Strategies That Worked: Fall 2020 and Beyond
Your colleagues are hard at work! This page presents stories of success submitted by those teaching at UT, Knoxville (with their permission), and where relevant, includes links to resources. To date, these come from the fall 2020 semester, but more will be added in the near future, so check back for updates!
Featured Stories
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Encouraging Social Connections in an Online EnvironmentJohn Han, English “…students can talk to one another and establish connections…”
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Video EditingJessica Kutz Fleming, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences “Don’t be afraid to learn something new!” |
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Online Layout, Pacing, and FeedbackSally Corran Harris & Matthew Pilkington, English “…students appreciated the setup and pacing, as well as the timely feedback.” |
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Open Educational Resources & PerusallCharity Davenport, English Language Institute “…students read actively and interacted with the text and each other online…” |
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“Chunking”: Use of Course TimeJason Kiernan, College of Nursing “…the course experience is light-years more robust for all involved…” |
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YouTube Teaching ResourcesBeauvais Lyons, School of Art Koichi Yamamoto, School of Art “…a YouTube channel to support instruction in online and hybrid classes…” |
Flipped Learning & “Chunking”Rachel Williams, Kinesiology, Recreation & Sport Psychology “My student have excelled in application questions, short essay reflections, and in appreciating how dense and dry content is 100% applicable to their future careers…” |
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Self-Introduction Videos & CanvasCharles Cwiek, Business Analytics & Statistics “…I learned TONS more about most students than I ever have before…” |
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Digitized Objects, Videos & ImagesKaty Malone, McClung Museum “…digitized objects…developed so that they can be utilized by many different subjects…” |
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Technology & Group WorkMali Hubert, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology “…this student-centered class is skills-based and requires heavy collaboration among students, but we have adapted and have had positive responses from the students…” |
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Online Group WorkLauren Cunningham, Accounting & Information Management “…feedback from students has been so strong, I’ll retain many changes even post COVID…” |
Hybrid Experiential Lab-based LearningKaren Tobias, Small Animal Clinical Sciences “…students expressed pride, excitement, enthusiasm, and contentment…” |
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Remote Service Learning in SpanishMillie Gimmel, Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures “…we started a new translation service for the community that has also been very successful…” |
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Online Experiential LearningDaniel Wallace, English “The students love this approach.” |