Originally published on: April 1, 2003 An accepted wisdom in higher education is that students’ learning depends mostly on what they do in and out …
Cooperative Learning (1)
Originally published on: March 18, 2003 One of the mandates of the Center for Learning and Teaching at AUC is to encourage an ongoing discussion …
How to Encourage Preclass Reading: The web-based discussion
Originally published on: March 3, 2003 No one would argue that in-class discussions improve when students read and think about their texts before class. But …
Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
Originally published on: February 18, 2003 The Seven Principles, as they are called, were first published in 1987 by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in …
The Student Technology Assistants (STA) Program: A Progress Report
Originally published on: January 28, 2003 In a study conducted last year entitled “Computer use by Faculty and Students at the American University in Cairo: …
Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
Originally published on: December 17, 2002 Faculty at AUC are facing questions that many educators in the US and around the world are facing: What …