How to Make Breakout Rooms Work Better

Hybrid Classroom

by Beth McMurtrie | December 10, 2020 | The Chronicle of Higher Education

“Breakout rooms: love them or hate them? Many professors use them to spark conversation and group work in online classes. But students often find them painfully awkward.…”

How to Engage Students in a Hybrid Classroom

Breakout Rooms

by Beth McMurtrie | July 9, 2020 | The Chronicle of Higher Education

“I’ve been working on a story about the growing popularity of the HyFlex model for the fall, in which professors teach simultaneously to students in their classroom and others beaming in remotely.…”

OSCQR Course Design Review

OASQR Course Design Review 3.1 Rubric screen shot
OSCQR Course Design Review – 3.1 (Online Leaning Consortium)

Need ideas? Click on a standard within the PDF for explanations and examples from https://OSCQR.suny.edu

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The OSCQR Rubric, Dashboard, and Process were originally developed by the State University of New York, through the Open SUNY® Online Teaching (https://innovate.suny.edu/onlineteaching/).

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Teaching & Learning Model Options & Considterations

Teaching & Learning Model Options infographic

Teaching & Learning Model Options & Considerations for Fall from Clemson University’s Office of Teaching Effectiveness & Innovation provides detailed diagrams and information for various modalities that can be used for instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keep Teaching @ Texas A&M

tamu keep teaching

KEEP TEACHING is a comprehensive guide to using the digital learning environment to deliver course instruction across the five modalities currently supported at Texas A&M University. We encourage you to start with the end in mind as you design your course for delivery across these five modalities. Doing so will ensure you maximize the learner experience; leverage technology for greater engagement and efficiencies; and limit complexity for both course instructors and students.

Active Learning While Physically Distancing

Active Learning While Physically Distancing
Screen cap from Google Doc

Active Learning While Physically Distancing (a Google Doc) by Dr. Jennifer Baumgartner, Associate Professor at Louisiana State University, with collaborative input from various groups, including members of the LSU CxC, LSU LTC, the POD Network, and discerning college teachers from around the world. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

See the last page of the document for additional links.