by Digital Learning @ DTEI | Apr 4, 2023 | Digital Learning Blog
I still remember one of the first moments of my college orientation at UCLA in the summer before my freshman year. As a first-generation student, this was one of my few times on a college campus—it all seemed so intimidating. I felt nervous as my fellow students and I...
by Digital Learning @ DTEI | Apr 4, 2023 | Bo Choi, Digital Learning Blog, Faculty Spotlight
Steve Mang Associate Professor of Teaching Department of Chemistry In this faculty spotlight blog, I had an opportunity to interview Steve Mang, an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Chemistry department, who teaches upper-division physical and analytical...
by Digital Learning @ DTEI | Sep 28, 2022 | Digital Learning Blog, Jennifer Foung
Do you love using Google Docs for creating collaborative worksheets and active learning activities for your students? Great news! Google Docs has recently released a powerful new feature that allows you to create drop-down menus (or what they call drop-down chips)...
by Digital Learning @ DTEI | Aug 29, 2022 | Bo Choi, Digital Learning Blog
Why we should embrace active learning Three good and three bad reasons to embrace active learning, with reflections on a changing world. Many of us have either heard or experienced how active learning is a more effective way to learn compared to passive learning. Yes,...
by Digital Learning @ DTEI | Jul 29, 2022 | Digital Learning Blog, Jennifer Foung
Spring Quarter 2022 was the first “return to normal” in-person classroom teaching for many of our faculty. However, between the COVID swings and uncertainty in what a “new normal” entails, we continue to face the challenge of student disengagement, feelings of stress...
