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Creating a community of learners in online courses.
Too many online courses are a series of videos, basic quizzes and superficial forums. Is it possible to support active online forums in...
Seven Advantages of a Flipped Classroom (and three possible downsides).
A flipped classroom is a course in which what is usually done in the classroom is done at home and homework is done in class. Students...
Students put their knowledge to the test as they attend the Rencontres Economiques d’Aix #REAix2018
What better way to end the Principles of Macro course, than attending an economics conference about the future of the world economy, that...
Making Macroeconomic Measures meaningful in the Principles of Macro course
In one of the first universities I taught for, I was told not to bother teaching how GDP, unemployment, inequality or inflation were...
Getting students to prep (and a lot more): the new art of in-class quizzes
Your students aren’t doing the reading? They come to class unprepared, with homework missing? You are not alone! The most cited figures...
Making assignments more meaningful: creating a shared website in class.
As part of the Geography of a Global Village course, I asked my students to write posts on the issues we covered, rather than hand in...
