Pedagogy Resources

Currently (July 2020) Mines is planning for an in-person fall semester with a mix of course modalities. Some courses, especially those that incorporate hard-to-access laboratory equipment and in-person experiential learning, will remain on campus, but follow physical...

Helping students connect with course material, colleagues, and instructors helps students learn. So much so that many instructors make 'engagement' a focus of their classroom pedagogy. But, how can instructors best engage students in remotely offered courses with...

In a spring 2020 faculty survey, Mines instructors identified that they were interested in learning about successful remote teaching strategies from other Mines instructors. The following table details a number of successful strategies collected during the summer of...

Creating a supportive classroom culture is essential for effective teaching and learning.  In the STEM literature, the term 'community of inquiry' (COI) describes a learning community composed of students and the instructor(s) who together engage in knowledge...

Click on the headers below to go to a specific section or scroll down the page Overview Active Learning Strategies for In-person Courses Active Learning Strategies for Remote or Online Courses Mines Examples Articles and Research Overview Active Learning involves an...