Midterm course evaluations, student group work, and adding custom questions to your end-of-term course evals in this issue of our newsletter, the Teaching & Learning Connection....

It wasn’t until Thayer Professor Eric Hansen witnessed colleague Peter Robbie teaching his classes differently that he realized he could change things up. “He treated his classroom like an art studio,” says Hansen of Robbie. “I thought, 'why couldn’t I do that?'"

Too many discussions of ed tech focus on tools (like tablets, clickers, learning-management systems, smart boards, etc). More thought should be spent on the design of the classroom itself. Two years ago we renovated an old computer lab into an active learning classroom. Read more.

On June 11, as his classmates walked across the Green in Hanover, Stamps Scholar Patrick Saylor ’16, Thayer ’17, celebrated commencement on a snowfield in Alaska.

Carl Wieman makes an evidence-based plea for better science instruction in a new book on what might be his grandest experiment yet. Read more from Inside Higher Ed.

When we say we are “delighted,” what do we mean? Can a delightful experience be thoughtfully designed and evaluated? Thalia Wheatley, an...

Implicit bias in the classroom, copying a course in Canvas, refining your learning objectives, and our syllabus template in this issue of our newsletter, the Teaching & Learning Connection....

The United Nations estimates that there are about 232 million international migrants worldwide. Many have been forced to leave their homes...

Just in time for graduation, Terren Klein ’17 has attracted major support from an investment fund that helps startup entrepreneurs like him...

DCAL is pleased to announce the results of this year’s Experiential Learning Seed Grant call for proposals and congratulates the seven awardees, whose projects reflect the wide range of activities that make up experiential learning at Dartmouth.