Jim Ralph, director of Middlebury’s CTLR, recommends this column by Derek Bruff, director of Vanderbilt’s Center for Teaching.

Active Learning in Hybrid and Physically Distanced Classrooms

Posted by Derek Bruff on Thursday, June 11, 2020 in Resource.

by Derek Bruff, Director

If you’ve read Norman Clark’s hypothetical day in the life of a physically distanced classroom, then you’ve probably started to worry about how faculty and other instructors might facilitate discussion, group work, and other forms of active learning this fall. If I’m standing at the front of the classroom with half or a third of my students in the room with me, but sitting six feet apart from each other and wearing masks, while the rest of my students are joining class by videoconference, what strategies might I employ to engage all of my students in meaningful learning? Read More

Have a teaching tip you’d like to share with your Middlebury colleagues? Email CTLR Director Jim Ralph at ralph@middlebury.edu. For additional faculty resources see go.middlebury.edu/ctlr including a list of past Teaching Tips.