I first heard about PhotoVoice when I participated in a 2015 webinar in Creating and Sustaining Effective Online Discussions: Strategies to Foster Critical Thinking and Student Voice. At the 12:28 minute mark is when the presenter talks about photovoice. LINK TO WEBINAR We have since adapated the photo voice activity in a variety of different …
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Book: Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students and Saving Faculty Time
This year I am participating in a Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Learning Community on Specifications Grading. My main goal is to learn all that I can about specs grading from reading the book and from other faculty who are currently using this technique in their teaching. Here is a link to the book. …
Book: Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
This book, Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning is what the UVM College of Medicine Active Learning team is using as a framework for their redesigned active learning curriculum. I am now working with some ideas from the book to integrate into our online public health courses such as pre-module quizzes, reflection and …
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Tools: Vocaroo
This Vocaroo tool is great if you want students to create a podcast or other audio resource. It is free, quick and simple to use. https://vocaroo.com/
Article: Tips for Designing and Moderating Large Online Courses
From Wiley Education Services As of December 2025, this link is no longer valid. https://edservices.wiley.com/tips-designing-moderating-large-online-courses/
Article: Strategies for Managing Large Online Classes
As we move to having more large online classes in our public health program, this is a helpful resource. https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1151&context=psych_facpubs
Activity: Reflection on AMA Citation
After many years of working with a public health survey course we realized students come to the class with varying ranges of experience using reference citations for their writing. This semester we tried something new. After the fourth week of the course we asked students to pause and reflect on their AMA citations. The assignment …
Teaching Online Preparation Toolkit (TOPkit)
The following is a great resource for anyone who teaches online. I highly recommend subscribing to the TOPkit Digest which is sent out on a regular basis with relevant and timely resources related to teaching online. TOPkit
Book: Leveraging the ePortfolio for Integrative Learning: A Faculty Guide to Classroom Practices for Transforming Student Learning
The following is a book that was recommended to read if interested in ePortfolios in learning. C. Reynolds, J. P. (2014). Leveraging the ePortfolio for integrative learning: a faculty guide to classroom practices for transforming student learning: Stylus publishing, LLC.
Activity: Epidemiology Graph/Map Interpretation and Discussion
The following is a discussion based activity we developed for an Epidemiology for Practice online course. The module focused on sources of data for use in Epidemiology and this activity asked students to apply and intergrate measures of morbidity, mortality and descriptive epidemiology into their graph/map interpretations. This activity allows students to create the content …
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