Exploring Blended Learning Strategies
In higher education, the need for blended learning strategies will continue to grow. This resource guide will help you facilitate a fast change to engaging
Faculty Focus
August 13, 2021
HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS
Blended and Flipped Learning
Flipped Finally Flopped and Up Floated a Better Model
The Flip Have you ever taught a flipped that flopped? Same, professor. Same. I desperately wanted my face-to-face classes to follow the flipped learning model
Ellyn Smyth
February 17, 2023
Strategic Blended Learning in Higher Education
In spring 2021, inspired by feedback from students, I redesigned my two undergraduate education courses as blended learning courses. While I was familiar with the
Torrey Trust, PhD
January 30, 2023
Flipping Faculty from Guide on the Side to Mentor in the Center
The challenges for faculty working with students in the 21st century are rising. How can faculty meet the many challenges facing higher education? In the
Erica Blumenstock
December 19, 2022
Flipping Back to Campus
Now that we are safely (and slowly) going back to in-person classes, we have found that Flipped Instruction (FI) is on our mind. The logic
Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni and Michael Reis
January 10, 2022
Eleven Alternative Assessments for a Blended Synchronous Learning Environment
Our mid-sized state university decided to institute a blended synchronous delivery model this year. A facilitated online workshop was offered over the summer to assist
Samantha Clifford, EdD
October 26, 2020
UDL and 21st Century Learning
Put simply, “people learn more deeply from words and pictures than from words alone” (Mayer, 2005). Multimedia theory posits the idea that people’s brains more
Gwen Bass, PhD, and Michael Lawrence-Riddell
January 13, 2020
Engaged Gazes: Principles that Online and Flipped Teaching Can Learn From Themed Museum Exhibits
Online instructors have known for some time that the primary work of creating an online course consists of “curation,” which is usually understood to be
Kevin Yee
December 11, 2019
Implementing Active Learning and Student-Centered Pedagogy in Large Classes
There is a vast pedagogical literature spelling out the benefits of student engagement and active participation (1). A recent meta-analysis study of 225 active learning
Nisha Malhotra, PhD
November 27, 2019
Going Multimodal: 5 Tips for Making the Switch to Multimodal Assignments
With written communication becoming increasingly multimodal—from newspaper websites to your social media feed to your learning management system’s announcements page—researchers and practitioners alike have made
Christian Aguiar
November 20, 2019