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Many instructors in engineering, math and science have students solve “problems”

For groups to function effectively, it's important for students to think critically about the climate within their group and the process by which they accomplish their tasks. Although students can gain many of the skills described below through ad hoc interactions, instructors play a key role in making them explicit protocols.

A blended course sometimes reduces face-to-face "seat time" so that students can pursue additional teaching and learning activities online.

Thousands of books, manuals and how-to guides offer advice on research writing.

Timeline tools are used to create a horizontal "scroll bar" which is laid out with text, images, or videos that correspond to specific dates or events

All instructors want to assess fairly, but doing so can sometimes require extra effort, especially when a large number of students are being graded by multiple assessors

To help you reflect on your teaching, you need some data

When transitioning your class online, there are a variety of options for delivering your essential course content—especially lecture content—in the digital environment

Twitter allows you to share and find brief, text-based updates about things that are of interest to you. Users who follow you on Twitter are automatically sent your updates or “tweets".

This teaching tip provides a descriptive catalogue of scores of different kinds of assignments.