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NCSSM biology instructor Christine Muth shares curriculum on urban streams

November 18, 2015

Christine Muth helps students collect and identify aquatic macroinvertebrates in Eno River. Photo: Jeff Mahorney Growing up, NCSSM Instructor of…

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Free productivity tools for teachers

November 17, 2015

Freely-available software can help make teaching and learning more effective and fun. Image licensed CC0. There are a lot of…

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Design your next course by thinking backward

November 17, 2015

Outlining your course can be very helpful before you get started. By organizing learning objectives, themes become more apparent, and…

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5 ways to make your content more accessible

November 16, 2015

Following a few simple design guidelines can make a course much easier to navigate for those with disabilities. Image: Wikimedia…

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Flip boring classroom lectures

November 15, 2015

Recent studies show that lectures elicit about as much brain activity in students as passive television viewing. Photo: D. Sharon…