This section contains articles and resources on various teaching topics including active learning, flipped learning, online learning, team-based learning, and exam creation.
In a gallery walk, teams rotate around the classroom, composing answers to questions and giving thought to answers from other groups. Each station has a question that relates to an important class concept. The gallery walk closes with a synthesis of all the answers to a particular question.
Problem-based learning is a student-centered approach to active learning in which students learn about a subject by working in groups to solve and open-ended problem.
Have you ever walked away from a class thinking you understood the content, just to blank out while trying to apply what you learned? Or perhaps you get the same question over and over from students about a concept you thought you covered well in class? Why did this happen? A flipped learning strategy may help you solve these problems.
Team-Based Learning, or TBL, is a synthesis of flipped classroom, peer instruction and problem-based learning, Team-Based Learning is a strategy that involves moving the work of the lecture or reading portion of the class to pre-class activity and then using class time to apply the knowledge gained.