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Classes like Calculus 3 and Differential Equations at CU Boulder have about 350 to 400 students each semester. Dr. Anne Dougherty, an Associate Chair and senior instructor in the Applied Mathematics Department, has experienced firsthand the challenges of managing students’ assignments in large classes. To solve this problem, she has...

Learning a new language is no easy task. And Jin Chen, an instructor in the Department of Asian Languages, is more than familiar with what it takes. First and foremost, talking in a language class is really important. Learning to speak Chinese requires certain logic in order to demonstrate coherence...

In this interactive workshop, we'll explore tips and ideas for incorporating clickers into your particular class. Clickers offer a powerful way to teach science by increasing student engagement -- we have transformed our classrooms by using clickers to promote peer instruction. We'll show research results on the most effective use...

In field of research where numbers, equations, and charts usually appear on paper, applied mathematics professor Dr. John Flynt likes his math a little more visually interactive. To help construct his vision, Flynt recruited eight students to work in labs developing online visual Flash applications. As part of his program...

Managing and keeping track of hundreds of note cards can be a challenge for any student. What if note cards were available on your mobile device? Keeping this concept in mind, Mike Pascoe, a Doctoral Candidate studying Integrative Physiology at University of Colorado, Boulder, is one of the first from...

YouTube is notorious for being the Internet’s biggest site for bizarre, creative, heartfelt, and hilarious videos. People from all over the world upload their personal videos for the entertainment of others. Everyone from professional video production studios and television networks to average people use YouTube to share their videos with...

Congratulations to the faculty who recently received ASSETT Development Awards to support their use of technology in teaching and learning. Look here over the coming semester to learn more about each of these proposals! Mark Amerika, Art and Art History, "Student Website" Melinda Cain, Communication and International Affairs, "Mobile Technology...

American History Through Baseball is a unique course that uses baseball as a way to examine American history and society. When taught in person, this class is all about participation and interaction. Almost everyone knows something about baseball and can contribute to the conversation, but the same goes for those...

Professor Gail Ramsberger, chair of the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) department, realizes that technology is changing the way speech, language and hearing therapy works. Something as simple as video conferencing, because of its affordability and relatively low cost, is creating a treatment option that never existed before: teletherapy...

Physical documents are coming online through Google Books and digital libraries around the world. The goal behind many of these projects is the idea the shift to digital documentation will lead to a new era: this wide-spread access to important information will cause leaps and bounds in research. But this...