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As Director of Murrow Online Programs, I am on the leadership team responsible for onboarding instructors new to teaching in the online space. Washington State University Global Campus andAcademic Outreach and Innovation (AOI) have a lot of practical tips, tools, techniques, and training materials available for instructors to use as they make this transition (visit end of the article for links). But at this is a time crunch moment for many, resources are great – but really you just need someone to say “this is how you do it.” Here we go…

Group work is a key strategy which can be used to create engaging learning opportunities for students. It is often assumed that implementing group work into a course creates additional work on the behalf of the instructor. The truth is most course work lends itself naturally to group work.

In September 2019, our blog on Growth Mindset was posted. Lori Nelson, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Biology department, implemented the exam autopsy strategy in her General Ecology (Bio 372) course. An exam autopsy encourages students to reflect on how they prepared for an exam and make connections between their preparation process and how they did on a given test.

The end of a semester is often a time of reflection. This week, we are highlighting lessons learned by course developer Christopher Austin. In collaboration with an Instructional Designer, Austin converted his face to face course, Psych 309: Cultural Diversity in Organizations, into an online course for Global Campus.

We recognize the term “low-tech” is a relative concept. For our purposes, low-tech is being defined as tools that do not require an electronic device to access and use. Low-tech options keep costs low and can be improvised in the spur of the moment in situations where connectivity is limited or learning a new tool isn’t possible. Additionally, implementing low-tech options often reduces the need to guess at what students have access to and can afford.