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Beth Wilson’s use of an active learning discussion board in an online class

Filed in engaging students in class by on October 24, 2018 0 Comments
Beth Wilson’s use of an active learning discussion board in an online class

I am an online professor teaching a graduate class in systems engineering.  This week the students are engaging in active learning through a discussion board assignment that launched today to apply the lecture concepts presented this week to real world case studies. Using the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 as an example, the recorded […]

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Peer learning: not just for engagement

Filed in engaging students in class by on October 12, 2017 0 Comments
Peer learning: not just for engagement

In discussions about teaching and learning at WPI in recent years, one of the concerns and frustrations I’ve heard most frequently is that students seem to forget what they were taught–and what we were convinced they actually learned– just a few months ago in a previous course. I recently came across this article,”Why Students Forget […]

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