President and Chief Learning Officer, Foundry College;
John Lindsley Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Harvard University
Primary Market: university and college professors & administrators; students in teacher
education courses; and teachers & administrations of grades 6-12
Courses: Instructional Design, Educational Psychology, Foundations of Teaching, Distance
Learning/Online Education, Learning Science, Active Learning, Learning & Memory
Features
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Provides examples of inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary science in action to spark new approaches to teaching for even the most seasoned instructor.
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Introduces active learning step-by-step using ordinary-language explanations and examples throughout to make the content accessible to all readers.
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Provides generative principles that allow instructors create new active learning exercises that will make their classes come alive.
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Offers specific exercises and types of active learning activities; all of these exercises and activities can be done effectively online, often both in synchronous and in asynchronous settings.