By: Patrick Cafferty Here’s a detailed description of how I teach a flipped, completely online class where students view pre-recorded minilectures and complete short assignments asynchronously on their own time and work together in small groups on activities during synchronous class time. Cafferty, P (2020, August) Teaching a Flipped, Fully Online Class Using Small GroupWork….
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Poll Everywhere
By: Susan Smith Having a group answer questions, I would recommend an app called Poll Everywhere. This app can be utilized to have the group answer anything from M Choice to open ended questions anonymously. You can then display the answers and discuss how the group answered. One of the other features on Zoom that…
Asynchronous poster presentations
By: Regine Haardoerfer For this class, the final assignment was adapted to be asynchronous. In the past, students presented in the format of posters as they would do at a conference. We would do this during our last class session with 3 groups rotating roles. This Spring, however, students used Microsoft PPT to create a…
New Electives During A Pandemic
by: Holly Gooding With all of the Emory medical students displaced from the clinical environment due to the pandemic, we needed to urgently create new elective courses for them to pursue while learning remotely. I partnered with Dr. Hughes Evans and Dr. Mehul Tejani to create a four week elective focused on four weekly themes:…
Pediatric Critical Care Course: Collaboration Between Academia and Clinical Practice
by: Jeannie Weston This dynamic interprofessional pilot course involves collaboration between the local children’s hospital and the school of nursing. Through a weekly seminar offering, various perspectives for care are offered through the diverse lenses of child life, physical/occupational therapy, and social work. In addition, speakers with expertise in psychology, nursing ethics, genetics and parenting…
Submit Questions Before Class
By: Cecile Janssens I ask students to submit a question about the required reading materials before class (as a small assignment that counts towards grading). During class, I use these questions to guide conversations. Instead of asking if anyone has a question, I know they all had one, and I select the most relevant/informative for…
Assignments with Zoom
My class had a semester-long project. When we went remote I asked the students to use Zoom to record their group meetings and submit them as an assignment. These meetings were great to watch. I could see the group dynamics and how the student’s class discussed their ideas. It was also great to see them…
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