Teaching Methodologies
Each teaching and learning methodology contains background information, a description for why it works, and how it relates to teaching and learning for native students. It also contains a section with strategies for using and assessing the methodology and a section with additional resources related to the methodology.
Best Practices in Online Teaching for Student Engagement
Overview Many theorists predict that online education will gradually surpass traditional classrooms in the role of educating students in higher education. Peter Drucker, management icon, states that “In 30 years, the universities of America, as we have traditionally known them, will be barren wastelands.” Gordon Dryden and Dr. Jeannette Vos in their top-selling book,... »
Learning Styles and Preferences
Overview The concept of “learning styles” derives from the observation that individuals have characteristic and preferred ways of gathering, interpreting, organizing, recalling and thinking about information (Davis, 2009). The term “learning style” has been used in many ways to indicate the ways in which people learn. The terms “learning style,” “learning preference,” and “learning... »