This course designed a set of interactive, hands-on, in-class activities designed to allow students to explore concepts before they were rigorously presented in lecture.... Read more about 3 Activities to Understanding Biomaterials

This activity exposes first-time graduate researchers to all stages of the research process through sourcing leads from fellow classmates.... Read more about Crowd Research Activity

One way to get students engaged in learning is by getting them to self-test and generate their own questions.... Read more about Getting Students to Ask Up

This course uses the Harvard case method to work on student's change challenges. ... Read more about The Change Project

This activity equips students with communication skills necessary for impromptu public speaking.... Read more about Impromptu Public Speaking Simulation

This activity in introductory game development is intended to offer concrete initial tools for solving some of the course problems, and provide comfortably small groups in which all student voices might be shared. ... Read more about Game Design Activity

Is it possible to teach organizational behavior in a classroom? See how this instructor accomplishes this.... Read more about Organizational Behavior Activity

In "The Blank Syllabus" activity, the instructor leaves assigned readings blank for some of the class sessions. The second writing assignment requires students to choose a reading from the course anthology--a reading that is then assigned to the class, thus filling in the blanks on the syllabus. The students get practice in writing about a reading of their choosing in the first assignment.... Read more about The Blank Syllabus

This in-class activity is designed to challenge students to work through problem sets during the entire class period. Using a topic in class, the instructor formulates an activity sheet based on the topic.... Read more about Applied Math Activity

In this activity, students become members of an achaelogical expedition to Harvard Yard 2000 years in the future.... Read more about Archaeology Expedition

Through this activity, students were challenged to think critically about the rhetoric which drove the events of the Peloponnesian war.... Read more about Micropolitan Dialogue

By splitting students into three, distinct Late Roman Republic groups (Optimates, Populares, and Moderates), the instructor had students developed personas based on their assignments through the Twitter platform.... Read more about Roman History through Twitter

This in-class activity is part of a public health course that incorporates assessment questions throughout the lecture as an activity-based learning technique.... Read more about Quick Polling for Data Assessments

This exercise requires students to think about the logistics of meal planning and shopping on a SNAP budget, and to imagine the material and emotional realities of poverty.... Read more about Hunger Challenge - Living on SNAP

This term course on education and community in America explores the origins and evolution of students and faculty engagement in their communities, specifically in educational programs from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries.... Read more about Community Service & Education