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TFs, working as PITFs, conducted live online office hours. Using the web conferencing software, they could talk and text chat, share a program or a view of their computer desktop, and illustrate concepts on a whiteboard. Teaching Challenge: Students in...

The PITF team built on Skrtic’s article to transform it into a supported, digital reading environment that benefits the diversity of students in the course. Using BookBuilder, a free tool created by the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), PITFs...

During the live class, Professor Murnane generated economic inputs based on responses from the students themselves, and then examined how the new data influenced the model in question. For instance, he asked students questions about the demand for private...

A PITF helped design and develop updated versions of the tutorials. Teaching Challenge: In 2006, a PITF helped faculty member Kathy Boudett create Excel and PowerPoint tutorials on how to analyze, display, and present assessment data. Over time, these...

To address the challenge, a number of solutions were developed as part of the PITF project: a) A series of introductory videos designed for students who are new to common topics to MBE. Previously, this content had been taught in the first two weeks of...

The Q site is an iSite that covers the philosophy, theory, methods, and practice of qualitative research. The highly customized iSite includes video of faculty who teach qualitative methods, original content, and links to resources inside and beyond the...

PITFs Jessica Scott and Christina Dobbs catalogued the video then digitized and edited specific video clips. Each video was coded so someone could search key terms and quickly identify sections of video with the desired content. The library was used by...

Using Elluminate, the teaching team created a constructive back-channel conversation between students and TFs. Conversations took place in Elluminate's chat feature and were archived and posted to the course iSite after the session ended. Elluminate was...

Eileen McGowan and PITF Karl Wendt created an ePortfolio and collaborative database that accomplished the following: a)Provided a place for collaboration between faculty, students, and partner organizations prior to and during the residency. b)Created an...

Professor Tivnan integrated closed-question PowerPoint slides into his curriculum. These touchpoint moments were designed to gauge students' understanding while also providing the opportunity for everyone in the large class to"speak." With the help of...