Archives: Instructional Examples

Faculty work hard to make a course syllabus clear, inviting, and informative. Dr. April Crenshaw has developed a video and quiz system which helps her get students to actually read this important document at the start of the term.

Reviewing a previous class day’s notes through a warm-up question allows an instructor to simultaneously re-emphasize important material and activate students’ prior knowledge. This can deepen understanding and enhance connections with new material.

Using an online graphing calculator can allow students to quickly see mathematical patterns, without the risk of being distracted by minor calculation errors or mistakes plotting points by hand.

Active learning through online simulations and explorations increases student participation, moving them beyond receiving information to creating knowledge. This particular example builds connections between the theory of solving one-step linear equations and the application of Ohm’s law and electric circuits.

Learning difficult material can be challenging enough without the added physical separation from instructor support. April Crenshaw uses a digital scheduling system to remove common barriers to help-seeking, reducing the challenge of connecting students to support.

Recognizing that her precalculus students work full-time, have caregiving responsibilities, or face transportation barriers that prevent them from accessing an on-campus Math Center or an instructor’s student support hours, April Crenshaw has designed an AI tutor. This AI tutor provides 24/7 access to academic support, allowing students to get help when and where they need it.

This study skills video series is designed to support students enrolled in developmental and introductory mathematics courses or corequisite courses. The videos serve students early in their math sequence and focus on building learning strategies, confidence, and persistence rather than introducing new mathematical content.

This activity is implemented as a low-stakes lab designed to support conceptual understanding of challenging integration techniques while simultaneously teaching responsible, effective use of generative AI as a learning tool.

Students engage in a structured online discussion process designed to deepen understanding and foster community.

A digital assignment rubric allows all students to fair and equal access to the standards their grade on an assignment will be assessed by.