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Best Practices
Each month, the Learning & Teaching Office spotlights a timely topic in education in our Best Practices newsletter.
Current Issue
Best Practices: First Day of Class
Never underestimate the importance of the first class! The “way you engage students on the first day sends powerful messages about the level of involvement and interaction you expect from students... it is a great chance to stimulate interest about the course and to activate relevant prior knowledge students may have about the material” (CMU).
Read more in PDF fileThe First Day of Class.
Past Topics
Access an archive of all our past issues of Best Practices organized by topic below.
- PDF file Active learning science taga (4 MB)
- PDF file Active learning science (4 MB)
- PDF file Active learning (176 KB)
- PDF file Case method (633 KB)
- PDF file Classroom management (4 MB)
- PDF file Debate in the classroom (3 MB)
- PDF file Effective online communication (192 KB)
- PDF file Encouraging student reading (5 MB)
- PDF file Engaging adult learners (198 KB)
- PDF file Experiential learning (621 KB)
- PDF file Facilitating discussion (148 KB)
- PDF file Faculty student engagement (156 KB)
- PDF file First day of class (5 MB)
- PDF file Flexible learning (6 MB)
- PDF file Flipped classroom (117 KB)
- PDF file Gamification (321 KB)
- PDF file Graduate student supervision (170 KB)
- PDF file Group work (5 MB)
- PDF file Guide to reflective writing (4 MB)
- PDF file Helping students learn (215 KB)
- PDF file Incorporating reflective writing (3 MB)
- PDF file Introduction online learning (128 KB)
- PDF file Making lectures engaging (172 KB)
- PDF file Making yourself heard (176 KB)
- PDF file Mental wellbeing in the classroom (117 KB)
- PDF file Mixed age classrooms (136 KB)
- PDF file Planning a presentation (264 KB)
- PDF file Presentation skills (4 MB)
- PDF file Primary resources (155 KB)
- PDF file Problem based learning (4 MB)
- PDF file Responding to student email (128 KB)
- PDF file Supporting eal learners (118 KB)
- PDF file Teaching first years (135 KB)
- PDF file Teaching graduate students (286 KB)
- PDF file Teaching large classes (165 KB)
- PDF file Teaching with technology (4 MB)
- PDF file Team teaching (150 KB)
- PDF file Technology enhanced teaching suggestions (97 KB)
- PDF file Universal design for learning (135 KB)
- PDF file Alternative assessments (4 MB)
- PDF file Creating effective assessments (5 MB)
- PDF file Feedback to encourage resilience (111 KB)
- PDF file Instructional scaffolding (4 MB)
- PDF file Marking essays short answer questions (408 KB)
- PDF file Open book exams (103 KB)
- PDF file Peer assessment (3 MB)
- PDF file Preventing visual plagiarism (9 MB)
- PDF file Tiered seating academic integrity (134 KB)
Resources Contact
Michelle Schwartz
Educational Developer
Ext. 552094
michelle.schwartz@ryerson.ca