will include mini-workshops, our 9th…
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Collaborative Learning
Collaborative learning is an active learning strategy in which two or more students work together on specified project to achieve a common goal. It differs from peer learning in that students learn and teach one another whereas with collaborative learning students learn alongside each other. Each group member may work individually on an assigned topic…
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Peer Learning
Peer learning occurs when students are learning from each other. It differs from collaborative learning in that during periods of collaborative learning, students are learning alongside each other. On the other hand, peer learning allows students to learn from one another. It is not defined by a single instructional strategy, but any activity in which…
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Multimedia Instruction
Multimedia Instruction involves the use of diverse types of media such as text graphics, video, and interactivity to convey an instructional message. It is the foundation of many online and blended courses as it is an effective and personalized method of delivering instruction. Possible Instructional Uses: Tips for using Multimedia Instruction: 1. Create short videos…
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Digital Storytelling
Digital storytelling is the art of bringing together audio, images, and text to share information on a specific topic. The purpose is to create a stronger emotional connection with the audience by using the spoken word and a blend of multimedia to convey a story. Combining images and written text also enhances student comprehension of the content for both the narrator and…
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Formative Assessment
Formative assessment is the process of checking for understanding so that instructors and students are able to see what they know and do not know. Formative assessments take place during instruction, which is in contrast to summative assessments which take place after instruction. Instructors can utilize data from formative assessments to provide supplemental instruction or…
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Case Studies
Incorporating case studies into instruction is a type of active learning in which students read or watch a scenario. The students are also provided supporting data and documents and an open-ended question or problem that they must propose a solution to. Case studies allow students to link theory to practice and experience reality in the…
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E-Portfolios
An electronic portfolio, or ePortfolio, is a compilation of student work from a course or a series of courses, course practicums, internships, and/or volunteer experiences. Students may include a number of different artifacts to exemplify their talents and academic and professional growth, such as electronic presentations, audio and video projects, and research papers. Another component…
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Feedback and Self-Checks
The process of self-checking is more than just completing a multiple-choice quiz and receiving a grade. In this process, students complete a formative or summative assessment, receive feedback, and then “identify strategies that improve their understanding and skills” (McMillan & Hearn, 2008). Feedback can come from the instructor, a classmate, and/or electronically and is most…
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Summative Assessment
Summative assessments take place at the end of a unit and/or course in order to evaluate what students have learned based on defined learning objectives. Since summative assessments measure student learning over a longer period of time and result in a specific grade, they are often high stakes. Summative assessments can take on many forms,…
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